How a Plea Deal in the Arbery Hate Crime Case Unraveled Richard Fausset and Shaila Dewan, New York Times
Greg McMichael reverses plan to plead guilty to a hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death NPR
Federal prosecutors saw a plea deal for Arbery’s killers as racial justice. His family thought otherwise. David Nakamura, Washington Post
Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison Don Babwin, AP News
Stalled policing reform looms over Biden’s NYC visit Olivier Knox, Washington Post
Biden and NYC Mayor Eric Adams seal their alliance as Democrats face a crossroads on crime Gregory Krieg, CNN
Biden grappling with ‘perfect storm’ of rising gun violence Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, and Michelle L. Price, AP News
Inside a Near Breakdown Between the White House and the Police Katie Benner, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, and Charlie Savage, New York Times
Amid clash with DA, San Francisco police to end agreement on investigating officer shootings Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times
Rahsaan Hall wanted people to know what a district attorney does. Now he’s running for Plymouth DA. Samantha J. Gross, Boston Globe
Biden’s Supreme Court nominee should be a criminal defense lawyer Abbe David Lowell, Washington Post
What Research Shows About the Importance of Supreme Court Diversity Alicia Bannon and Douglas Keith, Brennan Center for Justice
What Biden’s Appointees Can Tell Us About His Supreme Court Nominee Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Elena Mejía, FiveThirtyEight
Ketanji Jackson is a favorite for Biden’s historic Supreme Court pick David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Michelle Childs’s Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned Alexander Sammon, American Prospect
Michigan lawmakers want to end life sentences for juveniles. Prosecutors are pushing back Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press
Convicted at 17, Ohio man has spent 27 years arguing he’s innocent. Can a DNA test help him? Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus Dispatch
Bill Would Open the Door for Investigations in Wrongful Conviction Cases Hannah Gaskill, Maryland Matters
Now We Know Their Names Clint Smith, The Atlantic