Can Self-Defense Laws Stand Up to a Country Awash in Guns? Shaila Dewan, New York Times
The Complex Task Facing the Kyle Rittenhouse Jury Paige Williams, The New Yorker
Kyle Rittenhouse Doesn’t Need to Be Acquitted to Win Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones
The Real Danger of the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Aymann Ismail, Slate
Leaked Documents Show Police Officers on Supposed Oath Keepers Rosters Sharon Zhang, Truthout
He’s a Texas County’s Top Law Enforcement Official. What’s His Name Doing on an Oath Keeper Roster? Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Texas police search thousands of drivers and find nothing. Here’s where it’s done the most. St. John Barned-Smith and Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle
Baltimore crime victims say police illegally seized their phones Cyrus Farivar, NBC News
They Publicized Prosecutors’ Misconduct. The Blowback Was Swift. Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
Why Albuquerque’s latest experiment in policing doesn’t involve officers Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor
Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead Bryce Covert, The Nation
Here’s what Chesa Boudin’s detractors get wrong about crime Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle
Ersie Joyner is being hailed as a hero. The truth is more complicated than that Keenan Norris, San Francisco Chronicle
Mainstream Media Backs the Carceral State in Their Coverage David Greenwald, Davis Vanguard
In face of violent crime and COVID trauma, nation can’t fall into overincarceration trap Robin Steinberg, USA Today
Florida’s prisons stuck in 19th century Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel
Problems at DC Jail Were Ignored Until Jan. 6 Defendants Came Along Alan Feuer, New York Times
Only a Death-Row Prisoner Could Make the Supreme Court Skeptical of a Religious Freedom Claim Matt Ford, New Republic
In Death Penalty Cases, an Impatient Supreme Court Adam Liptak, New York Times
Despite a Botched Execution and Concerns Over Innocence, Oklahoma Prepares to Execute Julius Jones Liliana Segura, The Intercept
Secrets of the Death Chamber Chiara Eisner, The State
On Rikers Island, a Doctor Who Tends to the Oldest and Sickest Ted Alcorn, New York Times
A man has spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder. He says he’s innocent and prosecutors agree Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN
Homer Plessy’s Arrest in 1892 Led to a Landmark Ruling. Now He May Get Justice. Rick Rojas, New York Times
North Carolina man pardoned after spending 24 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit Timothy Bella, Washington Post
To Catch a Turtle Thief Claire Fieseler, The Walrus
Want true crime without all the grisly details? Try a ‘cozy mystery’ NPR