If You Build It Jack Norton and Jacob Kang-Brown, Vera Institute

Trump administration’s plans to resume federal executions debated at appeals court Mark Berman and Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post

Lawsuit Claims Epstein Trafficked Girls in Caribbean Until 2018 Ali Watkins, New York Times

The Fog of Rudy Jonathan Mahler, New York Times Magazine

Texas carries out nation’s first execution of 2020 for domestic violence slaying in Collin County Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

In Indiana Prisons, Solitary Confinement by Another Name Still Feels Like Torture Victoria Law, Solitary Watch/Truthout

New Lawsuit is Latest Example of Residents Seeking Accountability for Wrongful Arrests in New York City Dawn R. Wolfe, The Appeal

NYPD probed for possible racial bias in subway fare policing Associated Press

Correction Officers, Prisoners’ Advocates Disagree On Cause Of Violence At Max Security Prison (Massachusetts) Deborah Becker, WBUR

How Dubious Science Helped Put a New Jersey Woman in Prison for Killing a Baby in Her Care Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal

Who killed Anchorage’s first police chief? Nearly 100 years later, it’s still a mystery. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News

Netflix’s new documentary on Aaron Hernandez offers a gripping look at his descent into darkness Bob Hohler, Boston Globe

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