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How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal
‘A Tsunami of Change’: How Protests Fueled a New Crop of Prosecutors Tim Arango, New York Times
Insurgency Matters: Progressive DAs May Change Policing David Rosen, CounterPunch
As DA, Jason Williams plans to keep a list of police officers with credibility issues he won’t take cases from Nicholas Chrastil, The Lens
Scott Wiener legislation would end mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes San Francisco Examiner
The Election That Could Thwart New York City’s War On Drugs Sam Mellins, The Appeal
Climbing Jail Population and Second COVID Wave Renews Push to Release NYers Behind Bars Nicole Javorsky, City Limits
Early Vaccine for Incarcerated Called ‘Ethical Imperative’ Emily Riley, The Crime Report
1 in 5 Prisoners in the US Has Had COVID-19 Beth Schwartzapfel, Katie Park, and Andrew DeMillo, The Marshall Project/AP News
The Last Man Scheduled To Be Executed By Trump Admin Tests Positive For COVID-19 Jessica Schulberg, HuffPost
COVID-19 imposes a new death sentence in Pa. prisons Editorial Board, Philadelphia Inquirer
The US government has executed 10 people this year – the most since 1896 Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN
The Man I Saw Them Kill Elizabeth Breunig, New York Times
Lisa Montgomery Endured Years Of Abuse. Now Her Lawyers Fight To Stop Her Execution Sarah Fenske, St. Louis Public Radio
Punch After Punch, Rape After Rape, a Murderer Was Made Rachel Louise Snyder, New York Times
AM Stories
How to Reimagine Policing and Public Safety that Works for Everyone Ephrat Livni, New York Times
How Ohio’s Racial Justice Movement Won Big at the Ballot Box Anoa Changa, The Appeal
Black Police Execs Join Mayors, Activists in Setting ‘National Roadmap’ on Public Safety The Crime Report
Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics Claudia Lauer, AP News
A New Bill Aims to End Police Raids Like the One That Killed Breonna Taylor Alice Speri, The Intercept
Systemic racism simmered in Louisville for generations. Then Breonna Taylor died Bailey Loosemore and Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal
Why You Really Can’t Fight City Hall, At Least Over the Police Jim Schober, Politico
LAPD union seeks to raise $10 million to fight layoffs and help political allies in 2022 David Zahniser and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
The Bad Cops: How Minneapolis protects its worst police officers until it’s too late Max Nesterak and Tony Webster, Minnesota Reformer
Former RPD chief claims Mayor Warren directed him to lie in Daniel Prude case Brian Sharp and Will Cleveland, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Victim Of Botched Police Raid Blasts Mayor, Cops: ‘They Didn’t Serve Me, They Didn’t Protect Me, They Didn’t Care About Me’ Justin Laurence, Block Club Chicago
Governor Baker, regulating facial recognition technology is a racial justice issue Boston Celtics players, Boston Globe
Mass Exoneration Milestone: Judge Tosses More Convictions in Chicago Cop Scandal Ronald Watts, NBC Chicago
Police shot a Philly man, then accused him of rape. He was exonerated after 19 years. Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer