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Federal prisons among first in line for COVID-19 vaccines – with staff as priority Los Angeles Times
With COVID-19 surging anew, alarms sound again for Cook County’s incarcerated Annie Sweeney and Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune
Another inmate dead as COVID-19 cases surpass 8,000 in Wisconsin prison system Emily Hamer, Wisconsin State Journal
While COVID-19 Spreads In NY Prisons, Loved Ones On The Outside Plead With Cuomo For Clemency Victoria Law, Gothamist
Pandemic justice? US trials suspended as people refuse jury duty. Dave Collins, Christian Science Monitor
As virus spreads among federal inmates in downtown LA, court hearings and visitations are halted Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Maryland Governor Orders Early Release Of Inmates To Stem Spread Of Coronavirus Brakkton Booker, NPR
COVID-19, Not Marijuana Legalization, Is Releasing Cannabis Offenders From Prison Chris Roberts, Forbes
End the War on Drugs Now Ioan Grillo, New York Times
Criminal justice reformers claim mandate as final election results trickle in (New York) Bill Mahoney, Politico
A DA Runoff Will Decide New Orleans’ Criminal Justice Future Katie Jane Fernelius, The Appeal
The Data that Can Make Prosecutors Engines of Criminal Justice Reform Melba Pearson, Brennan Center for Justice
Houston rebid a contract to avoid using unpaid prison labor. Will Texas make a change too? Dylan McGuinness, Houston Chronicle
Murder on Middle Beach is much more than just a true crime documentary Douglas Greenwood, i-D
‘The Woman Who Stole Vermeer’ revisits the strange tale of a British heiress who became a notorious art thief Katharine Weber, Washington Post
AM Stories
The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump Jeet Heer, The Nation
Will Trump’s Accusers Finally Get Their Day In Court? Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Biden Will Try to Unmake Trump’s Immigration Agenda. It Won’t Be Easy Julia Preston, The Marshall Project
Trump plans three executions before Biden, who opposes the death penalty, takes power. Hailey Fuchs, New York Times
These Are the 3 Inmates AG Barr Ordered Be Executed Ahead of Anti-Death-Penalty Biden Admin James Crowley, Newsweek
How COVID-19 Is Impacting the First Scheduled Federal Execution of a Woman in Nearly 70 Years Madeleine Carlisle, Time
Kyle Rittenhouse Released On $2 Million Bail, Awaiting Trial In Kenosha, Wis., Deaths Vanessa Romo, NPR
AOC Attacks Double Standard After Accused Kenosha Shooter Rittenhouse’s Release: ‘Law and Disorder’ Natalie Colarossi, Newsweek
A Tale of Two Teens: When White Killers Are Treated Better Than Black Victims Hana Kiros, The Progressive
For Boston police officers accused of crimes, legal troubles tend to just melt away Evan Allen and Andrew Ryan, Boston Globe
Dozens file federal suit alleging Chicago police abuse at this year’s protests over the death of George Floyd Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune
Houston’s rate of unsolved murders is soaring. Experts say the police department is to blame. St. John Barned-Smith, Houston Chronicle
Some Texas Elections Suggest Voters Aren’t Afraid of Defunding Police Meg O’Connor, The Appeal
Changing Police Culture Christine Speer Lejeune, Philadelphia Citizen