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A man with intellectual disability is on death row – give him his day in court Tim Shriver, The Hill
Pervis Payne’s Attorneys Ask to Stop His Execution Over Intellectual Disability Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek
Appeals court denies DNA testing in Sedley Alley case Yolanda Jones, Daily Memphian
Prosecutors Should Stop Seeking the Death Penalty Nikki Trautman Baszynski, The Appeal
Most Manhattan DA Candidates Promise A Mass Conviction Purge Once In Office George Joseph, Gothamist
Gascón’s reform vision comes to the Supreme Court Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Second Look, Second Chance: Reevaluating Lengthy Sentences Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
This prison reform can save millions and make us safer. Will Arizona finally pass it? Kirk Adams, AZ Central
Missouri Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice Bill Jason Rosenbaum and Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio
Reimagining the Justice System, From Inside the Mayor’s Office Ted Alcorn, New York Times
The Decarceration Collective’s mission to free those wrongfully sentenced under ‘three strikes’ law Keydra Manns, The Grio
An Archive of Images from San Quentin State Prison Rachel Kushner, The New Yorker
In Author Ian Manuel’s ‘My Time Will Come,’ A Look At Life In Solitary Confinement Anna Bauman and Meghna Chakrabarti, WBUR
‘Fall River’ Review: A Small Town’s ‘Satanic Panic’ John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
Netflix’s Sons of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession Shannon Carlin, Refinery29
Who Killed Mac Dre? Donald Morrison, Passion of the Weiss
AM Stories
Atlanta Spa Shootings Were Hate Crimes, Prosecutor Says Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings Kate Brumback, AP News
Crime Rates, Prosecutors and Telling Public Reactions Rory Fleming, Filter Magazine
Violent crime is up. Newsmax and OANN viewers are most likely to say so. Jerusalem Demsas, Vox
Shootings and Subway Attacks Put Crime at Center of NYC Mayor’s Race Katie Glueck and Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times
NYC’s Violent Crime Is Up; So Is the City’s Police Budget Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg CityLab
Why Police Accountability Is Personal for This Manhattan DA Candidate Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
‘It’s a slap in the face’: LA activists protest mayor’s police budget increase Sam Levin, The Guardian
California’s police reform push remains challenging despite leftward shift Alexander Nieves, Politico
Texas’ larger cities would face financial penalties for cutting police budgets under bill approved by House Jolie McCullough and Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune
Law Enforcement Groups Drive Anti-Protest Laws, New Analysis Shows Alleen Brown, The Intercept
Republicans Have Introduced 81 Anti-Protest Laws in 34 States Just This Year Sharon Zhang, Truthout
What Anti-Protest Bills Reveal About The State Of US Democracy Meghna Chakrabarti and Jonathan Chang, WBUR