Federal trial for three ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s killing begins Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Melissa Macaya, and Meg Wagner, CNN
Police Culture on Trial in Case Against Officers in Killing of George Floyd Tim Arango, New York Times
When Trying to Help Gets You Fired (2018) Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project
‘On the Job’: Police Unions and Police Behavior The Crime Report
The true cost of policing Riley Yates, Katie Kausch, and Nick Devlin, NJ Advance Media
The Return of New York’s Most Notorious Cops Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Confront Rising Gun Violence Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Ashley Southall, New York Times
Adams’ gun violence plan targets bail reform Annie McDonough, City & State NY
How Bail Reform, Crime Surge mix in an Angry Debate Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg
A question for DA Gascón: How do you balance criminal justice reform and public safety? Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Cook County’s top judge rejects Mayor Lightfoot’s request for more people to be jailed awaiting trial Chip Mitchell, WBEZ
Dramatically increasing incarceration is the wrong response to the recent uptick in homicides and violent crime (2021) Anthony Barr and Kristen Broady, Brookings
Abolition Is Public Health Inquest
US’s longest-serving political prisoner Leonard Peltier says prison is ‘torture chamber’ amid Covid lockdowns Rachel Sharp, Independent
The Fate of Bobby Kennedy’s Assassin Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic
Sirhan Sirhan’s Continued Imprisonment Flies in the Face of RFK’s Ideals Natalie Shure, New Republic
Illinois changed its controversial ‘felony murder rule.’ Here’s who the reform left behind. Rita Oceguera and Chloe Hilles, Injustice Watch
‘I have a responsibility to speak about it’: a wrongfully imprisoned artist making art from his ordeal David Smith, The Guardian
At prison museums, a look at the history of life behind bars Erika Mailman, Washington Post
Jihad Rehab review – eye-opening documentary on a controversial program Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian