PM Stories
The Federal Death Penalty Returns Scott Shackford, Reason
US Schedules First Execution of a Woman in Nearly 70 Years Marie Fazio, New York Times
The Hidden Cruelty of Trump’s Executions Liliana Segura, The Intercept
Dying Inside: The Hidden Crisis in America’s Jails Peter Eisler, Linda So, Jason Szep, Grant Smith, and Ned Parker, Reuters
Profiting from prisoners Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post
Life Without Parole for Kids Is Cruelty With No Benefit Brandon L. Garrett, The Atlantic
Cleaning Up Criminal Records, and Rebalancing the Scales of Justice Patrick Jackson Keough, Legal Intelligencer
Addressing systemic inequities in DC must include getting reentry right Jack Brown, Washington Post
New Orleans Public Defenders Got Sick of Unjust Judges. Now They’re Running to Unseat Them. Maura Ewing, Slate
Life Sentence Survivors Speak on Dismantling Mass Incarceration David Greenwald, Davis Vanguard
A Radically Different Way to Look at Incarceration Samantha N. Sheppard, The Atlantic
‘The Writing On The Wall’ Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings Jon Kalish, NPR
In Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin tackles an all-too-relevant court case Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Is a Riveting Movie. But the True Story Is Even More Dramatic Andrew R. Chow, Time
The Woman Who Invented Forensics Training with Doll Houses Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, The New Yorker
AM Stories
Racial justice is on the ballot in these 5 states this November NBC News
The Complicated Role Of Black Leaders In Shaping The Criminal Justice System Gene Demby, NPR
Democrats’ Coming Civil War Over Police Unions Laura Barrón-López, Politico
CPD Largely Ignores Community Recommendations On When Officers Can Shoot, Taze Or Use Other Force Patrick Smith, WBEZ
NYPD Unit At Center Of Protest Policing Has Dozens Of Officers With Long Misconduct Histories Ali Winston, The Appeal
US Attorney Moves In on Brooklyn DA’s Territory, Citing Crime Surge Nicole Hong, New York Times
Portland, Oakland sue Homeland Security, Justice Department alleging unconstitutional federal overreach Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian
How Black Oaklanders Finally Expelled the School Police Edwin Rios, Mother Jones
Park Police officers charged with manslaughter in 2017 slaying of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar Tom Jackman, Washington Post
Justice is delayed for Bijan Ghaisar – again Editorial Board, Washington Post
Police Surveillance is Criminalization and It Crushes People Brendan McQuade, CounterPunch
Is It Time to Rethink the 911 Call System? Michael Gelb, The Crime Report