PM Stories
How Many Americans Support the Death Penalty? Depends How You Ask. Giovanni Russonello, New York Times
Support For Death Penalty Slips In US, But Remains High Among Whites And Republicans Palash Ghosh, Forbes
California’s top court weighs overturning hundreds of death penalty sentences Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times
Carlos DeLuna Documentary Details Evidence That Texas Executed Innocent Man Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek
Experts Say It’s Rare that a ‘Jury of your Peers’ Applies to African Americans Stacy M. Brown, Los Angeles Sentinel
Digital forensics experts prone to bias, study shows Linda Geddes, The Guardian
The DC crime lab is in trouble – again Editorial Board, Washington Post
DNA helped free Texas man in murder case. Court declares him ‘actually innocent.’ Erik Ortiz, NBC News
I’m formerly incarcerated. We need a world where more people can safely reveal stories like mine. Ashish Prashar, USA Today
More States Expand the Ballot to Previously Incarcerated Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline
F. Lee Bailey, Lawyer for Patty Hearst and OJ Simpson, Dies at 87 Robert D. McFadden, New York Times
The Snitch Jordan Michael Smith, The Atavist
AM Stories
Quiz: How Well Do You Understand Today’s Crime Trends? Jeff Asher and Toni Monkovic, New York Times
GOP seeks to tie Democrats to rise in violent crime Max Greenwood, The Hill
A Democratic special election win suggests GOP attacks over crime failed Paul Waldman, Washington Post
The Gun Data Expert Who’s Changing the Way the Media Defines Mass Shootings Jennifer Mascia, The Trace
Workplace shootings are all too common in California. The latest one fits a pattern Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
Gun rights in Texas see major expansion as Legislature rejects bills to address gun violence Allie Morris, Dallas Morning News
Gov. Greg Abbott signs slate of legislation to increase criminal penalties for protesters, punish cities that reduce police budgets Megan Munce, Texas Tribune
Ambushed by the Cops: When Police Deliberately Trap Peaceful Protesters Alice Speri, The Intercept
The Human Toll of Bearing Witness Shira Ovide, New York Times
Latinos are disproportionately killed by police but often left out of the debate about brutality, some advocates say Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post
Chicago revises foot chase policy after fatal police shootings of Adam Toledo, Anthony Alvarez Grace Hauck, USA Today
Black Photographers Documented The Fight Against Police Violence. 1 Year Later, Their Work Becomes Art: ‘We Can Tell Our Own Stories’ Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago