Where crime really matters in the 2022 midterms Christian Paz, Vox
Mapping gun violence: A closer look at the intersection between place and gun homicides in four cities DW Rowlands and Hanna Love, Brookings
Weekend of mass shootings highlights rise in gun deaths Alexander Mallin and Luke Barr, ABC News
There’s Only One Reason to Own a Ghost Gun Seth Stevenson, Slate
Parkland shooting case will test death penalty opponents’ resolve. But the act must end. Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Dan Satterberg, and Miriam Aroni Krinsky, NBC News
Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution Michelle Liu, AP
‘Our system is broken.’ SC Supreme Court justice assails death sentence in Upstate case John Monk, The State
Oscar Smith Tennessee execution: Gov. Lee issues temporary reprieve to execution Mariah Timms and Natalie Neysa Alund, Nashville Tennessean
Justice Department hammers Mississippi State Penitentiary for violent, inhumane conditions Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Mississippi prison crisis: Federal officials say state violates Parchman inmates’ rights Lici Beveridge, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Mississippi Prisons: No One’s Safe, Not Even the Guards (2020) Alysia Santo and Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project
Mississippi prison embodies the failure of mass incarceration Ja’han Jones, MSNBC
Unwell in a Cell Mon Mohapatra, Inquest
PBS NewsHour documentary explores the challenges of life after incarceration Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, and Mike Fritz, PBS
‘There was a lot of torment’: the family who endured two true crime stories Radheyan Simonpillai, The Guardian