- The rate at which U.S. prisoners return to prison after release has dropped by 25 percent over the past 7 years. This is very good news.
- An Aurora, Colo., man shot a naked intruder as the intruder was attacking his grandson. The police arrived a short time later and mistakenly shot the grandfather dead. It was the second fatal shooting in a week for the Aurora police department, and the second in about a month for this particular officer.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Opinion Afternoon links: Recidivism rate has fallen by nearly a quarter over the past 7 years
By Radley Balko
August 2, 2018 at 2:12 p.m. EDT