PM Stories
Lost Opportunity, Lost Lives Lisa Armstrong, The Marshall Project
Dozens who died in Texas prisons during the pandemic had been granted parole, new report shows Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
1,000 inmates still stuck in county jails – creating dangerous conditions – because state prisons won’t take them, sheriffs say Jacob Geanous and Kyra Senese, Chicago Sun-Times
Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
‘It’s robbery’: When plea deals hinge on promising to always have money for court fees Connor Sheets, AL.com
Mass Clemency Is a Necessary Response to Mass Incarceration Nikki Trautman Baszynski, The Appeal
Biden’s Budget Steps up Spending for Criminal Justice Reform Michael Crowley, Brennan Center for Justice
Near-Vacant Sentencing Panel Gives Biden Chance for Fresh Start Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law
The Case for Restricting Gang Enhancements in California Patrick Lopez-Aguado, The Appeal
Can Journalism Wean Itself Off the Cheap Clicks of Bad Crime Coverage? Jack Shafer, Politico Magazine
It’s Time to Change the Way the Media Covers Crime (2019) Carroll Bogert, The Marshall Project
I’m Serving Life in Prison. Learning Not to Judge Others Has Set Me Free Ivié de Molina, Harper’s Bazaar
AM Stories
Chauvin’s prison sentence is still not justice Fabiola Cineas, Vox
Chauvin Is Sentenced to 22.5 Years. But Who Killed Winston Smith? Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo, The Nation
Keith Ellison urges Congress to act on stalled police reform after Chauvin sentencing The Guardian
Democrats pushed hard last year to rein in police. A rise in homicides is prompting a shift. Sean Sullivan, Marianna Sotomayor, and Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post
Biden Doesn’t Have an Answer to America’s Crime Spike David A. Graham, The Atlantic
Opinion: The most telling part of Biden’s anti-crime plan Megan McArdle, Washington Post
Why Acting ‘Tough on Crime’ Won’t Reduce Violence Joanna McClinton and Jamie Gauthier, The Crime Report
Want Better Policing? Make It Easier To Fire Bad Cops. Steven Greenhut, Reason
The Indictment of One Portland Riot Cop May Be Just the Start Tess Riski, Willamette Week
LAPD launches investigation into officers’ relationship with Ring Johana Bhuiyan, Los Angeles Times
More police departments are training officers in de-escalation techniques, but does it work? Kevin Davis, ABA Journal
What Eric Adams’s Success Reveals About ‘Defund the Police’ Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
How Long Until Citizen Gets Someone Killed? Lil Kalish, Mother Jones