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What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Would Want America to Do Now Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Most Americans Want Pandemic-Era Justice Reforms Made Permanent: Poll Nancy Bilyeau, The Crime Report
Voters are willing to think big on criminal justice Robert Rooks and Joycelyn Elders, The Hill
The Sheriff’s Race Pitting Trump Against Black Lives Matter Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project
Racist Jim Crow era lives on in Florida decision to disenfranchise felons over fines Paul E. Pelletier, USA Today
Predictive policing algorithms are racist. They need to be dismantled. Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review
Pa. Supreme Court halts Philly criminal trials streamed on YouTube over possible harassment Vinny Vella, Philadelphia Inquirer
In Lancaster, criminal justice reform advocates say $1M bail was meant to ‘punish or deter’ protests Lauren Manelius, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Nearly 1,000 inmates, more than 200 staff in Wisconsin prisons have tested positive for coronavirus Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After coronavirus cases soared, prison chief says state response was ‘effective’ Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald
‘Man Down!’: Inside the Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin Keegan Hamilton, Vice
Confinement and Contagion Justine van der Leun, New York Review of Books
Byron Miller’s Race Against Time Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project
AM Stories
“She Stood for America. She Stood for Our Values.” Joshua Keating, Slate
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Great Equalizer Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
Justice Ginsburg’s Judicial Legacy of Striking Dissents Adam Liptak, New York Times
Dwindling ranks and declining public trust plague police agencies amid summer of protests Mark Berman and Jessica Wolfrom, Washington Post
Cops Are Using Over $1 Billion in Post-9/11 Military Gear Spencer Ackerman, Daily Beast
Defund the Louisville Police by $12 Million Aviva Shen, Slate
New racial justice target: Defund the police foundations Zachary Warmbrodt, Politico
Police have shot people experiencing a mental health crisis. Who should you call instead? Grace Hauck, USA Today
“They didn’t see me as innocent” Kiana Moore, Vox
Whose Lives Matter? Race, Space, and the Devaluation of Homicide Victims in Minority Communities Kailey White, Forrest Stuart, and Shannon L. Morrissey, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
After she was shot by police, her Nana’s admonition stays strong: Don’t let hate turn you away from God Donna Britt, Washington Post
Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us Dave Itzkoff, New York Times