Crime Story Daily

Judge halts all scheduled federal executions Josh Gerstein, Politico Judge halts scheduled federal executions, says Barr’s lethal injection protocol appears at odds with the law Meagan Flynn, Washington Post Report Calls for an End to Debtors’ Prisons The Crime Report After False Drug Test, He Was in Solitary Confinement for 120 Days Jan Ransom, New York Times Shooting victims have increased risk of mental harm long after physical injuries have healed, study finds William Wan, Washington Post This anti-violence program relentlessly courts most at-risk youth. It’s off to ‘remarkable start’ in Baltimore Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun College Behind Bars Shannon Ross, Boston Review A simple way to open up ‘secret courts’ Editorial Board, Boston Globe With overloaded Missouri public defenders, you only get...

What It Means to Name a Forgotten Murder Victim Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic The Laws of Forgiveness Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker Are Private Prisons in Trouble? Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center for Justice The Repurposing of the American Jail Jessica Pishko, The Atlantic Guards Accused of Napping and Shopping Online the Night Epstein Died Michael Gold, Danielle Ivory, and Nicole Hong, New York Times 2 prison guards charged as part of investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death Geoffrey Berman, Politico Falsely Imprisoned for 23 Years: Now He’s Received $7 Million Alan Feuer, New York Times Back in the World Again: After 27 Years Behind Bars, Frustration and Joy Jeremiah Bourgeois, The Crime Report Census counting of prisoners becomes partisan battleground Ivan...

Why incarcerated people must be able to speak out about abuse Jessica Adler, Washington Post When the Judge Became the Defendant Ellen Barry, New York Times The Punishment Bureaucracy Has Nothing to Do With Justice Lucy Lang, Slate Pennsylvania will no longer hold death-row prisoners in endless solitary confinement Samantha Melamed, Philadelphia Inquirer In the dysfunction of LA homeless policy, one cop tries to make a difference Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times The high cost of poor defense (Maine) Samantha Hogan, Pine Tree Watch Civil Rights Groups Sue Mississippi Prosecutor for Illegally Striking Black Jurors Kira Lerner, The Appeal The Quiet Rooms Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi Cohen, and Lakeidra Chavis, Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Practice Still Affects Minorities in New...

Trump issues pardons in war crimes cases, despite Pentagon opposition to the move Dan Lamothe, Washington Post Texas court stops Rodney Reed’s execution to further review claims of innocence Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune Sonia Sotomayor Raises the Alarm Over Border Patrol’s Lawless Brutality Mark Joseph Stern, Slate A Sad Last Gasp Against Criminal Justice Reform Editorial Board, New York Times He Was 17 When He Went To Prison. How Much Should That Matter To The Parole Board? (California) Abbie Vansickle, The Marshall Project New York City Plans Support Network for Defendants Freed Under New Bail Laws Ben Chapman, Wall Street Journal Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing. Shane Goldmacher, New York Times Their Voting Rights Have Been Restored,...

Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry Manny Fernandez and Richard Oppel Jr., New York Times The Right to Kill Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine How a Crusader Wins Tammy La Gorce, New York Times Bound by Statute (Mississippi) Ko Bragg, Reveal Re-Envisioning the Roles of Prosecutors and Attorneys General to Make the Justice System Work for Everyone Arisha Hatch and Terri Gerstein, Stanford Social Innovation Review ‘American horror story’: The prison voices you don’t hear from have the most to tell us (Alabama) Melissa Brown, Montgomery Advertiser #MeToo Behind Bars: Records Shed Light on Sexual Abuse Inside State Women’s Prisons (California) Julie Small, KQED US Park Police officers will not face federal charges...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: recently, progressive prosecutors seeking to combat mass incarceration and transform the criminal justice system have won elections in San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston, Northern Virginia, and around the country. A new piece from the Washington Post explores the opposition these prosecutors are facing from judges, police unions, and lawmakers who seek to thwart systemic change and preserve the status quo. In muckraker/watchdog reporting: the case of Rodney Reed, who is scheduled to be executed in Texas on November 20, has received widespread attention and news coverage in recent weeks. Celebrities from Kim...