February has been cold and snowy in Ohio, but there are still lots of hot criminal justice reform stories cooking in the middle of winter all over the USA. So, mid-week and mid-winter, here is a round-up of just some of the reform stories and commentaries catching my eye:
From The Appeal, “Trump Turned The Justice System Into a Black Box. Biden Could Fix It.“
From Bloomberg Law, “Law Firms and Nonprofits Must Work Together for Criminal Justice Reform“
From The Marshall Project, “What 120 Executions Tell Us About Criminal Justice in America“
From The Nation, “How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System“
From Newsweek, “The Biden Administration Can Act on Criminal Justice Reform Now“
From Real Clear Policy, “Washington Must Atone for its Legacy of Mass Incarceration“
From Reason.com, “Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders Pretends Prisoners Are Patients“
From Time, “Why It’s So Significant That Virginia Looks Set To Abolish the Death Penalty“