The Stumbling Block to One of the Most Promising Police Reforms David A. Graham, The Atlantic
Former Officers Finish Defense in Trial Over George Floyd’s Death Tim Arango, New York Times
The Cops Who Watched George Floyd Die Are Testifying. Their Case Could Set an Important Precedent. Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
A New Sheriff in Town Sade Dumas, Inquest
Fight crime or reform policing? As homicides spike, mayors nationwide insist they can do both. Griff Witte, Mark Berman, Shayna Jacobs, and Holly Bailey, Washington Post
The Democrats’ crime conundrum The Guardian
NYC Council Leader Caught Between Members and Mayor on Tackling Crime Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times
What The Backlash Over Alvin Bragg’s “Day One Memo” Gets Wrong Joshua Perry, Slate
Why Is New York’s Bail Reform So Controversial? Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, The City
Prosecutors Who Want to Curb Mass Incarceration Hit a Roadblock: Tough-on-Crime Lawmakers Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project
Push to Relax Marijuana Laws Hits Roadblocks Alex Leary, Wall Street Journal
The Radical Experiment Saving the Lives of Drug Users Christopher Moraff, New York Magazine
A Mistake Killed Drug Sentencing Reform in Missouri. It’s Still Dead Danny Wicentowski, Riverfront Times
Bush-Era Crack Panic Is Back, and It’s Going to Get People Killed Natalie Shure, New Republic
Inside the Nation’s Overdose Crisis in Prisons and Jails (2021) Beth Schwartzapfel and Jimmy Jenkins, The Marshall Project
Prosecutors push US to limit life sentences for juveniles Carrie Johnson, NPR
He was 14 when he was charged with murder. He could be out of custody in less than a year. Dan Morse, Washington Post
Oakland County creates Conviction Integrity Unit, seeks justice for innocent prisoners Simon Shaykhet, WXYZ
Oregon’s Wrongfully Convicted Aren’t Compensated for Years Lost in Prison – Some Want to Change That Ava Schwartzapfel, Davis Vanguard
From a life sentence for a 1985 murder to imminent freedom Jake Goldstein-Street, (Everett, Washington) Herald Net
Silencing Arthur Longworth (2018) Eli Hager, The Marshall Project
Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven’s opera about unjust incarceration Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR