PM Stories
Before Election, Trump Tries To Stack Prison-Sentencing Agency With Right Wing Allies Eli Hager, The Marshall Project
Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal
Barr Defends Right to Intrude in Cases as He Sees Fit Katie Benner, New York Times
Trump Administration Working “Hand In Hand” With NYPD To Blame Violent Crime On Bail Reform Christopher Robbins, Gothamist
A Progressive Prosecutor Faces Off With Portland’s Aggressive Police Alice Speri, The Intercept
Families of Oregon prisoners call for mass release of inmates, plan for future public health crises Jayati Ramakrishnan, The Oregonian
Department of Retaliation: Inside Missouri’s Prison System Ryan Krull, Riverfront Times
‘It Almost Broke Me’: How the Pandemic Strains Mental Health at Pittsburgh’s Jail Juliette Rihl, The Crime Report
How Legislation Meant to Overhaul Probation And Parole In Pennsylvania Strayed From Its Roots Jonathan Ben-Menachem, The Appeal
How do we get innocent people out of prison? Maricopa County’s new unit is a start Hope DeLapo and Marissa Bluestine, AZ Central
Judge grants DNA testing in Pervis Payne’s Tennessee death penalty case Katherine Burgess, Tennessean
How White-Collar Criminals Get Away With It Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New Republic
What Happened Inside Ed Buck’s Apartment? Jesse Baron, New York Times Magazine
AM Stories
Bill Barr, Unbound Manuel Roig-Franzia and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post Magazine
Lock Him Up? Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
President Trump and Joe Biden offer opposing visions of policing Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
Police or Prosecutor Misconduct Is at Root of Half of Exoneration Cases, Study Finds Aimee Ortiz, New York Times
Enduring Injustice: The Persistence of Racial Discrimination in the US Death Penalty Death Penalty Information Center
DC legalized marijuana, but one thing didn’t change: Almost everyone arrested on pot charges is Black Paul Schwartzman and John D. Harden, Washington Post
Louisville announces $12M settlement, police changes in wake of Breonna Taylor shooting Andrew Wolfson, Darcy Costello, and Tessa Duvall, Louisville Courier Journal
Breonna Taylor won’t get ‘true justice’ until officers are fired or convicted, prosecutors say Bailey Loosemore, Louisville Courier Journal
Documents Reveal How the Police Kept Daniel Prude’s Death Quiet Michael Wilson and Edgar Sandoval, New York Times
In Vallejo, police encounters often turn violent Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle
Sheriff’s combative response to shocking deputy attack sparks new alarms, criticism Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
Many face mask mandates go unenforced as police feel political, economic pressure Kristine Phillips, USA Today