Not-quite mid-week round up of stories and commentaries of note
I have a whole bunch of tabs open on my desktop with whole bunch of notable pieces that have caught my eye recently. That means it is time for a round up, so here goes:
From ABC News, “Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution“
From the AP, “Alaska High Court Lets Man Serving a 20-Year Sentence Remain in US House Race“
From Forbes, “Bureau Of Prisons’ Issues With First Step Act Lead To Food Strike“
From Governing, “Murder and Population Decline: A Troubling Urban Linkage“
From The Marshall Project, “Could People Facing the Death Penalty Lose the Right to Tell Juries Their Life Stories?“
From the New York Times, “Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’“
From NPR, “From Clinton to Trump, how talk about crime has changed since a landmark bill“
From Politico, “California Democrats try to change the subject from shoplifting to drugs“
From Prison Journalism Project, “In Prison and Out, We Have Never Voted“
From Reason Foundation, “Today’s legislative addiction to criminalization feels like déjà vu“