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PM Stories Government Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years Hailey Fuchs, New York Times In overnight orders, justices allow federal execution to proceed SCOTUSblog The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Death Penalty Decision Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Legally Indefensible. Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Killing in Our Name During a Deadly Pandemic Andrew Cohen, New York Magazine As COVID-19 Permeates Prisons And Jails, Baltimore Defendants Continue To Be Held Without Bail Jerry Iannelli, The Appeal Women say life is ‘like a scary movie’ as coronavirus spreads in Fort Worth prison Kaley Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Yo Gotti and Jay-Z Sue Mississippi Officials Amid Massive COVID-19 Outbreak In...

PM Stories Supreme Court Lifts Block on Federal Execution Hailey Fuchs, New York Times Trump administration carries out first federal execution since 2003 after late-night Supreme Court intervention Mark Berman, Washington Post California’s promised coronavirus prison releases just start of what’s needed Editorial Board, San Francisco Chronicle Thousands of Texas prisoners still have the coronavirus. More than 25% of inmates at four units are infected. Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune At Coyote Ridge, amid 229 COVID-19 cases, inmates say conditions are ‘disgusting’ Maggie Quinlan, Seattle Times How criminal background checks lead to discrimination against millions of Americans Sarah Esther Lageson, Washington Post Could an Ex-Convict Become an...

PM Stories Court Clears Way for First Federal Execution in 17 Years to Proceed Hailey Fuchs, New York Times Appeals court says federal execution can proceed despite victims’ relatives opposing it during pandemic Mark Berman, Washington Post The Federal Death Penalty Has The Veneer Of Respectability. But It’s Just As Flawed As the States’ Killing Machines. Ben Cohen, The Appeal Special Report: How the Trump administration secured a secret supply of execution drugs Jonathan Allen, Reuters Stone Walks Free in One of the Greatest Scandals in American History David Frum, The Atlantic Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so Robert S....

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: A New York Times op-ed focuses on the role of unnecessary arrests in spreading the coronavirus, highlighting the relationship between mass criminalization and incarceration, systemic racism, and public health. Every day, thousands of people across the US are arrested for low-level, nonviolent crimes, processed through crowded jail spaces, and then released back into their communities, where they inadvertently spread the virus. A new study published this week found that this cycle of arrests, jailings, and releases was the single most significant...

PM Stories Inside The Prison Where 8 In 10 Of The Incarcerated Have Gotten Coronavirus (Ohio) Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post Freed From Prison, Dead from COVID-19, Not Even Counted Joseph Neff and Dan Kane, The Marshall Project They’ve been granted parole. So why can it take years for them to get out of prison? Jenifer B. McKim, Boston Globe As COVID-19 flares behind bars, now’s not the time for more Terre Haute executions Nina T. Harawa, Indianapolis Star With ‘judges judging judges,’ rogues on the bench have little to fear Michael Berens and John Shiffman, Reuters Want to Reform the Criminal Justice System? Focus on...

PM Stories COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Federal and State Prisons Brendan Saloner, Kalind Parish, and Julie A. Ward, Journal of the American Medical Association New research: Adjusted for age and sex, the COVID-19 death rate in prisons is 3 times higher than in the general population Emily Widra, Prison Policy Initiative Coronavirus inside prisons doesn’t just affect inmates. It affects communities of color Patrice Gaines, NBC News Releasing People From Prison Is Easier Said Than Done Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic A look at how COVID-19 kills Florida prisoners Samantha J. Gross, Tampa Bay Times Texas Rejects Early Prison Releases During Pandemic The Crime Report Prisoners Fight Pennsylvania for Denying Chance...