How One Pennsylvania City Brought Down Gun Crime Vinny Vella, The Crime Report
Missouri’s ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Law Could Complicate Police Efforts to Solve Gun Crimes Jennifer Mascia, The Trace
Can Prosecutors Put the Same Gun in the Hands of More Than One Shooter? (2017) Ken Armstrong, The Marshall Project
The Overlooked Role of Guns in the Police-Reform Debate (2020) Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Are Dems Changing Their Message on Police Defunding? Eva Herscowitz, The Crime Report
Lawmakers scrap qualified immunity in police reform talks Marianne Levine and Nicholas Wu, Politico
As George Floyd Act’s chances dim, Biden stays mum on police reform Phillip M. Bailey, Kristine Phillips, and Courtney Subramanian, USA Today
Prosecutors push Biden to prioritize criminal justice reform Claudia Lauer, AP News
COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars? Jamie Roth, Insider
Desperate to escape solitary confinement, a Maine man’s plight deepens Callie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News
He Spent 14 Years at Guantánamo. This Is His Story. Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Jurors Join Growing Support for New Trial in Alabama Death Row Case Beth Shelburne, WBRC
Might “big change” in New York leadership include a better record on clemency? Sentencing Law and Policy
Biden outshines Trump – and Obama – by appointing public defenders as judges Chris Geidner, MSNBC
US incarceration rate drops to lowest in 26 years Shawna Chen, Axios
How an unlikely friendship led to an exoneration for a man who spent eight years behind bars Julie Sabatier, Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Spine Collector Reeves Wiedeman, New York Magazine
The Late Winfred Rembert Documented His Life With Art – And Now A Book Debbie Elliott, NPR