Crime Story Daily

Murders in US Cities Were Near Record Highs in 2021 Zusha Elinson, Wall Street Journal

Violent Crime in the US Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It Thomas Abt, Eddie Bocanegra, and Emada Tingirides, Time Magazine

As Murders Spiked, Police Solved About Half in 2020 Weihua Li and Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project

At 1-Year Mark, Groups Discontent With Biden Justice Reform Sarah Martinson, Law360

Biden’s Low Marks on Crime Are Killing Reform (2021) Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine

Can Criminal-Justice Reformers Adjust to Rising Crime? Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Three Men Sentenced to Life in Prison in Arbery Killing Richard Fausset, New York Times

Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder Shabbi Abusaid, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Could the verdict in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers spell the end for so-called ‘vigilante justice’? (2021) Rachel Sharp, Independent

The Hour of the Barbarian Vincent Bevins, n+1

Is a Civil War Ahead? David Remnick, The New Yorker

The Capitol Insurrection Is Not Over David Atkins, Washington Monthly

The Riot and the Republic Jonathan Allen, NBC News

In the Capitol’s Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer, New York Times

We Know Exactly Who the Capitol Rioters Were Aymann Ismail, Slate

‘I really thought that I was going to die that day’ Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times

When the Rioters Came for Us on January 6 Jamie Raskin, New Republic

The Capitol Rioters, A Year Later Slate