The Race To End Mass Incarceration In America’s Second Largest City (Los Angeles, CA) Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post
The Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg Charles M. Blow, New York Times
What Kind of Woman Defends Harvey Weinstein? Christina Cauterucci, Slate
State officials reverse course, will end 5-year death penalty hiatus with return to lethal injection (Oklahoma) Dylan Goforth, The Frontier
Nearly 66,000 weed convictions dating back to 1961 to be dismissed in Los Angeles County Jordan Culver, USA Today
The LAPD branded them as gang associates. But they fought back and got removed from CalGang database Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times
New York Schools Gang Unit Pushes the Criminalization of Children Alice Speri, The Intercept
Metro Transit Police held a competition to encourage arrests and other enforcement (Washington, DC) Justin George, Washington Post
Lawmakers give 300 Virginia inmates their first chance at parole Marie Albiges, Virginian-Pilot
A newspaper requested public documents on gun ownership. Now its reporters are getting threats. Hannah Knowles, Washington Post
These valentines headed to prisons and detention centers across the country are heartbreaking and revealing Theresa Vargas, Washington Post
Alec Karakatsanis on the ‘Usual Cruelty’ of the Criminal Justice System Michael Barajas, Texas Observer