PM Stories
Biden and the Border Security-Industrial Complex Maeve Higgins, New York Review of Books
Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Undocumented Immigrants To Fight Deportation Nina Totenberg, NPR
What the Horrific Crash on the Border Says About US Immigration Policy Dara Lind, ProPublica
South Carolina Understands What the Death Penalty Is For Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
South Carolina could force death row inmates to choose between electric chair, firing squad Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post
Severely mentally ill will not be executed in Ohio, but work remains Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Columbus Dispatch
Joe Biden, Who Vowed to Abolish Executions, Urged to Commute Death Row Sentences Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek
Can a decade-old witness confession help save Julius Jones from execution? Kim Bellware, Washington Post
The New Pioneers of Conviction Integrity James M. Doyle, The Crime Report
Evidence-based paths toward criminal justice reform Jon Gould and Pamela Metzger, The Hill
Virginia Democrats Advance Sweeping Criminal Justice Reforms, But Fall Short On Some Measures Victoria Chamberlin, DCist
Virginia Democrats Plan To Restore Voting Rights For Felons, But Remain Divided On How Far To Go Daniella Cheslow, DCist
For 20 million felons, the punishment never stops Paul Butler, Washington Post
How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison Tariq MaQbool, The Marshall Project
Haunted by a grisly execution, an investigator decides to dig deeper Daniel Stashower, Washington Post
AM Stories
With Biden’s backing, Democrats revive George Floyd bill to overhaul policing Will Weissert and Padmananda Rama, Los Angeles Times
House Approves Police Reform Bill Named After George Floyd Chloee Weiner, NPR
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, explained Sean Collins, Vox
Police officers’ immunity from lawsuits is getting a fresh look Russell Contreras, Axios
The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct Joanna Schwartz, The Atlantic
Secrecy for Disciplined Police Officers Fought at Top NJ Court Emilee Larkin, Courthouse News
Six Years After Tamir Rice, Cleveland Makes New Rules About Policing Kids Abbie VanSickle and Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project
Why Did Police Never Solve the Murder of a Prominent Portland Anti-Fascist? Alice Speri, The Intercept
Video of the police assault of Rodney King shocked us. But what did it change? Felicia Angeja Viator, Washington Post
Thirty years ago, I watched Rodney King beaten. We thought our fight was finally over. Karen Bass, USA Today
30 Years Later, Rodney King Beating Remains Seminal Part Of LA, US History City News Service
Rodney King trials were captured in courtroom art. Library of Congress is preserving it Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times
’17 Blocks’ opens a remarkable documentary window into the life of a family in Washington, DC Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post