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Journalist at @MarshallProj. Author of Let the Lord Sort Them. Writing Arab/Jew, a book about my family.
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Maurice Chammah is a staff writer. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. He was a finalist for a 2014 Livingston Award for a story on the decline of the death penalty, and a 2011-2012 Fulbright fellow in Egypt. He plays the violin and has toured with the band Mother Falcon.

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A Timely Remix of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ Out of a New York Prison

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By Maurice Chammah
| The Marshall Project Verified
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists. Sign up now to get a new song each Sunday afternoon until September. A Timely Remix of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ Out of a New York Prison Listen if you like: Terence Blanchard, Kem, Keb’ Mo’ The pageantry of July 4th can make you cynical, as you look at America’s failures and cruelties and think, What, exactly, should I be celebrating here?
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Deep-dive analysis of the death penalty at 50 finds systemic problems remain

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By Maurice Chammah
| The Times West Virginian Verified
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Deep-dive analysis of the death penalty at 50 finds systemic problems remain

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By Maurice Chammah
| Vincennes Sun-Commercial Verified
Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a narrow majority of the U.S. Supreme Court had scrapped the country’s entire death penalty system, calling it “morally unacceptable,” “racially discriminatory” and “arbitrary.” It seemed possible that Americans might join their peers in Europe and Latin America, many of whom had ended executions for good.
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