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Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Over the last few years we have talked a lot about progressive prosecution. We have seen some stunning v ...

Over the last few years we have talked a lot about progressive prosecution. We have seen some stunning victories, like the victory of Larry Krasner and more recently Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. We ...

March 02, 2020
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Boudin Discusses New Policies Prior to Announcement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2020
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Boudin Discusses New Policies Prior to Announcement

On Friday there was a day conference hosted in San Francisco by the Justice Collaborative. The first pan ...

On Friday there was a day conference hosted in San Francisco by the Justice Collaborative. The first panel, where newly-elected San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin had a conversation with US ...

March 01, 2020
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Mother of Mario Woods Administers Oath to San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju at Packed Community Inauguration

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|Date: March 01, 2020
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Mother of Mario Woods Administers Oath to San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju at Packed Community Inauguration

(From Press Release - SF Public Defender's Office) – On February 27, 2020, in front of a crowd of over 30 ...

(From Press Release - SF Public Defender's Office) – On February 27, 2020, in front of a crowd of over 300 people at Brava Theater, San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju took his oath of office and ...

March 01, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Ends Racial Profiling and Status Enhancements Including Gang and Prior Prison Enhancements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 29, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Ends Racial Profiling and Status Enhancements Including Gang and Prior Prison Enhancements

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major announcement, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Friday announced that prosecuto ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major announcement, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Friday announced that prosecutors in his office will end the practice of charging people for possession of drugs or other cont ...

February 29, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Supports Bill that Would Expunge Past Criminal Records for Eight Million People

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|Date: February 28, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Supports Bill that Would Expunge Past Criminal Records for Eight Million People

By Nancy Martinez On Feb. 21, 2020, Assemblyman Phil Tang of San Francisco (D) introduced AB 2978 that wo ...

By Nancy Martinez On Feb. 21, 2020, Assemblyman Phil Tang of San Francisco (D) introduced AB 2978 that would expunge criminal charges of California residents with unconvicted misdemeanor charges or th ...

February 28, 2020
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Assessment Tools That Decide the Fate of Pretrial Incarceration Are Now Denounced by Pretrial Justice Institute

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|Date: February 27, 2020
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Assessment Tools That Decide the Fate of Pretrial Incarceration Are Now Denounced by Pretrial Justice Institute

By Brittany Mason The Pretrial Justice Institute has changed their stance on pretrial risk assessment too ...

By Brittany Mason The Pretrial Justice Institute has changed their stance on pretrial risk assessment tools justly equating whether the accused in criminal court should be incarcerated while standing ...

February 27, 2020
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City Officials Unveiled ‘Jeff Adachi Way’ – New Street to Honor the Late San Francisco Public Defender

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|Date: February 27, 2020
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City Officials Unveiled ‘Jeff Adachi Way’ – New Street to Honor the Late San Francisco Public Defender

(From Press Release – Public Defender’s Office) – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Public Defender Mano R ...

(From Press Release – Public Defender’s Office) – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Public Defender Mano Raju, Supervisor Matt Haney, the Adachi family, and community supporters of the late San Francis ...

February 27, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times

We are just about a week out from the primary election and, aside from the presidential race, one of the ...

We are just about a week out from the primary election and, aside from the presidential race, one of the big races we are following is the Los Angeles District Attorney race. We were down in Los Ange ...

February 24, 2020
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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

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|Date: February 23, 2020
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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecu ...

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecution, and imprisonment at wildly disproportionate rates. By Ezekilel Edwards and Shilpi ...

February 23, 2020
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Wrongfully Convicted Man Advises Prosecutors to ‘Have Remorse’ for Communities They Prosecute

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: February 13, 2020
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Wrongfully Convicted Man Advises Prosecutors to ‘Have Remorse’ for Communities They Prosecute

By Danielle Silva SAN FRANCISCO - Jamal Trulove, a wrongfully convicted man, opened for the UC Hastings S ...

By Danielle Silva SAN FRANCISCO - Jamal Trulove, a wrongfully convicted man, opened for the UC Hastings Symposium “Progressive Prosecutors and the Carceral State,” advising attorneys and the community ...

February 13, 2020
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Panel Forcefully Responds to US Attorney McGregor Scott’s Criticism of Progressive Prosecution (Audio)

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: February 12, 2020
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Panel Forcefully Responds to US Attorney McGregor Scott’s Criticism of Progressive Prosecution (Audio)

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 7, 2020, UC Hastings’s Symposium “Progressive Prosecution and the Carceral Stat ...

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 7, 2020, UC Hastings’s Symposium “Progressive Prosecution and the Carceral State” aimed to talk about the current movement of reforming prosecutorial procedures, hoping to ad ...

February 12, 2020
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Path to Change: The Divergent Path of Two Prosecutors toward Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2020
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Path to Change: The Divergent Path of Two Prosecutors toward Criminal Justice Reform

Contra Costa DA Goes from Judge to Prosecutor; Butler Goes from Prosecutor to Professor and Critic One of ...

Contra Costa DA Goes from Judge to Prosecutor; Butler Goes from Prosecutor to Professor and Critic One of the panels during the day-long Progressive Prosecutor Symposium at UC Hastings College of Law ...

February 11, 2020
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Pfaff Analyzes Progressive Reform and Warns Not to Fight the Battle on Tough on Crime’s Terms

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2020
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Pfaff Analyzes Progressive Reform and Warns Not to Fight the Battle on Tough on Crime’s Terms

Fordham University Law Professor John Pfaff, author of the book Locked In, called the recent progressive ...

Fordham University Law Professor John Pfaff, author of the book Locked In, called the recent progressive prosecution movement “an interesting challenge” on Friday during the Symposium at UC Hastings. ...

February 10, 2020
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Krasner Fires Back at McGregor Scott and Trump During Remarks to Symposium at Hastings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2020
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Krasner Fires Back at McGregor Scott and Trump During Remarks to Symposium at Hastings

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner was not in San Francisco on Friday, but he was a center point of the Sympos ...

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner was not in San Francisco on Friday, but he was a center point of the Symposium on Progressive Prosecution. The progressive prosecutor really jump started the movement wh ...

February 09, 2020
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McGregor Scott Gets Hammered at UC Hastings Symposium after Claims Progressive Prosecutors Lead to Higher Homicide Rates

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: February 08, 2020
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McGregor Scott Gets Hammered at UC Hastings Symposium after Claims Progressive Prosecutors Lead to Higher Homicide Rates

By Danielle Eden Silva SAN FRANCISCO - United States Attorney from the Eastern District of California McG ...

By Danielle Eden Silva SAN FRANCISCO - United States Attorney from the Eastern District of California McGregor Scott claimed homicide rates and violent crimes were affected by the policies of the prog ...

February 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Long Must S.F. Wait to Root out Police Corruption?

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|Date: February 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Long Must S.F. Wait to Root out Police Corruption?

By Mano Raju, Public Defender of San Francisco Over a year ago, California finally acknowledged the publi ...

By Mano Raju, Public Defender of San Francisco Over a year ago, California finally acknowledged the public’s right to know about police corruption in our communities. Specifically, SB 1421 made public ...

February 08, 2020
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SF Judges Square Off in Candidates Forum – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2020
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SF Judges Square Off in Candidates Forum – Part Two

Five of the six candidates for judge were on hand on Wednesday night at the County Fair Building in San F ...

Five of the six candidates for judge were on hand on Wednesday night at the County Fair Building in San Francisco. Carolyn Gold for the 21st Seat sent her regrets. There are an unprecedented three op ...

February 07, 2020
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SF Judges Square Off in Candidates Forum – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2020
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SF Judges Square Off in Candidates Forum – Part One

Five of the six candidates for judge were on hand on Wednesday night at the County Fair Building in San F ...

Five of the six candidates for judge were on hand on Wednesday night at the County Fair Building in San Francisco. Carolyn Gold for the 21st Seat sent her regrets. There are an unprecedented three op ...

February 06, 2020
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Federal Judge Orders Embattled SF Jail Must Provide Inmates with Sunlight, Recreation

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|Date: February 06, 2020
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Federal Judge Orders Embattled SF Jail Must Provide Inmates with Sunlight, Recreation

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – A massive lawsuit alleging inhumane trea ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – A massive lawsuit alleging inhumane treatment at the San Francisco City and County Bryant Street Jail just got a shot-in-the-arm – a fe ...

February 06, 2020
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Man to Be Freed after 45 Years Following Resentencing Under SB 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 03, 2020
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Man to Be Freed after 45 Years Following Resentencing Under SB 1437

On Wednesday Zachary Vanderhorst will be a free man for the first time since late 1974, when he was sente ...

On Wednesday Zachary Vanderhorst will be a free man for the first time since late 1974, when he was sentenced on December 31, 1974, just six weeks after being indicted for murder and other charges. Ju ...

February 03, 2020
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