The Second Amendment Has Become a Threat to the First Diana Palmer and Timothy Zick, The Atlantic
America’s gun culture is priming us for authoritarianism Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Washington Post
Can You Ban Yourself From Buying Guns? The Trace
If you shoot someone, you’ll probably get away with it Rilyn Eischens and Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer
To Fight Rising Murder Rate, More Cities Find, Mentor and Pay Likely Shooters Zusha Elinson, Wall Street Journal
What’s Behind the Fascination With Shoplifting? Sarah Holder, Bloomberg CityLab
How Crime Stoppers Hotlines Encourage Sketchy Tips and Hurt Poor Defendants Tana Ganeva, New Republic
How America’s Gun Laws Are Failing Domestic Violence Victims Jennifer Gollan, Reveal News
Why the NYPD’s Horrific Mishandling of Rape Investigations Won’t Go Away Esther Wang, New Republic
At ‘ground zero for modern civil rights,’ will vote on future of police reverberate across US? Eric Ferkenhoff, USA Today
The Supreme Court Is to Blame for Racist Policing Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
To Rein In Abuse by the Police, Lawmakers Must Do What the Supreme Court Will Not Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko, New York Times
Ahmaud Arbery’s killing in Georgia puts an unusually bright spotlight on prosecutor accountability Hannah Knowles and Mark Berman, Washington Post
It’s Time to End Murder by Spreadsheet Alvin Bragg and Zephyr Teachout, The Nation
Justice Department Pledges to Get Tough on Corrupt Corporate Bosses The Crime Report
Deep Dive with Dorian Warren: The American Death Penalty The Takeaway
After Supreme Court Lifts Stay, Oklahoma Executes Inmate Adam Liptak, New York Times
Oklahoma death row inmate convulsed, vomited during lethal injection, witness says, as state resumes executions Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post
Outcry after Oklahoma prisoner vomits and convulses during execution Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
Why Doesn’t Texas Execute People Anymore? Michael Hall, Texas Monthly
Utah County commissioners vote to support ending the death penalty Jessica Miller, Salt Lake Tribune
Ghouls on the Internet: The Booming Online Trade in ‘Murderabilia’ Maria DiLorenzo, The Crime Report
Is Our True-Crime Obsession Doing More Harm Than Good? Phoebe Lett, New York Times