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Everyone on Death Row Gets a Lawyer. Not Everyone Gets a Kim Kardashian. Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project
Biden vowed to end the death penalty. Can he keep his promise? Crystal Hill, Yahoo! News
Criminal justice group urges clemency for offenders released to home confinement during pandemic The Hill
I was sent back to jail for going to a computer class. It’s time to act on home confinement. Gwen Levi, Washington Post
Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change. Nicole Narea, Vox
‘How do you make them pay?’: Locked up in Alabama for debt Connor Sheets, AL.com
As The Nation’s Courthouses Reopen, They Face Massive Backlogs In Criminal Cases Patrick Smith, NPR
How the Criminal Justice System’s COVID-19 Response has Provided Valuable Lessons for Broader Reform Brian A. Jackson et al., RAND
COVID’s Legacy: A Justice System With a ‘Lighter Touch’ The Crime Report
Higher Money Bail Doesn’t Lead to Greater Public Safety: Study Stewart J. D’Alessio and Lisa Stolzenberg, The Crime Report
Fairfax County prosecutor to use data to help root out disparities in justice system Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post
The Power of Prosecutors Lili Loofbourow, Slate
‘Heist’ review: The true crime Netflix docuseries plays fast-and-loose with the truth Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Broken Language Lawrence Bartley, The Marshall Project
AM Stories
Most Voters See Violent Crime as a Major and Increasing Problem. But They’re Split on Its Causes and How to Fix It Eli Yokley, Morning Consult
Biden wants to tackle gun violence. But his firearms nominee is stuck in limbo. Marianne Levine and Nicholas Wu, Politico
Meet the Sheriff and Police Chief Tapped to Lead ICE and Border Patrol Eileen Sullivan, New York Times
‘Patience is growing thin’: Activists fear Biden’s anti-crime strategy could overshadow police reform efforts Courtney Subramanian, USA Today
Tim Scott sets new July goal for Senate to pass police reform bill Alayna Treene, Axios
Is It Time to Regulate Facial Recognition and Other ‘Frontier’ Police Technology? Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
Is there a better way to police? One California city may have found the answer Juan Carlos Guerrero, ABC7
Opinion: A new California approach to mental health emergencies Tamara Hunter and Sandy Young, San Jose Mercury News
Mental health clinicians will start answering some 911 calls in Chicago – instead of cops David Struett and Tom Schuba, Chicago Sun-Times
A 22-Year-Old Lawsuit May Generate Unprecedented Access to Gun Industry Secrets Champe Barton, The Trace
Making an Issue of – And a Film About – Gun Control Pamela Rafalow Grossman, The Progressive
America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem Tom Tomorrow, The Nation