How the Police Use Facial Recognition, and Where It Falls Short Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, New York Times
I won’t prosecute adults for simple possession of marijuana. It’s only fair. (Virginia) Steve Descano, Washington Post
St. Louis’s top prosecutor, claiming a racist conspiracy, is suing the city under a law created to fight the Ku Klux Klan Antonia Noori Farzan, Washington Post
Sentencing Guidelines Commission approves 5-year felony probation cap (Minnesota) Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune
Who are the Florida prison inmates serving outdated drug sentences? Emily Mahoney, Tampa Bay Times
At Supreme Court, Another Potential Loss For Prosecutors Fighting Public Corruption Nina Totenberg, NPR
Yo Gotti and Roc Nation’s Threats to Sue Mississippi Over ‘Inhumane’ Prison System Already Yielding Fast Results Brooklyn Baldwin, The Root
Lawyers ask Georgia panel to spare condemned man’s life Kate Brumback, Associated Press
New NYPD Counterterrorism Chief Is First Woman to Lead Bureau Ben Chapman, Wall Street Journal
“You Guys Are Scaring Me” Daniel Engber, Slate
How Washington Fuels a Jail-Building ‘Arms Race’ in Rural America The Crime Report
This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Looking Back at the DC Sniper Vulture
‘The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson’: Film Review Guy Lodge, Variety