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Missouri Just Became the First State to Execute an Inmate During the Pandemic Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones
Missouri prosecutors’ unit that tried inmate scheduled to die is linked to wrongful convictions, Innocence Project says Erin Donaghue, CBS News
Capital Punishment and the ‘Culture’ of Revenge Isidoro Rodriguez, The Crime Report
Why We Shouldn’t Reward Fearmongering in Criminal Justice Reporting Zachary A. Siegel and Leo Beletsky, The Appeal
Washington Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Automatically Cleared Criminal Records Rachel M. Cohen, The Appeal
10 Ways a Roadside Police Stop Can Go Wrong Jacob Sullum, Reason
How Police Turn Teens Into Informants Barry Lam, Slate
Conviction integrity units working to exonerate the wrongfully convicted (Part 1) and (Part 2) NBC News
How the “Stranger Danger” Panic of the 1980s Helped Give Rise to Mass Incarceration Meagan Day, Jacobin
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob (2005) Skip Hollandsworth, Texas Monthly
Watch a Film About California’s Prison System by Sterling Ruby Belle Hutton, Another Magazine
Sterling Ruby’s Aerial Portrait of California’s Endless Prison System (2019) Sophie Bew, Another Magazine
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Across US, COVID-19 takes a hidden toll behind bars Peter Eisler, Linda So, Ned Parker, and Brad Heath, Reuters
We Have No Idea How Many People in Prison Actually Have COVID-19 Mia Armstrong, Slate
SF federal prosecutor eases rules for sick inmates seeking early release Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
Isolation, Death, and Grief at a New York Women’s Prison Lyra Walsh Fuchs, The Appeal
A Detainee at Rikers Island Was Cleared for Release Because of the Coronavirus. Six Weeks Later, He’s Still in Jail. Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Solitary Confinement – Where is the New York Legislature? Anisah Sabur, Norwood News
Despite pandemic, sheriff continues booking suspects on minor, nonviolent offenses Kelly Davis, Lauryn Schroeder, and Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune
Wrongfully Convicted Man Hopes For Release As Coronavirus Hits Prisons (Pennsylvania) NBC News/YouTube
State’s Attorney has contested vast majority of bond motions since COVID-19 (Illinois) John Seasly, Injustice Watch
A Coronavirus Turf War in Klickitat County Charles Bethea, The New Yorker
The Deranged Civic Religion of the Lockdown Protestors Libby Watson, New Republic
Is Anywhere Safe for a Jury Trial During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Try a School Gym. Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Wall Street Journal
Amid pandemic, crime dropped in many US cities, but not all Tom Jackman, Washington Post
COVID-19 data sharing with law enforcement sparks concern Kimberlee Kruesi, AP News