Trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing nears going to the jury Russ Bynum, AP News
Defense attorneys blame Ahmaud Arbery for his own death during closing arguments Kayla Goggin, Courthouse News Service
Lawyers Clash Over Whether Pursuit of Arbery Was Justified Richard Fausset, Tariro Mzezewa, and Rick Rojas, New York Times
Rittenhouse and the Right’s Strategy of Deputizing Vigilantes Tyler Valeska, Slate
In the wake of Rittenhouse acquittal and Arbery killing, will more people turn to ‘vigilante justice’? Deon J. Hampton and Erik Ortiz, NBC News
American Institutions Are Not Taking the Threat of Right-Wing Violence Seriously Enough David Atkins, Washington Monthly
What Happened to Gun Culture Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker
Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police? The Ezra Klein Show
‘Refund’ the police? With crime high, debate rises in Maryland. Noah Robertson and Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
When Denver Lost Its Mind Over Youth Crime LynNell Hancock, New Republic
The Danger of a Return to Crime Alarmism James Austin, Todd Clear, Richard Rosenfeld, and Joel Wallman, The Crime Report
Biden’s Turkey Pardon Reveals an Uncomfortable Truth Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
Crisis At Rikers: How Case Delays Are Locking Up More and More People For Years Without Trial George Joseph, Gothamist
NYC Dashboard Shows 45,789 Detained Individuals Awaiting Trial Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
The Geriatric Ward Jacob Biba and Lyle C. May, The Intercept
Pennsylvania lawmakers, prison reform advocates seek to expand eligibility for compassionate release Kiley Koscinski, WHYY
He spent 30 years in prison in CT for murder. Soon, he could be released. Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror
Groveland Four, the Black men accused in a 1949 rape, get case dismissed Erik Ortiz, NBC News
House of Gucci review – Lady Gaga murders in style in true-crime fashion house drama Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
The Tomb Raiders of the Upper East Side Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic
So Long, Cy Janos Marton, Inquest