PM Stories
This Is Not Justice. It’s Self-Preservation. Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
The Sorrow and Relief in Minneapolis Emily Witt, New Yorker
The Derek Chauvin Verdict Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Those Who Found No Justice Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Time
As Chauvin Verdict Was Read, Police Killed Black Ohio Teen Ma’Khia Bryant Chris Walker, Truthout
Fatal police shooting of Black teenager in Columbus sparks new outcry Randy Ludlow, Derek Hawkins, Paulina Firozi, and Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post
There Will Be More Derek Chauvins Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
Derek Chauvin’s conviction shouldn’t obscure how broken our criminal justice system is Jerusalem Demsas, Vox
Chauvin Trial Takeaway: We Have to Get Better at Trying Police Kimberly Wehle, The Bulwark
The Vital Role of Bystanders in Convicting Derek Chauvin Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker
Black Americans are buoyed by Chauvin conviction, but they worry it will blunt pace of reform Arelis R. Hernández and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post
Justice Department to probe whether Minneapolis police have ‘pattern and practice’ of misconduct Andy Mannix, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Can Merrick Garland Save the Minneapolis Police Department? Matt Ford, New Republic
In a roiled Minneapolis, schools are testing new model for safety Chelsea Sheasley, Christian Science Monitor
What Are Police Thinking? Mary Harris, Slate
How the GOP Is Creating Harsher Penalties for Protesters Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei, New York Times
AM Stories
‘They dig in like ticks’: A new doc shows the vexing work of criminal justice reform Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Philly DA Is the Second Coming of The Wire, in Docuseries Form Kathryn VanArendonk, New York Magazine
Larry Krasner let a documentary crew into the DA’s Office. Here are its takeaways. Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
How Philly, the nation’s most supervised big city, cut its probation numbers by a third Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer
Opinion: Ease expungement of past crimes and help people gain second chances Mike Schmidt and Carl Macpherson, Oregon Live
NJ to allow reduced prison sentences for non-violent drug crimes. What to know about the change Terrence T. McDonald, NorthJersey.com
All Federal Inmates To Be Offered Vaccine By Mid-May, BOP Director Says Becky Sullivan, NPR
Oregon prison COVID-19 lawsuit ruling hailed as a landmark for prisoners’ rights Liliana Frankel, Oregon Live
NJ man who spent decades in prison sues Donald Trump over ‘criminal’ handling of COVID outbreak Anthony G. Attrino, NJ Advance Media
NY Women’s Prison, Housing Mothers and Newborns, Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak Caroline Lewis, Gothamist
Glaring Racial Disparities Persist in NYC Jails: Study Emily Riley, The Crime Report
What I learned from reporting on the Allegheny County Jail Juliette Rihl, Public Source
Meet the scientists building a prison-to-STEM pipeline Christina Couch, PBS
She lost her father as a teen. Now, she’s written a book with the man wrongly convicted of killing him. Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News