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The Tortured Life And Tragic Crime Of The Only Woman On Death Row Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost
Trump Urged by Over 1,000 Advocates to Stop Execution of Federal Death Row Inmate Lisa Montgomery Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek
Trump’s record-breaking spree of federal executions could come to an end under Biden Kim Bellware, Washington Post
America’s Brutally Packed Prisons Are Slowly Emptying Justin Ling, Foreign Policy
America’s war on drugs has failed. Oregon is showing a way out. German Lopez, Vox
Since you asked: What role does drug enforcement play in the rising incarceration of women? Tiana Herring, Prison Policy Initiative
Incarcerated Texans are dying from COVID-19 at a rate 35% higher than rest of the US prison population, UT study finds Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Texas Tribune
COVID-19 outbreak infecting hundreds at Fort Dix is ‘escalating crisis,’ NJ senators warn Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
Audit of Brooklyn federal jail claims lack of COVID-19 tests may have masked size of outbreak Stephen Rex Brown and Noah Goldberg, New York Daily News
Virus outbreak at prison prompts renewed calls to release vulnerable inmates Vernal Coleman, Boston Globe
‘A stain on our country’: ICE efforts to stop COVID-19 spread fail to protect immigrant detainees from virus Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today
On the Language of Nonviolence and the US Criminal Justice System Michael Fischer, Lit Hub
PEN America names winners of prison writing program award ABC News
AM Stories
After Baseless Trump Claims, Barr Says DOJ Can Investigate Voter Fraud Allegations Ryan J. Reilly, HuffPost
DOJ’s election crimes chief resigns after Barr allows prosecutors to probe voter fraud claims Dartunorro Clark and Ken Dilanian, NBC News
Trump Loves to Use the Pardon Power. Is He Next? Jack Goldsmith, New York Times
US criticized for police brutality, racism at UN rights review Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence John Jay College
Voters Back More Police Oversight After George Floyd’s Death Ayanna Alexander, Bloomberg Government
LAPD to dramatically downsize special units, focus on patrol as budget cut shrinks force Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times
LA County Board of Supervisors to Reconsider Options to Remove Sheriff Elizabeth Marcellino, City News Service
NYPD’s Oversight Agency Launches Do-Over On Police Sexual Misconduct Investigations Sydney Pereira and Josefa Velásquez, Gothamist
Baltimore County is taking steps to reform its police department, but some in community remain wary Wilborn P. Nobles III, Baltimore Sun
No, Defund The Police And Medicare For All Didn’t Lead To Democratic Losses In The House Aidan Smith, The Appeal
The Law and Order Election Michael Lind, Tablet
Voting Trump Out Is Not Enough Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker
‘SWAT’ and other cop dramas are trying to tackle race. They could take a page from ‘This Is Us.’ Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Do No Harm Wondery