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Wrongful Convictions Haunt the US Maurice Possley, Sojourners
More than 2,800 have been wrongly convicted in the US. Lawmakers and advocates want to make sure they’re paid their dues. Christina Carrega, CNN
Supreme Court rules against inmate in death penalty case AP News
Execution Pause Is Incomplete Step Toward Biden Abolition Pledge Jordan S. Rubin, Bloomberg Law
The State of COVID-19 in US Prisons Kayla Hui, VeryWell Health
Federal Court Case: Corrections Officials Botched COVID-19 Response In Prisons Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat
King County’s courts are ‘barely keeping up’ with a massive backlog of cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic Sara Jean Green, Seattle Times
Prisoners Sent Home Early by the Cares Act Dread the Pandemic’s End David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Businessweek
What Bill Cosby’s Release Really Says About Getting a Conviction Overturned in America Janell Ross, Time Magazine
#MeToo: How a Broken Criminal Justice System Led to Bill Cosby’s Acquittal Meghna Sridhar, The Quint
How Did Allison Highwolf Die? Distrust Fuels a Mystery in Indian Country. Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times
The Endless Robbing of Native American Graves Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post Magazine
Why Jack the Ripper and other serial killer narratives endure Clare Whitfield, Salon
Death Drives Peter C. Baker, New York Review of Books
AM Stories
When Cops Commit Property Damage Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
After Backlash, Predictive Policing Adapts to a Changed World David Uberti, Wall Street Journal
How California Will Investigate Police Killings Jill Cowan, New York Times
Representative urges Congress to get tough on gun violence MSNBC
One city ‘ready to explode’ as US murder rates surge in pandemic Nathan Layne, Reuters
Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds Lois Beckett, The Guardian
Biden to convene session on rising gun violence Monday Zeke Miller and Alexandra Jaffe, AP News
Democrats Have an Opportunity to Win the Crime Debate Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate
There’s a Proven Way to Reduce Gun Violence in America’s Cities. We Just Need to Fund It Eddie Bocanegra, Time Magazine
Community-Based Violence Solutions Work – But They Need To Be Properly Funded, South Side Groups Say After Violent Weekend Maxwell Evans and Atavia Reed, Block Club Chicago
After holiday weekend violence, youth incarceration still not the answer Olivia Blocker, Chicago Tribune
West Side Violence Interrupters Working To Bring Hope, Purpose To Young Residents – Before They Pick Up A Gun Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Why People Misperceive Crime Trends Toni Monkovic and Jeff Asher, New York Times