Kanizan Bibi was 16 years old when she was arrested for murdering the wife and children of a wealthy neighboring family. Although there was scant evidence to place her at the scene of the crime, she eventually confessed to the […]
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The Justice Trap Presents: Perpetual Punishment
NMAP worked with Brooklyn Defenders Services to create The Justice Trap, which was envisioned as a multimedia platform combining interactive design and short documentaries featuring victims of unjust policies and practices. Animated by Molly Crabapple, we created this video to […]
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Defending Gideon
In 1963, the Supreme Court, in Gideon v Wainwright, ruled that every criminal defendant is entitled to a lawyer. 50 years later, the United States has not lived up to the great promise of the Gideon case. NMAP produced this short […]
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NMAP’s Highlight Reel: Reframing Human Rights in 2017
Despite what made the headlines about the state of human rights, 2017 was full of stories of people everywhere standing up and saying no to corporate abuse; taking to the streets to protest government corruption; and calling out unjust criminal […]
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JPP Investigates: 17 and Sentenced to Die
Our 15-minute film, 17 and Sentenced to Die is a true-crime style doc about Iqbal Muhammed, a 17 year-old boy who was convicted of killing a man during an armed robbery, and has spent 15 years on death row in […]
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Guess My Age with JPP
Since reinstating the death penalty in 2014, Pakistan has executed at least six known juvenile offenders. While the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance prohibits sentencing juveniles to death, police officers are not required to examine evidence like birth certificates to determine […]
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Who’s a Terrorist? A Look at Pakistan’s Anti Terrorism Act
This video highlights how Pakistan’s Anti Terrorism Act undermines its own goal of curbing terrorism. Who is a Terrorist was created in partnership with Justice Project Pakistan as part of the the #BringItBack campaign, which sheds light on the human […]
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Waiting for Fahd: One Family’s Hope for Life Beyond Guantánamo
Waiting for Fahd tells the story of Center for Constitutional Rights client Fahd Ghazy, a Yemeni national unlawfully detained at Guantánamo since he was 17 and who is now 30. Through moving interviews with his beloved family in Yemen, “Waiting […]
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The Price of Bail in NYC
In partnership with Brooklyn Defenders Services, NMAP produced this video to demonstrate how the cash bail system in New York City targets the poor and undermines the goals of the criminal justice system.
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The Justice Trap Presents: Kejuan
NMAP worked with Brooklyn Defenders Services to create The Justice Trap, which was envisioned as a multimedia platform combining interactive design and short documentaries featuring victims of unjust policies and practices. Kejuan is one of those victims. The project strives […]
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The Justice Trap Presents: Colyssa
NMAP worked with Brooklyn Defenders Services to create The Justice Trap, which was envisioned as a multimedia platform combining interactive design and short documentaries featuring victims of unjust policies and practices. Colyssa is one of those victims. The project strives […]
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The Justice Trap Highlight Reel
NMAP worked with Brooklyn Defenders Services to create The Justice Trap, which was envisioned as a multimedia platform combining interactive design and short documentaries featuring victims of unjust policies and practices. This highlight reel from the project shows how the […]
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The Justice Trap
In recent years, criminal justice reform has entered the public consciousness with an intensity and passion like never before. Conversations tend to stop short when it comes to naming solutions, though, leaving the public and policymakers alike with a nebulous […]
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Ending Long-Term Solitary Confinement in California
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison were being held in solitary confinement for decades at time, isolated in a cell the size of a parking lot for 22 to 24 hours a day. Ten men in Pelican Bay sued the […]
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Innocent and Sentenced to Die: Wrongful Incarceration on Nigeria’s Death Row
To bring an end to the use of the death penalty in Nigeria, NMAP partnered with the Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP), a leading Nigerian criminal justice NGO, to create a media advocacy campaign for legislative reform to outlaw […]
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Innocent and Condemned in Nigeria
To bring an end to the use of the death penalty in Nigeria, NMAP partnered with the Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP), a leading Nigerian criminal justice NGO, to create a media advocacy campaign for legislative reform to outlaw […]
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John Thompson: Fighting Prosecutorial Misconduct
NMAP Partnered with the National Innocence Project, the Northern California Innocence Project, and the Innocence Project – New Orleans to develop a short documentary telling the story of exoneree, John Thompson, to use on their national anti-death penalty “roadshow.” Thompson, […]
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Faces of Death Row: Innocent Men Sentenced to Die in Nigeria
To bring an end to the use of the death penalty in Nigeria, NMAP partnered with the Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP), a leading Nigerian criminal justice NGO, to create a media advocacy campaign for legislative reform to outlaw […]
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Advocating for Justice in Haiti’s Prisons
We collaborated with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and Partners in Health to support their efforts to address the human rights and health issues created by excessive pre-trial detention in Haitian prisons. Our two partner organizations established […]
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Counting Executions: Using Data to Break Down Arguments for the Death Penalty
Produced in partnership with Justice Project Pakistan, Counting Executions uses animated data to to take on common arguments for the death penalty in Pakistan. The video is part of the #BringItBack campaign, which sheds light on the human and social […]
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