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PM Stories Prosecutorial Discretion: The Prosecutor’s Role in Curbing Infections in Prisons Alvin Bragg and Cynthia Godsoe, Route Fifty Appeals court nixes order to shrink prison rolls because of virus (Ohio) Josh Gerstein, Politico Nearly 1 in 6 Coronavirus Cases in Illinois Could Be Tied to Cook County Jail Madison Pauly, Mother Jones Formerly Incarcerated People Talk About Life In Coronavirus-Stricken Prisons Ja’han Jones, Huffington Post How Defendants End Up Pleading Guilty to Nonexistent Crimes Barry Lam, Slate Scaled-Back NY Bail Reforms Still Boost ‘Culture’ of Pre-Trial Release: Panel Michael Gelb, The Crime Report ‘Florida is Hell Bent on Killing Me’ Krishna Maharaj, The Crime Report 7 Exonerees Tell Us Why They Love the Ocean on World Oceans Day The...

PM Stories Cut the Carceral System Now Jack Norton, New York Review of Books The Law Isn’t Neutral Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Nearly 1,000 infected at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in worst coronavirus outbreak to hit prison system Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times Federal Inmate COVID-19 Releases ‘Cloaked in Secrecy’ The Crime Report Thousands were freed from Kentucky jails to avoid COVID-19. Few have re-offended. John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader Probation Conditions Relaxed During the Pandemic. Some Say They Should Stay That Way. Lauren Lee White, The Appeal Bernie Sanders endorses former San Francisco prosecutor George Gascón for Los Angeles DA James Queally, Los Angeles Times ‘Recognizably a Courtroom’: US Judiciary to Get a Virus-Minded Makeover Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Have COVID-19? Cops May Have...

PM Stories Ahmaud Arbery Case: Judge Gives Green Light to Try Three White Men Sabrina Siddiqui, Wall Street Journal North Carolina Supreme Court Grants Death Row Inmates a Second Chance Jeremy Stahl, Slate Death row defendants can argue racism infected their cases, NC Supreme Court rules Josh Shaffer and Will Doran, Charlotte Observer Jury Trials Called Unsafe Until COVID-19 Under Control The Crime Report Inmates report dangerous practices inside the Texas prison with the most coronavirus deaths Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune Amid One of the Nation’s Worst Coronavirus Outbreaks, a Shortage of Ankle Monitors Kept Some People in Jail (Chicago, IL) Kira Lerner, The Appeal DOC to suspend prisoner release program as state enters...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: This week, protests erupted across all 50 states in response to the death of George Floyd, turning a national spotlight on police brutality, systemic racism, and the excesses of American law enforcement. A piece from The Atlantic broadly outlines the policy interventions – at the federal, state, and local levels – needed to reform policing, increase accountability and transparency, and limit brutality and discrimination. A piece from The Nation calls on lawmakers to significantly reduce police budgets and redirect resources into community-based...

PM Stories Trump Is Reviving the Disgraceful Legacy of ‘Law-and-Order’ Politics Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine The Police Take the Side of White Vigilantes Alex Pareene, New Republic In urban areas, police are consistently much whiter than the people they serve Dan Keating and Kevin Uhrmacher, Washington Post Don’t Fall for the ‘Chaos’ Theory of the Protests Megan Garber, The Atlantic Police keep using force against peaceful protesters, prompting sustained criticism about tactics and training Mark Berman and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post Democrats prepare sweeping police reform bills after George Floyd’s death NBC News Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police Hannah Jones, City Pages New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD Daniel Nichanian,...

PM Stories Federal Bureau of Prisons Locks Down Prisoners and Takes Away Communications Amid Protests Lauren Gill, The Appeal Jails Are Coronavirus Hotbeds. How Many People Should Be Released To Slow The Spread? Anna Flagg, The Marshall Project Your right to a jury trial is on hold. Here’s how coronavirus is changing the justice system Mike Carter and Sara Jean Green, Seattle Times California Sheriff Sued for Keeping People Jailed as COVID-19 Rages Alexander Lekhtman, Filter Magazine For Children, A Parent in Prison During the Pandemic Heightens Anxiety Amos Barshad, The Appeal Don’t Bar Ex-Offenders From Coronavirus Aid Funds Cyrus R. Vance Jr., New York Times San Francisco Justice: How One City...