Inside the jury room, an agonizing deliberation to sentence Amber Guyger Deanna Paul, Washington Post
A key witness in ex-cop Amber Guyger’s murder trial was shot to death in Dallas Amir Vera, Hollie Silverman, Holly Yan, and Ashley Killough, CNN
Amber Guyger’s Judge Gave Her a Bible and a Hug. Did That Cross a Line? Sarah Mervosh and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times
How Far Will California Take Criminal-Justice Reform? Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker
Locked up, left behind (California) Evan Sernoffsky and Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle
Does the Constitution Guarantee a Right to an Insanity Defense? Garrett Epps, The Atlantic
Texas Stays Execution of Jewish Man After Judge Is Accused of Anti-Semitism Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times
Code Switch: “Political Prisoners?” WNYC
Jodi Arias’ murder conviction could be overturned because of prosecutor misconduct claims Lauren Castle, USA Today
Misdemeanor Arrests Drop Steeply in Many Cities The Crime Report
Amanda Knox sits down with Lester Holt NBC News
White Officer Cleared of Killing Unarmed Black Man in Georgia Courthouse News
Inmates Annotate an Archive of Prison Photos With Their Own Stories Bridget Quinn, Hyperallergic
New Netflix Series Cold Case Files Explores Unsolved True Crime Stories Dominic Smithers, LadBible
Reginald Dwayne Betts’s Poetry After Prison Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker