The controversy over New York’s bail reform law, explained Roxanna Asgarian, Vox
The Fire This Time Alice Speri, The Intercept
Black Women Prosecutors Rally Behind St. Louis Circuit Attorney Over Racist Backlash Aaron Morrison, The Appeal
Few Elections for Prosecutors Give Voters a Choice: Report The Crime Report
The Fight to Save an Innocent Refugee From Almost Certain Death Ben Taub, The New Yorker
Rural Montana Had Already Lost Too Many Native Women. Then Selena Disappeared. Jack Healy, New York Times
LA Police Union Contributes $1 Million to Anti-George Gascón PAC Eliyahu Kamisher, The Appeal
How a major investigation into Orange County jail informants ended with a whimper James Queally and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times
New Jersey Takes on Vestige of Three-Fifths Clause: Prison Gerrymandering Sarah Lustbader, The Appeal
Parson calls for more downsizing in Missouri prison system Kurt Erickson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Octavia Spencer Follows the Clues Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker
Elizabeth Smart will star in true-crime TV specials on Lifetime Scott D. Pierce, Salt Lake Tribune