The spike in gun violence continues, with 2021 on pace to be the worst year in decades Holmes Lybrand, CNN
On the front lines of the US homicide epidemic: Milwaukee faces historic violence Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Hate crimes in Florida appeared to have dropped in 2020. That’s not necessarily true C. Isaiah Smalls II and Karen Wang, Miami Herald
“The cops didn’t make it any better”: Perspectives on police and guns among survivors of gun violence Kathleen M. O’Neill, Michelle C. Salazar, Cecilio Vega, Anthony Campbell, Elijah Anderson, and James Dodington, ScienceDirect
A Utah first: Data that shows the race of people police shoot at Paighten Harkins, Jessica Miller, Muna Mohamed, Taylor Eldridge, and Sam Stecklow, Salt Lake Tribune
New Data on Utah Police Shootings and Race Called ‘Extremely Uncomfortable,’ ‘Disappointing’ Paighten Harkins, Jessica Miller, Muna Mohamed, Taylor Eldridge, and Sam Stecklow, PBS Frontline
Flashlight beatings, chokings and threats: Dallas officer faced multiple allegations of brutality Miles Moffeit, Cassandra Jaramillo, and Madi Alexander, Dallas Morning News
Philly cops will get raises in their new contract. It’s a mixed bag for Kenney’s police reform hopes. Sean Collins Walsh and Chris Palmer, Philadelphia Inquirer
Police unions vs. vaccine mandates: The workers drawing a line in the COVID battle Jon Skolnik, Salon
‘My dad didn’t have a fighting chance’: COVID is leading cause of death among law enforcement Janelle Griffith, NBC News
COVID Is Surging Back Into Rikers and NYC Jails George Joseph, Gothamist
Virus infections at a California jail quadruple in less than a week. Eduardo Medina, New York Times
Op-ed: To slow the spread of COVID-19, Illinois must decarcerate Erika Tyagi, Chicago Tribune
Confinement and COVID-19: A Plea for Humanity for People in Prison Shira Kieval, Alexandria Soybel, Zackary Berger, and Panagis Galiatsatos, Newsweek
Biden Considering Options To Avoid Returning Federal Inmates To Prison Post COVID-19 Walter Pavlo, Forbes
Biden’s Conservative Vision on Clemency Tana Ganeva, New Republic
Is Biden ending the death penalty? Frank R. Baumgartner, Washington Post
Opinion: Supreme Court paused one execution. Now US should abolish the death penalty. Houston Chronicle
Execution dates set for Julius Jones, 6 other Oklahoma death row inmates Nolan Clay, The Oklahoman
After Lethal Injection (2015) Maurice Chammah, Eli Hager, and Andrew Cohen, The Marshall Project
Reasonable doubt Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader
How the Case of Gabrielle Petito Galvanized the Internet Katherine Rosman, New York Times
True crime meets televangelism in the grifter film ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Joseph Bien-Kahn, SFGate