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Timothy M. Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, published an opinion in CNN.

Autopsies on President Donald Trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election results are piling up. Some point to judges who rejected his unfounded claims of voter fraud. Others argue that democratic norms moved state election officials, prosecutors and civil servants to uphold the rule of law at critical moments. Still others claim that Trump's incompetence doomed the project from the start.

D.C. Passes Bill to Give Young Offenders Chance at Reduced Sentences

Fueled by a debate over when the justice system should consider young people adults, the legislation would apply to those under 25 when they committed a crime who have served at least 15 years.

Caught In The System

Nipsey Hussle, The LAPD And The Inescapable Trap Of Gang Affiliation.

Lisa P is from Crenshaw. She knows all its avenues, all its corners. She has it all mapped out in her head, what it means to move from one block to the next. She's 57 years old, and grew up running these streets. She was born Ellisa McKnight but prefers the nickname she's gone by since childhood.

Planned Execution Stirs Debate Over Punishment for Young Offenders

Lael Chester, the director of the Emerging Adult Justice Project at Columbia University’s Justice Lab, was quoted in the New York Times.

Brandon Bernard was 18 when he took part in the grisly murders of two youth ministers. He was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday despite a drive among his supporters for clemency.