PM Stories
Georgia shooting case will go to grand jury as disturbing video surfaces online Michael Brice-Saddler and Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post
He said police had the wrong guy. Now after 11 years, Harris County officials agree. St. John Barned-Smith, Houston Chronicle
The Dark History of America’s First Female Terrorist Group William Rosenau, Politico
Midnight in the Garden of East Texas (1998) Skip Hollandsworth, Texas Monthly
Cunning hitman who embarrassed NYPD was target of biggest manhunt in NYC history Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News
Carceral Aesthetics Daniel Fernandez, LA Review of Books
The Best True Crime Movies Esquire
Natalie Wood’s death is still big business. In HBO’s new doc, her family fights back Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Courtroom Dramas Become TV Dramas in Trailer for New Netflix Docuseries ‘Trial By Media’ Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone
AM Stories
Death of a Survivor Justine van der Leun, New Republic
What We’ve Learned About COVID-19 in Prisons John E. Wetzel, RealClearPolitics
The policy mistakes from the 1990s that have made covid-19 worse Heather Ann Thompson, Washington Post
Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, Associated Press
70% of Texas prisoners tested have the coronavirus. Experts say it’s time for more testing and fewer inmates. Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
NJ federal prison is becoming a ‘deathtrap,’ ACLU says, seeking release of vulnerable inmates Joe Atmonavage, NJ Advance Media
A Vermont Judge Had Plans to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons. Lawmakers Scrapped Them. Adam Willems, The Appeal
How the coronavirus and Chicago’s gun violence are related Roberto R. Aspholm and John M. Hagedorn, Chicago Sun-Times
‘A little more creative’: How the coronavirus has changed probation, parole in Idaho Tommy Simmons, KTVB
Policing Is Changing In The Age of Social Distancing Martin Kaste, NPR
Fever-reading drones just first of a wave of privacy challenges, civil liberties advocates say Charles Rabin, Miami Herald
Q&A: Laura Morel on Covering COVID-19 at Detention Centers Alex Eichenstein, Center for Public Integrity
“We All Have An Expiration Date”: The Death of a Prison Writer Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project