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In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor, ProPublica
The Courts Have Blessed a Modern-Day Jelly Bean Test in Florida Leah C. Aden, Slate
The Frustrations of Fighting for Compassionate Release Under the First Step Act Sarah E. Ryan, The Crime Report
Thousands of Sick Federal Prisoners Sought Compassionate Release. 98 Percent Were Denied. Keri Blakinger and Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project
12 Oregon Prisoners Killed by COVID, Over 1,000 Inmates Across State Infected Ana de Liz, Newsweek
Federal Judges Were Once All Reliably Bad On Prisoners’ Rights Issues. COVID-19 Changed That. Samuel Weiss, The Appeal
The Pandemic Has Hindered Many of the Best Ideas for Reducing Violence Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui, New York Times
Jurors in a fire station, high school gym and the ‘Cow Palace.’ How Maryland is restarting jury trials in the pandemic. Dan Morse, Washington Post
Should NJ Legalize Marijuana? The Voters Will Decide Tracey Tully, New York Times
Trump’s top federal prosecutors are overwhelmingly white men Jake Bleiberg, Aaron Morrison, and Jim Mustian, AP News
Trump’s Favorite Texas Sheriff Faces Re-Election Amid a Spike in Deaths at His Jail Michael Barajas, Texas Observer
Inside the once-controversial trend that took over true crime TV Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times
A Filmmaker Who Sees Prison Life With Love and Complexity Ismail Muhammad, New York Times Magazine
How the Ladd Brothers Helped Rikers Island Inmates Tell Their Story In A Pandemic Isabelle Hore-Thorburn, Highsnobiety
AM Stories
The injustices facing immigrants and refugees Washington Post
How ICE Became a ‘Propaganda Machine’ for Trump Ken Klippenstein, The Nation
Federal judge halts work of Trump’s national law enforcement commission after NAACP complaint Kevin Johnson, USA Today
Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Funding Police Alternatives Grace Z. Li, SF Weekly
Gov. Newsom vetoes bill backed by Ventura County DA to track police officer credibility Megan Diskin, Ventura County Star
De Blasio, Cuomo clash over NYPD reform Erin Durkin, Politico
Criminal justice reforms have next to nothing to do with NYC’s shooting surge Jullian Harris-Calvin, New York Daily News
Police reform bill could bring Washington to forefront of accountability movement Mike Reicher, Seattle Times
Second grand juror in Breonna Taylor case interested in speaking out, Louisville activist says Ralph Ellis, Elizabeth Joseph, and Lauren del Valle, CNN
Cop Who Fired 16 Rounds at Breonna Taylor Said He Only Surmised That He Had Used His Gun Jacob Sullum, Reason
Texas Police Officer Charged With Murder in Fatal Shooting of Black Man Bryan Pietsch, New York Times
‘Rhetoric without reality’ or effective policing strategy? An analysis of the relationship between community policing and police fatal force Wendy M. Koslicki, Daniel J. Lytle, Dale W. Willits, and Rachael Brooks, Journal of Criminal Justice