PM Stories
We Still Don’t Know Who the Coronavirus’s Victims Were Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic
The Biden Administration Should Not Send Thousands of People Back to Prison Nikki Trautman Baszynski, The Appeal
Biden administration needs to walk the walk on second chances for prisoners Erica Zunkel and James Zeigler, USA Today
My Child Is Incarcerated. One Second in This Unjust System Is Too Much. Esther Hernández, Truthout
76,000 California inmates now eligible for earlier releases Don Thompson, ABC News
How Pittsburgh Activists Are Seizing a Rare Chance To Reshape Courts Sam Mellins, The Appeal
Why Larry Krasner’s Defeat Would be ‘Disastrous’ for Criminal-Justice Reform Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Probe of DC crime lab could ‘blow up’ criminal justice system Jack Moore, WTOP
Suffolk DA kicks off effort to drop tens of thousands of convictions tied to tainted state drug lab Maggie Mulvihill, Boston Globe
He wasn’t old enough to vote but got a life sentence for murder; Baltimore prosecutors and judge decided it’s time to set him free Tim Prudente, Baltimore Sun
A 1722 Murder Spurred Native Americans’ Pleas for Justice in Early America Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine
Flipping the script in true-crime series ‘The Staircase’ Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Netflix’s ‘The Sons of Sam’ Depicts the Dangers of Our True Crime Obsession Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone
AM Stories
George Floyd’s killer has been convicted, but police brutality goes on Editorial Board, Washington Post
What Good Is a Posthumous Pardon for George Floyd? Michael Hall, Texas Monthly
‘Floyd was my man. But George Floyd is a movement’ Robert Samuels, Washington Post
I’m Angry That I’m Grateful That My Brother Survived a Traffic Stop Shana L. Redmond, Mother Jones
North Carolina sheriff identifies deputies involved in Andrew Brown Jr. shooting, returns 4 to duty David K. Li, NBC News
Police are fueling outrage over Andrew Brown Jr.’s death by withholding information, experts say Joel Shannon, USA Today
Video shows Chicago police killing Anthony Alvarez as he runs away: ‘Why are you shooting me?’ Hannah Knowles, Washington Post
Video of fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by Chicago police is released; department leaders promise new foot-chase policy Jeremy Gorner, Annie Sweeney, Megan Crepeau, and Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune
Cincinnati’s Upcoming Mayoral Race is ‘Make or Break’ for Policing and Housing Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal
Face of GOP’s ‘future’ steps up police reform talks with Dems Nicholas Wu, Sarah Ferris, and Laura Barrón-López, Politico
‘One Slip of the Tongue Could Ruin Things’: Bipartisan Talks on Police Reform Advance – Delicately Abby Vesoulis, Time
President Biden is listening to communities on violence prevention. Congress should, too. Fatimah Loren Dreier and David Muhammad, Washington Post
Why gun control efforts should go beyond mass shootings, advocates say Marlene Lenthang, ABC News
The gun-control effort that almost stopped our addiction to ‘weapons of war’ Andrew C. McKevitt, Washington Post