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Commentary: Don’t Erase the DA from the Colorado Truck Crash Story

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|Date: December 18, 2021
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Commentary: Don’t Erase the DA from the Colorado Truck Crash Story

By Rory Fleming Back in September, I wrote about how criminal justice reformers should look to make decar ...

By Rory Fleming Back in September, I wrote about how criminal justice reformers should look to make decarceration efforts more palpable to racial and ethnic communities that are historically less inte ...

December 18, 2021
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SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Stands with Burger King Workers, Owed $1.9 Million from Wage Theft

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|Date: December 18, 2021
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SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Stands with Burger King Workers, Owed $1.9 Million from Wage Theft

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Earlier this week San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin wrote o ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Earlier this week San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin wrote on Twitter “I am outraged by the scale of wage theft that occurred here ( Burger King). We are s ...

December 18, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

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|Date: December 18, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals c ...

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals charged the prosecution in a trial more than 20 years ago “illegally concealed statements” that ...

December 18, 2021
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Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code has undertaken an intensive investigation into California’s criminal legal syst ...

December 17, 2021
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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer ...

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer convicted in state court of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, was in federal court Wednes ...

December 17, 2021
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Foundation Report: 250,000 Youth Tried, Incarcerated Yearly – 10,000 Held in Adult Jails Daily

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Foundation Report: 250,000 Youth Tried, Incarcerated Yearly – 10,000 Held in Adult Jails Daily

By Ankita Joshi BALTIMORE, MD – The Annie E. Casey Foundation presented an infographic this week that dep ...

By Ankita Joshi BALTIMORE, MD – The Annie E. Casey Foundation presented an infographic this week that depicted trends in youth incarceration between 1995 and 2019, and recommendations for more effecti ...

December 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

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|Date: December 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police interv ...

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police intervention in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. “It’s time the reign of criminals who are d ...

December 16, 2021
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ACLU Demands Action from ICE – Condemns Detention Center Failure to Provide COVID Boosters

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: December 16, 2021
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ACLU Demands Action from ICE – Condemns Detention Center Failure to Provide COVID Boosters

By Luke Kyaw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday sent a letter to Depa ...

By Luke Kyaw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

December 16, 2021
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COVID-19 Era Incarcerations Fall: Will it Last?

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|Date: December 16, 2021
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COVID-19 Era Incarcerations Fall: Will it Last?

By Katherine Coviello WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration with just under 2. ...

By Katherine Coviello WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration with just under 2.1 million people imprisoned nationwide at the end of 2019. However, a substantial 15 percent re ...

December 16, 2021
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Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2021
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Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - A report released this month found that, despite the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - A report released this month found that, despite the fact that California has enacted a series of criminal justice reforms over the past decade, mo ...

December 15, 2021
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Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2021
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Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - District Attorney George Gascón was elected to t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - District Attorney George Gascón was elected to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office in November 2020 on a promise of reforming the crimin ...

December 15, 2021
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LAPD Cop Who Criticized District Attorney and Governor Has Past Called into Question On Twitter

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|Date: December 15, 2021
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LAPD Cop Who Criticized District Attorney and Governor Has Past Called into Question On Twitter

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES, CA – The People’s City Council of Los Angeles, a social justice organizatio ...

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES, CA – The People’s City Council of Los Angeles, a social justice organization, has alleged on Twitter that Detective Jamie McBride is an unreliable source of information a ...

December 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The State of Petty Theft

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|Date: December 14, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The State of Petty Theft

By Rory Fleming When Nikole Hannah-Jones of “1619 Project” fame saw the recent Associated Press story abo ...

By Rory Fleming When Nikole Hannah-Jones of “1619 Project” fame saw the recent Associated Press story about a contingent of San Francisco residents growing more conservative in light of alleged “braze ...

December 14, 2021
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Letter from Prison, from Ajay Dev

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|Date: December 14, 2021
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Letter from Prison, from Ajay Dev

by Ajay Dev I received a letter from someone I never met. She learned about me through a friend who knew ...

by Ajay Dev I received a letter from someone I never met. She learned about me through a friend who knew about my case. She had read my story and the facts behind it, believed I was innocent, and expr ...

December 14, 2021
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Federal Bill Would Reform U.S. Clemency System, Address Mass Incarceration Crisis

Posted by Carson Eschen
|Date: December 14, 2021
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Federal Bill Would Reform U.S. Clemency System, Address Mass Incarceration Crisis

By Carson Eschen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Cori Bush (MO- ...

By Carson Eschen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Cori Bush (MO-01) and Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) a new legislation Friday dedicated to reforming the nation’s cl ...

December 14, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledgin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledging the flaws in the US “justice” system, the commentator inevitably proclaims, ‘it’s the best in ...

December 13, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences

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|Date: December 13, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned to my h ...

Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned to my housing unit from my regular work detail in the prison chapel, I heard one of my fellow prisoner ...

December 13, 2021
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ACLU Charges Denver Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Upholding Warrantless Surveillance of Legal, Permanent Resident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2021
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ACLU Charges Denver Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Upholding Warrantless Surveillance of Legal, Permanent Resident

By Casey Rawlings DENVER, CO – Jamshid Muhtorov had his email searched without warrant by the US governme ...

By Casey Rawlings DENVER, CO – Jamshid Muhtorov had his email searched without warrant by the US government under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and last week, Denver ...

December 13, 2021
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Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role

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|Date: December 13, 2021
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Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role

By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate la ...

By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate last week – after Vice President Kamala Harris broke the 50-50 Senate tie – as the U.S. Attorney ...

December 13, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: It Is Easy to Attack Bail Reform, but Long Term Pretrial Custody Leads to More Recidivism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: It Is Easy to Attack Bail Reform, but Long Term Pretrial Custody Leads to More Recidivism

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the people arrested for retail theft in San Francisco was r ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the people arrested for retail theft in San Francisco was released on zero bail, but electronic monitoring. She ignored the order and was re-arrested for ...

December 12, 2021
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