On the nightstand: Thursday, 8/7/14

Today’s good reads in criminal-justice journalism, with an emphasis on longform narrative stories on crime and original reporting on crime victims and reforms in sentencing and prisons: Filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza’s documentary “15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story” tells a nuanced, important story about life-without-parole for juveniles (or, as advocates prefer to say, “sentencing children to die in prison”). […]