Amid a Rise in Shootings, New York’s Children Confront a Wave of Grief Troy Closson, New York Times
We have a way to prevent mass shootings Mark Follman, NBC News
Community-based violence prevention works, but it needs sustained support Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Philadelphia Inquirer
Despite gun violence crisis, the Pritzker administration has been sitting on $50 million in federal anti-violence funds Patrick Smith, WBEZ
Will More Cops Make Us Safer? Scott Roberts, The Crime Report
Michigan chief IDs officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya John Flesher, Bernard Condon, and Ed White, AP News
Who is Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya? Francis X. Donnelly and George Hunter, Detroit News
‘Unacceptable’: Utah police departments ignored their own policies, left deadly force uninvestigated Sam Stecklow, Salt Lake Tribune
Ex-CPD sergeant’s corruption toll: 212 convictions reversed after dozens more thrown out Friday Matthew Hendrickson, Chicago Sun-Times
False Confessions: Protecting the Vulnerable Christopher Cross, The Crime Report
Durham, NC, refuses to compensate innocent man after 24 years in prison Radley Balko, Washington Post
Biden Uses Clemency Powers for First Time to Commute, Ease Sentences of 78 Nonviolent Offenders Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal
Life after life in California’s prisons Brandon Tauszik and Pendarvis Harshaw, Los Angeles Times
A serial rapist roamed this small town, but residents had little clue: How a violent crime spree was kept quiet Jeff Schwaner, Staunton News Leader