PM Stories
Biden Will End the Justice Department’s Use of Private Prisons Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
What Happens to the Federal Death Penalty in a Biden Administration? Madeleine Carlisle, Time
After Trump’s Execution Spree, Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Biden To End Death Penalty Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost
Committee advances bill to end death penalty to Virginia Senate floor Tyler Arnold, Inside NoVA
Defense lawyers raise COVID-19 fears in Georgia death penalty case Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
‘No Beds Left’: Houston’s Jail is a COVID-19 Superspreader Jerry Iannelli, The Appeal
State Prison Inmate’s Diary Details The Ordeal Of Battling COVID-19 Behind Bars Gwynne Hogan and Jake Dobkin, Gothamist
Missouri Prison Staff Offered COVID Vaccine Soon, But Most Inmates Have To Wait Shahla Farzan, KBIA
Mass. Working To Educate Prisoners About Getting The Coronavirus Vaccine Deborah Becker, WBUR
Meek Mill, Jay-Z and other big names in sports fight for criminal justice reform Mike Freeman, USA Today
Los Angeles’ new DA redefines what ‘people’s lawyer’ does Martin Kuz, Christian Science Monitor
A Tech Investor Is Raising Funds to Investigate San Francisco Prosecutor’s Decarceral Approach Akela Lacy, The Intercept
The Victims Left Behind by Genetic Genealogy Jacob Stern and Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic
What Really Happens Inside a Crime Lab? Kathy Reichs, New York Times
‘If I Disappear’ Is a New Thriller for True Crime Fanatics Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone
The Investigation Is the Next Evolution of True Crime Karen Han, Slate
AM Stories
A New Era of Far-Right Violence Colin P. Clarke, New York Times
Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism David Rohde, The New Yorker
Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy Laura Smith, New York Times
The insurrection and the press Kyle Pope, Columbia Journalism Review
Oath Keepers Face First Conspiracy Charges Over Capitol Riot David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg
The FBI charged some people with conspiracy in the Capitol riot, but proving it won’t be easy Alan Feuer and Nicole Hong, New York Times
US police weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot Martha Bellisle and Jake Bleiberg, AP News
How Do You Deradicalize a Cop? Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
Defining policing is essential to reform it Jorge X. Camacho, The Hill
Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR
Protesters swarm Tacoma streets over police run-over incident Chase Hutchinson and Stacia Glenn, News Tribune
Every attack on new Illinois police reform legislation is predictable – and wrong State Rep. Justin Slaughter, Chicago Sun-Times
The killing of two Black Panthers, the secrets of the FBI – and our nation’s long fight for police reform Editorial Board, Chicago Sun-Times