PM Stories
COVID-19: Infections Among US Prisoners Have Been Triple Those of Other Americans New York Times
1 in 3 state prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, report says Luke Barr, ABC News
State prisons struggle with COVID safety, vaccination reluctance Ethan Hunt, The Appalachian
El Paso County’s Jail Justified $15M In Improvements On COVID. It Didn’t Prevent A Massive Outbreak Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
Two Utah cases highlight pandemic’s grip on the criminal justice system Annie Knox, Deseret News
Clobbered by COVID-19, Connecticut courts are ramping back up to speed with new virtual hearing technology Zach Murdock, Hartford Courant
Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served Eric Scigliano, The Atlantic
The Pandemic Prompted Marilyn Mosby to Stop Prosecuting Low-Level Crimes. Will Other DAs Follow? Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal
Philly DA Larry Krasner and challenger Carlos Vega enter election homestretch as gun violence surges Chris Brennan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia DA Race Could Ramp Up the War on Drugs Maura Ewing, The Appeal
Bills on local, national levels address drug sentencing reform Chloe Teboe, News Center Maine
How ‘Free Tony Lewis’ became both a son’s plea and a call on Biden to create a national clemency program Theresa Vargas, Washington Post
‘Suddenly I’m breathing’: hope as Haaland takes on crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans Hallie Golden, The Guardian
Grindr Murder: Could Kevin Bacon’s Death Have Been Prevented? Joseph Jaafari, Rolling Stone
The killer question: are true-crime podcasts exploitative? Hannah Verdier, The Guardian
AM Stories
The Simple Facts of Derek Chauvin’s Trial Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker
What the Derek Chauvin Trial Tells Us About Police Use of Force Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones
As Derek Chauvin’s former bosses line up to condemn him, ‘policing in America is on trial’ Mark Berman, Washington Post
Violence flares after Brooklyn Center police fatally shoot man, 20, inflaming tensions during the Derek Chauvin trial Mara Klecker and Kim Hyatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Police Say an Antifa Activist Likely Shot at Officers. His Gun Suggests Otherwise. Mike Baker and Evan Hill, New York Times
National Poll: Shift Law Enforcement Funds to Non-Police Emergency Response Molly Bernstein and Sean McElwee, The Appeal
Maryland Legislators Override a Veto to Usher in Sweeping Police Reform Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Maryland Becomes First State to Repeal Its Police Bill of Rights Matt Stieb, New York Magazine
Federal Supervision and Decades of Activism Changed Policing in Newark. Can the Reforms Hold? J. Brian Charles, The Trace
When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail The Hechinger Report
More Than Two-Thirds of Students Want Police Out of Schools Mike Ludwig, Truthout
What the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country StudentNation
Breonna Taylor Show Points Art Museums to a Faster Track Holland Cotter, New York Times
“Exterminate All the Brutes,” Reviewed: A Vast, Agonizing History of White Supremacy Richard Brody, The New Yorker