The Medill Justice Project 
investigates 'three-strikes law'
 



In a 10-week investigation, The Medill Justice Project probed the complex issues involved in the three-strikes laws that have swept the country. The story examines prison overcrowding, the costs of incarceration, prosecutors' discretion in pursuing convictions and the case of prisoner Rodney Fisher, a Tulsa man convicted of multiple burglaries and robberies in the 1980s and sentenced under the habitual offender law to 52 years in prison. Three Northwestern University students at MJP worked in collaboration with Oklahoma Journalists for Justice, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in Tulsa.
 



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Former rising rap star whose case MJP examined seeks clemency in murder conviction    
 


McKinley "Mac" Phipps Jr. applies for the Louisiana governor's clemency, citing evidence supporting his claim of innocence discovered in a Medill Justice Project investigation. Phipps' clemency petition to the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole seeks a commutation due to a "wrongful conviction and excessive sentence" and asks for him to be released from prison for time served.
 



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National collegiate competition selects MJP as finalist for two awards 
 
 
The Associated Collegiate Press named The Medill Justice Project a finalist for "Story of the Year" in the news category for our investigation of Kate Parker's case and in the feature category for our story on Loren Pankratz.
 
 
MJP gives talks about its work around the country 
 
 
Since March, The Medill Justice Project has spoken at the College Media Association's Spring National College Media Convention in New York; to the Northwestern University Leadership Circle in Washington, D.C.; at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in New Orleans; to Medill cherubs at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.; at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's annual conference in Minneapolis; to the Women's Board of Northwestern University in Evanston; and at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in New Orleans.
 


Thank you again for all of your continued support. 


All the best, 


 
Prof. Alec Klein
Director of The Medill Justice Project
MEDILL | Northwestern University


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The Medill Justice Project, founded at Northwestern University in 1999, is an award-winning national investigative journalism center that examines potentially wrongful convictions, probes systemic criminal justice issues and conducts groundbreaking research. 
As journalists, we advocate only for the truth.









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