Crime Story Daily

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: In his inaugural address on Wednesday, President Joe Biden declared the “rise of political extremism white supremacy” a looming and urgent threat, vowing to “confront” and “defeat” domestic terrorism. A piece from Politico outlines several possible paths of action for the Biden administration in its fight against homegrown extremism. The Intercept reports that as of this week, at least 170 people are under investigation in connection to the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Officials say they expect that...

PM Stories How to Decode Biden’s Immigration Blitz Julia Preston, The Marshall Project The ‘Muslim Ban’ Is Gone. Now What? Harsha Panduranga, Brennan Center for Justice Biden Is the First President to Openly Oppose the Death Penalty Austin Sarat, Slate Trump’s criminal justice commission produced some helpful results. Biden should build on them. Editorial Board, Washington Post Will Bringing Science Back to the White House Reinvigorate Forensics Reform? Jordan Smith, The Intercept Illinois poised to become first state to end wealth-based pre-trial detention Kiran Misra, The Guardian “Science has thrown us a lifeline”: North Carolina prisons give COVID-19 vaccine to inmates and staff Zoe Christen Jones,...

PM Stories The Biden Administration’s Opportunity for Change Brennan Center for Justice Biden administration expects early focus on domestic extremism threat Jim Sciutto, CNN Biden vowed to defeat domestic terrorism. The how is the hard part. Laura Barrón-López and Natasha Bertrand, Politico Biden Launches Effort To Undo Trump’s Damage On Immigration Rowaida Abdelaziz, HuffPost Decades of Federal Policies Turned Local Police On Immigrant Communities. Here’s How Biden Can Stop That. Alina Das, The Appeal Relatives of Jacob Blake Jr. and Breonna Taylor hope to push Biden on police reform John Eligon, New York Times Hours After Biden Inauguration, Federal Agents Use Tear Gas in Portland Mike...

PM Stories ‘American Carnage’ Is Donald Trump’s Legacy Amanda Terkel, HuffPost Trump grants clemency to 143 people in late-night pardon blast Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey, and Beth Reinhard, Washington Post Trump’s final wave of pardons includes names pushed by criminal justice reform advocates Annie Karni, New York Times Trump’s Pardons Show The Process Has Always Been Broken Nicole Lewis, Justin George, and Eli Hager, The Marshall Project Trump’s ‘Law and Order’: One More Deceptive Tactic Is Exposed Elaina Plott, New York Times Republicans Rethink “Law and Order” Once They Become Its Target Nick Martin, New Republic Conspiracy Charges Filed Over Capitol Riot Aruna Viswanatha, Wall...

PM Stories Federal prisons on lockdown in run-up to Biden inauguration Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, AP News Zoom funerals, outdoor classes: Jails are evolving amid COVID, but what happens afterward? Keri Blakinger, NBC News State Prison COVID-19 Wave Grows as Inmates Wait for Vaccines Rosa Goldensohn, The City Judge asks for release of nearly 2,000 inmates to avoid ‘killing field’ at Harris County Jail Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle Families Of Prisoners Hospitalized With COVID Often Cannot Get Critical Details Deborah Becker, WBUR NJ Senators Concerned Over Racial Disparities In Federal Prison Home Releases Karen Yi, WNYC Prisons Are Releasing People Without COVID-19 Tests Or...

PM Stories Dr. Martin Luther King’s Moral Opposition to the Death Penalty Equal Justice Initiative ‘This is not justice’: Justice Sonia Sotomayor offers fierce dissent in death penalty case Raul A. Reyes, NBC News ‘Expedited Spree of Executions’ Faced Little Supreme Court Scrutiny Adam Liptak, New York Times Trump Targeted the Mentally Ill With His Lame Duck Execution Spree Austin Sarat, Slate Biden campaigned on eliminating death penalty – we could soon see how that turns out Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Illinois State Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Cash Bail Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal Illinois Will End Cash Bail – and Limit Use of High-Tech Incarceration...