PM Stories
The End of Mass Incarceration Is Within Reach Karl A. Racine and Amy Fettig, Newsweek
From Bond Hearings, Court Fees To Ketamine – Colorado Has A Lot Of New Criminal Justice Laws Megan Verlee, Colorado Public Radio
‘More Respect and Dignity’: New Prison Reform Initiative Aims to Lower Indigenous Incarceration Jenna Kunze, Native News Online
After pushback, a widely criticized mandatory minimum bill is on hold Katie Meyer, WHYY
Biden Legal Team Divided on Scope of Rights of Guantánamo Detainees Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg, New York Times
Clemency is rarely granted in Kansas. Advocates hope Gov. Laura Kelly is changing that. Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal
‘Probation officers are the forgotten part of the criminal justice system’ Larissa Kennelly and Sam Everett, BBC News
Finding an Apartment Is Hard Enough – With a Criminal Background It’s Nearly Impossible Caroline Spivack, New York Magazine
After Prison, Their Friendship Was Crucial to Reentry Champe Barton, The Trace
The Police Called It An Accident. She Turned to 1-800-Autopsy. Erika Hayasaki, New York Times
The trial of the man who killed the man who killed Kennedy Thurston Clarke, Washington Post
The Life and Suspicious Death of Cachou the Bear Laura Millan Lombraña, Bloomberg
We’re Watching More True Crime Than Ever. Is That a Problem? Justin Sayles, The Ringer
AM Stories
Why Did the Police Shoot Matthew Zadok Williams? Charles Bethea, The New Yorker
New York Regulations Allow Cops Stripped of Training Credentials to Be Rehired Arno Pedram and Luca Powell, The Intercept
Surveilling Dissent Jim Daley, South Side Weekly
Darnella Frazier Filmed George Floyd’s Murder. The Minneapolis Police Just Killed Her Uncle. Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
The Future of Police Reform in Minnesota WCCO
California shifts police shooting probes to attorney general Don Thompson, Washington Post
California Poised to Investigate Deadly Police Shootings of Unarmed People Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News
In poll, only 1 in 5 say police treat people equally even as worries about crime surge Susan Page and Ella Lee, USA Today
Biden’s Complicated Relationship With Police And Reform Asma Khalid, NPR
President Biden came to Chicago area to talk ‘human infrastructure,’ but shooting of 3 officers brings gun violence to forefront Bill Ruthhart, Chicago Tribune
In Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood, a Mix of Grief and Perseverance Lakeidra Chavis, The Trace
George Floyd Story John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker