PM Stories
As States Expand Vaccine Eligibility, Many People in Prison Still Wait for Shots Katie Park, Ariel Goodman, and Kimberlee Kruesi, The Marshall Project
When the Pandemic Came to Sullivan Prison John J. Lennon, New York Times Magazine
Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail that’s been dogged by unrest USA Today
California prisons grapple with hundreds of transgender inmates requesting new housing Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times
One year after first Rikers COVID death, advocates push parole reform law David Brand, Queens Daily Eagle
Two long-sought bills that would change parole for inmates advance in Maryland Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post
One Man Fights For Missourians With Felonies To Regain Voting Rights When Released Andrea Y. Henderson, St. Louis Public Radio
DAs Are Asking Biden to End the Death Penalty. But Some Are Still Wielding It Themselves Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
How the Criminal Justice System Deploys Mass Surveillance on Innocent People Sarah Lageson, Juan Sandoval, and Elizabeth Webster, Vice
Prosecuting low-level crimes makes us less safe Amanda Agan, Jennifer Doleac, and Anna Harvey, Washington Post
Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves Marc Wortman, Vanity Fair
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist Gets Another Retelling In New Netflix Docuseries Erin Trahan, WBUR
Novelist Nico Walker on Robbing Banks, Reading Dostoevsky, and Getting Brainwashed by the Army Alex N. Press, Jacobin
The Hazards of American Justice Michael O’Donnell, New York Times
AM Stories
The Political Perception and Reality of the Gun Rights Issue Walter Shapiro, Brennan Center for Justice
Atlanta Spa Shootings: What Korean-Language Media Told Us That the Mainstream Media Didn’t Regina Kim, Rolling Stone
Anti-Asian attacks prompt call for updated hate crimes law NBC News
What is a hate crime? The narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict Jeannine Bell, The Conversation
Death Penalty for Mass Shooters? Depends On Where They Strike. Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
How America’s surveillance networks helped the FBI catch the Capitol mob Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg, Washington Post
After Capitol riot, Congress eyes bipartisan reform of its own protectors Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney, Politico
Ex-Salt Lake City police officer arrested for storming the US Capitol Sara Tabin and Scott D. Pierce, Salt Lake Tribune
‘It’s not anything new’: Capitol riots shine light on extremism in law enforcement Kristen Schneider, WJLA
NAACP president says ‘criminal justice system is on trial’ over George Floyd’s killing Anagha Srikanth, The Hill
A question at the heart of the Derek Chauvin trial: Whose fear matters? Monica Hesse, Washington Post
Cause of death at issue in Chauvin trial as prosecution questions medical examiner’s findings Chao Xiong, Minneapolis Star Tribune
When to ignore race in the Derek Chauvin trial Paul Butler, Washington Post
Calling Chauvin a “Bad Apple” Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence Marjorie Cohn, Truthout
‘They need to be watched’: How livestreaming the Derek Chauvin trial lets people of color monitor the justice system Tami Abdollah, USA Today
A Black Army Rises to Fight the Racist Right Graeme Wood, The Atlantic