Inside a Deadly American Summer Mitch Smith, New York Times
Chief Keith Gabriella Paiella, GQ
Justice sometimes needs a do-over James Forman Jr., Washington Post
As homicides drop in LA, more women are being killed – often by intimate partners Nicole Santa Cruz and Iris Lee, Los Angeles Times
Domestic violence red flags are easy to find in coaches’ pasts, but did NFL teams spot them? Rachel Axon, USA Today
How Would You Spend a Life Sentence? Jesse Wegman, New York Times
High-Profile Cases Sparking New Debate Over Old Legal Concept of Felony Murder Daja Henry, Wall Street Journal
Case Closed Rachel Dissell and Andrea Simakis, Cleveland Plain Dealer
One in 7 adults in New Orleans have a warrant out for their arrest, new data shows Richard Webster, Washington Post
Whitey Bulger’s family blames federal prison system for his slaying Shelley Murphy and John Ellement, Boston Globe
US police assess rise in threat tips after 3 mass killings Lisa Marie Pane and Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press
New stats show surge in violence at Rikers Island Erin Durkin, Politico
“Our Boys” and the Economics of Empathy Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker