Crime Story Daily

‘You Promised You Wouldn’t Kill Me’ Kimberlé Crenshaw, New York Times Why Not Go to the Police? Christina Cauterucci, Slate Why Some Police Departments Are Leaving Federal Task Forces Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project The Presidential Town Hall on Mass Incarceration Was a Historic Moment and a Missed Opportunity Alice Speri, The Intercept Chicago Police Department to change the way it investigates murders Sam Charles, Chicago Sun Times Why Prosecutors Should Add Restorative Justice to Their Toolbox Emily Mooney and Arthur Rizer, The Crime Report George Gascon Has Said ‘We Need To Turn Our Court System Upside Down.’ Now He’s Running To Be LA’s Next DA Frank Stoltze, LAist What a conservative state can teach us about...

Can We Build a Better Women’s Prison? Keri Blakinger, Washington Post Jails Seen as ‘Failing’ Needs of Incarcerated Women The Crime Report The Final Five Percent Tim Requarth, Longreads The Weeks After Getting Out Joseph Rodriguez, Washington Post Georgia Supreme Court grants inmate stay of execution Joshua Sharpe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Maryland approves $9 million settlement for five wrongly convicted men Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post Despite Common Belief, Floridians Can’t Always Get a Free Public Defender Jerry Iannelli, Miami New Times Minute by minute: 911 records paint picture of daily police routine (Pennsylvania) Chris Ullery, The Doylestown Intelligencer DAs trained how to keep people in jail despite new bail law (New York) Jeff Coltin, City & State Jail where ‘Whitey’ Bulger was killed...

We’ve Normalized Prison Piper Kerman, Washington Post When Poor People Are Beaten for Seeking Help Mara Gay and Emma Goldberg, New York Times My GPS-Tracked Life on Parole James Baimbridge, The Marshall Project Before First Federal Execution in Years, Family of Victims Dissents (Arkansas) Campbell Robertson, New York Times ‘I wanted to prove people wrong and take ownership of my past’: Personal essays and art by formerly or currently incarcerated Americans Washington Post Ex-San Francisco DA Gascon Enters Race for Top LA Prosecutor Nathan Solis, Courthouse News Democratic Candidates Face Questions Seldom Heard On Campaign Trail Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project Justice Department to Allow Body Cameras in Joint Task Forces Sadie Gurman, Wall Street Journal Will James Dailey become the 30th...

The First Presidential Town Hall Hosted by Formerly Incarcerated Leaders The Marshall Project Trump Slams Chicago Top Cop, Announces Commission on Police Challenges The Crime Report A Texas Prosecutor Fights for Reform Ariel Ramchandani, The Atlantic   Want to Vote? Pay Up. Joseph Williams, New Republic Officials Called It a Heart Attack. Inmates Saw a Bloody Beating. Jan Ransom, New York Times The Apology Letter John J. Lennon, Washington Post Leaving Prison at 72 Rick Rojas, New York Times Criminal justice reform can’t only enact neutral policies. It must reverse years of racist ones. Pete Buttigieg, NBC News ‘Largest single-day commutation in nation’s history’ expected to take place in Oklahoma next month Dylan Goforth, The Frontier Plea to Stop Execution of Son’s Killer...

A Green New Jail Will Meyer, Longreads After the Last Cop Killed Himself, All the Criminals Have to Do Is Hide (Alaska) Kyle Hopkins, Pro Publica Police face dilemma over when to take suicidal officer’s gun Tom Hays, Associated Press Homicide and home values: Why the city controller says Philly needs a fiscal argument to combat murder rate Avi Wolfman-Arent, WHYY After Fatal Shooting, City Pays $5.5 Million and Promotes Detective Ashley Southall, New York Times Being a Prisoner is Like Being a Ghost Fernando Rivas, The Marshall Project Burned by ‘bad science’ Mike Hixenbaugh and Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle She Dedicated Her Life To The Military. Why Didn’t It Protect Her From Abuse? Melissa Jeltsen,...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: a new report from The Marshall Project examines the work of Kim Foxx, who was elected State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois in 2016 on a platform of transparency and reform. One year into her term, Foxx released six years’ worth of data outlining what happened in every felony brought to her office, offering an unprecedented degree of access and insight into the decision-making of prosecutors and its impact. The Marshall Project’s analysis of this data points to Foxx’s work as a model for progressive prosecutors around the country, and...