Class, race and geography emerge as flashpoints in New York’s bail reform debate Kim Bellware, Washington Post
LA County Board Votes to Eliminate Many Criminal Justice Fees, Forgive Debt Elizabeth Marcellino, NBC Los Angeles
Inside the Chaotic, Underfunded World of Probation and Parole Keith Humphreys, Washington Monthly
Let Bernie Madoff, and Many More, Out of Prison Colleen P. Eren, New York Times
What Kim Ogg Gets Wrong About Work, Poverty, and Crime Jessica Pishko, The Appeal
She Said, He Sued Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Florida Can’t Bar People From Voting Because of Inability to Pay, Appeals Court Says Zak Bennett, The Appeal
If Florida Legislature won’t abolish death penalty, it should at least study it Editorial Board, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Trump Grants Clemency to Blagojevich, Milken and Kerik Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman, New York Times
How a Kentucky County Escaped the ‘Fines and Fees’ Trap Ben Kleppinger, The Crime Report
Axon rolls out the next level of police technology: Live-streaming body cameras Tom Jackman, Washington Post
Is it ‘torture’? California inmate going to court over prison noise keeping him awake Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee
Review: True crime on the reservation, starring an unlikely amateur sleuth Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times