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7 States Where Voters Could Change the Future of Criminal Justice The Marshall Project
Immigration policy is on the ballot. If voters don’t decide, the conservative Supreme Court will Kimberly Atkins, Boston Globe
Getting Out the Vote in the Maze of Mass Incarceration Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
Former felons in Florida cast their first ballots in early voting Alex Pena, CBS News
Ex-prisoners ‘unlock the vote’ in New Orleans, then cast ballots – some for first time Katy Reckdahl, New Orleans Advocate
83 former DC federal prosecutors support changes to address racial bias Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post
Federal Certificate Offers New Hope for Americans in ‘Internal Exile’ Gabriel J. Chin and David Schlussel, The Crime Report
Special Report: As jails free thousands amid COVID-19, reform push takes root Linda So, Brad Heath, Jason Szep, Ned Parker, and Peter Eisler, Reuters
How Criminal Law Lost Its Mind Michael Serota, Boston Review
When Does Murder Make The News? It Depends On The Victim’s Race. Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
Philly man, exonerated at 73, faced ‘stunning violation of constitutional rights,’ lawyers say Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
‘Aggie,’ art and social justice Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times
Everyday Resistance in ‘Time’: An Interview with Garrett Bradley Yasmina Price, New York Review of Books
AM Stories
Philadelphia Police Fatally Shoot a Black Man Who They Say Had a Knife Azi Paybarah, New York Times
Fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. prompts heated overnight protests in West Philly Ellie Rushing, Anna Orso, Robert Moran, and Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
Waukegan mayor says videos of fatal police shooting will be released after family views them Sam Kelly, Chicago Sun Times
Families Mourn, Demand Accountability At Vigil For Teen Killed By Waukegan Police María Inés Zamudio, WBEZ
Breonna Taylor Killing Spurs Action Against No-Knock Warrants Lindsey Van Ness, PEW Stateline
America’s protest crackdown: five months after George Floyd, hundreds face trials and prison Sam Levin, The Guardian
What 2,392 Incarcerated People Think About #DefundThePolice Nicole Lewis, Anna Flagg, and Aviva Shen, The Marshall Project
The Ballot Initiative That Could Change How You Think About Defunding the Police Jennifer Swann, New Republic
An Ex-Cop Is Running as a Reformer to Unseat LA’s First Black District Attorney Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal Maresi Starzmann, Truthout
What to do about Ahav? Hannah Dreier, Washington Post
“Red Squad”: An Investigation of the NYPD’s Crackdown on Dissent, Fifty Years Ago Richard Brody, The New Yorker