PM Stories
They’re Going Back to Prison. But They Didn’t Commit New Crimes. Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
‘A living hell’: Inside US prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Al Jazeera
Why is COVID Spreading in Connecticut Prisons? Chandra Bozelko, The Crime Report
California Prison Authorities Have Yet to Learn Lessons From Major COVID-19 Outbreaks, Advocates Warn Kerry Klein, KQED
Sacramento County begins vaccinating jail inmates after major COVID-19 outbreak Michael Finch II, Sacramento Bee
40% of inmates in California’s corrections system have been vaccinated for COVID-19 Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times
COVID-19 Lawsuit: State agrees to release 3,500 prison inmates (North Carolina) WITN
What Happened When Life Sentences Got Out of Control Sonny Mazzone, Reason
Tennessee Supreme Court Considering Whether To End Strict Life Sentences For Juveniles Samantha Max, WKMS
Virginia Bans Mental Health Evidence in Trials. Lawmakers Could Soon Change This Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
He wants to kick Jim Crow out of the California Constitution Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
Bobby Shmurda’s First Day Out Frazier Tharpe, GQ
AM Stories
What Will Merrick Garland Do About the Capitol Attack? Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Democratic leader says AG may look at Trump in Capitol riot probe Meg Cunningham, ABC News
The Legal Fallout Trump Still Faces From the Capitol Riots David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg
The Law that Can Bring Down the Capitol Attackers Garrett Epps, Washington Monthly
The Justice Department is facing a tougher climb trying to keep Capitol rioters locked up Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
Domestic Terror Still Thorny Issue for Lawmakers After Capitol Attack Brandi Buchman, Courthouse News
Dems clash over Biden-era police bill after ‘defund’ attacks Heather Caygle and Sarah Ferris, Politico
How Are Activists Managing Dissension Within the ‘Defund the Police’ Movement? Josiah Bates, Time
House Democrats reintroduce police reform bill named in honor of George Floyd Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Supreme Court Weighs Limits of ‘Hot Pursuit’ by Police Adam Liptak, New York Times
Reports: Justice Department ramps up George Floyd investigation into former officer Derek Chauvin N’dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today
‘System is broken’: Black community expresses anger, fatigue after officers cleared in Daniel Prude’s death Tracy Schuhmacher, Robert Bell, and Jay Cannon, USA Today
A New Report Shows Elijah McClain Was Killed by a Cascade of Constitutional Violations Jacob Sullum, Reason
More Than Two Years After Viral Chokehold Video, NYPD Officer Has Faced No Discipline Alice Speri, The Intercept
The Hanau Protocols: Aftermath of a Deadly Racist Attack Özlem Gezer and Timofey Neshitov, Der Spiegel
Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and the Voices of ‘Resistance’ Reggie Ugwu, New York Times