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Fewer Americans Call for Tougher Criminal Justice System Megan Brenan, Gallup
After California restores felon voting rights, activists see growing national trend Natalia Abrahams, NBC News
The Widening Rural-Urban Divide in Criminal Justice Marc Levin, The Crime Report
The COVID-19 Outbreak In Mass. Prisons Exposes A Larger Human Rights Crisis Sarah Laughlin, WBUR
Lori Loughlin’s Dublin prison faces ‘dangerous’ COVID-19 outbreak Martha Ross, San Jose Mercury News
At Least 231 People Have Died In Texas Jails And Prisons From COVID-19, Study Finds Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR
Incarcerated Texans enlisted to work in county morgue as COVID-19 deaths overwhelm El Paso Alana Rocha, Texas Tribune
Harris County Jail keeps COVID-19 tamped down, but anxiety remains Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle
ACLU, DOC Sign Agreement For How To Treat Prisoners During The Pandemic Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
Illinois Could Drastically Reduce Its Prison Population Without Seeing Crime Increase, New Report Says Patrick Smith, WBEZ
Seattle’s New Theory of Crime Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
Only One Prosecutor Has Ever Been Jailed for Misconduct Leading to a Wrongful Conviction Innocence Project
Grandfather serving 505-year sentence ordered to be released ‘without delay’ Scott Glover, CNN
Tennessee man freed after nearly 15 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction Stefan Sykes, NBC News
Essential Work: Designing the End to Mass Incarceration Pendarvis Harshaw, KQED
AM Stories
After a summer of protest, Americans voted for policing and criminal justice reform Mark Berman and Tom Jackman, Washington Post
Police reform was a big winner this election Rachel Ramirez, Vox
Will Biden Satisfy Black Activists on Police Reform? The Crime Report
‘This is a blank canvas’: Creating Philly’s new Citizens Police Oversight Commission Aaron Moselle, WHYY
Dallas Police Department To Implement Tracking System Aimed At Identifying Potential Officer Misconduct Caroline Vandergriff, CBS DFW
Police departments still want new military equipment despite calls to ‘defund’ them Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Another protester files suit over APD’s use of ‘less-lethal’ rounds. That’s the second this week. Andrew Weber, Austin Monitor
‘What Happened in Austin’: Lawyers Expect ‘Tsunami of Injury Cases’ After Black Lives Matter Protests Angela Morris, Texas Lawyer
Baltimore expected to pay $8 million to settle Gun Trace Task Force lawsuit, eclipsing amount in Freddie Gray case Justin Fenton, Baltimore Sun
How police handled a DC stabbing is yet another sign of how law enforcement favors extremist group Proud Boys Will Carless, USA Today
Police dramas like ‘Law & Order: SVU’ are ‘comfort TV’ for many. We should unpack why. Sage Young, NBC News
How TV’s Top Cop Shows Are Changing Their Approach to Law & Order Ileane Rudolph, TV Insider