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Reaction to the Judicial Council Reducing Bail to Zero

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2020
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Reaction to the Judicial Council Reducing Bail to Zero

It was a highly anticipated move by the California Judicial Council and while we captured some reaction f ...

It was a highly anticipated move by the California Judicial Council and while we captured some reaction from across the state – but interestingly enough, other than Jackie Lacey, a DA facing a runoff ...

April 07, 2020
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Fashion Line Profits to Go to National Cash Bail Network Fund in Response to COVID-19

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|Date: April 07, 2020
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Fashion Line Profits to Go to National Cash Bail Network Fund in Response to COVID-19

By Murcel Rahimi GRAND RAPIDS, MI- With the coronavirus pandemic expanding, many prisons across the natio ...

By Murcel Rahimi GRAND RAPIDS, MI- With the coronavirus pandemic expanding, many prisons across the nation are working to release eligible incarcerated individuals to prevent the further spread of the ...

April 07, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez

Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson, his ...

Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson, his predecessor, died. In 2017, he won his own term. We talked extensively about the COVID-19 threa ...

April 06, 2020
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NY Politicians Disagree with New NY Bail Rollback

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|Date: April 06, 2020
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NY Politicians Disagree with New NY Bail Rollback

By Linh Nguyen NEW YORK -- On Apr 2, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a budget bill that inclu ...

By Linh Nguyen NEW YORK -- On Apr 2, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a budget bill that included a controversial change to the state’s bail law. Since Jan. 1, 2020, the New York state bail ...

April 06, 2020
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New York Defense Groups Denounce Governor Cuomo’s Reversal of Bail Reform

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|Date: April 02, 2020
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New York Defense Groups Denounce Governor Cuomo’s Reversal of Bail Reform

By Shellsea Lomeli NEW YORK - A number of New York defense groups released a statement together, advocati ...

By Shellsea Lomeli NEW YORK - A number of New York defense groups released a statement together, advocating against the return of the state’s cash bail system - a threat posed by the state government’ ...

April 02, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 54 – Salt Lake DA Sim Gill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 54 – Salt Lake DA Sim Gill

Sim Gill, born in India, is the first Indian-American prosecutor in the US and one of only two elected De ...

Sim Gill, born in India, is the first Indian-American prosecutor in the US and one of only two elected Democrats in the entire state of Utah. He first was elected in November 2010. He has enacted a se ...

March 30, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 53 – Boulder DA Michael Dougherty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 53 – Boulder DA Michael Dougherty

Michael Dougherty came to Boulder from Manhattan and worked as a deputy in the DA's office for nearly 20 ...

Michael Dougherty came to Boulder from Manhattan and worked as a deputy in the DA's office for nearly 20 years before being appointed in 2018 to replace the long time prosecutor. He then won on his ow ...

March 27, 2020
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Pennsylvania Public Defenders Not Reinstated Despite Public Outcry Over Firing

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|Date: March 07, 2020
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Pennsylvania Public Defenders Not Reinstated Despite Public Outcry Over Firing

Montgomery County Chief Public Defender Dean Beer and Deputy Chief Keisha Hudson were fired last month fo ...

Montgomery County Chief Public Defender Dean Beer and Deputy Chief Keisha Hudson were fired last month for filing an amicus brief critical of the county’s bail setting practices. by Joshua Vaughn Desp ...

March 07, 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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The Path to Liberation Does Not Go through Pretrial Punishment

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|Date: February 16, 2020
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The Path to Liberation Does Not Go through Pretrial Punishment

By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the curre ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the current debate about recent bail reforms in New York. The caller, a lawyer from near Lake Placid, Ne ...

February 16, 2020
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My View: Elimination of Cash Bail and ARC – Two Things the County Should Prioritize

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2020
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My View: Elimination of Cash Bail and ARC – Two Things the County Should Prioritize

One of the new things in politics is that candidates and their volunteers send text messages to potential ...

One of the new things in politics is that candidates and their volunteers send text messages to potential voters. The nice thing about them is that they are from real people – not just robocalls. I ...

February 15, 2020
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Bail Reform Doesn’t Mean Automatic Pretrial Release in San Francisco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2020
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Bail Reform Doesn’t Mean Automatic Pretrial Release in San Francisco

SF DA Policy: "Pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth." SAN FRANCISCO - Bail re ...

SF DA Policy: "Pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth." SAN FRANCISCO - Bail reform has become a centerpiece to the progressive reform movement of the criminal justice system ...

February 13, 2020
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Bail Reform Is About Safety and Well-Being

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2020
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Bail Reform Is About Safety and Well-Being

By Vaidya Gullapalli In May 2010, Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old from the Bronx, was arrested and charged ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli In May 2010, Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old from the Bronx, was arrested and charged with robbery. The allegation was that he had, along with a friend, stolen a man’s backpack. The ...

February 11, 2020
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New Data Suggests Risk Assessment Tools Have Little Impact on Pretrial Incarceration

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|Date: February 09, 2020
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New Data Suggests Risk Assessment Tools Have Little Impact on Pretrial Incarceration

Around one-third of counties in the United States use the tools when making release decisions, but few mo ...

Around one-third of counties in the United States use the tools when making release decisions, but few monitor whether they work as intended. By Ethan Corey A first-of-its-kind database and report doc ...

February 09, 2020
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El fiscal de distrito de San Francisco, Chesa Boudin, pone fin al pago de fianza

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2020
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El fiscal de distrito de San Francisco, Chesa Boudin, pone fin al pago de fianza

Los fiscales de San Francisco ya no solicitarán fianza como condición para la libertad provisional El mié ...

Los fiscales de San Francisco ya no solicitarán fianza como condición para la libertad provisional El miércoles, Chesa Boudin, cumplió una de las promesas clave de su campaña. Su oficina anunció, form ...

January 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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SF DA Boudin Ends Cash Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2020
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SF DA Boudin Ends Cash Bail

San Francisco prosecutors will no longer request payment as a condition for pretrial release On Wednesda ...

San Francisco prosecutors will no longer request payment as a condition for pretrial release On Wednesday, Chesa Boudin fulfilled one of his key campaign promises as his office announced a formal pol ...

January 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Queens County DA Reiterates Commitment to Ending Cash Bail after Critics Say She Reneged

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2020
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Queens County DA Reiterates Commitment to Ending Cash Bail after Critics Say She Reneged

Melinda Katz, who was inaugurated Monday, is facing criticism over what some say is a broken campaign pro ...

Melinda Katz, who was inaugurated Monday, is facing criticism over what some say is a broken campaign promise. By Aaron Morrison After less than a week on the job, Melinda Katz, the newly elected top ...

January 08, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 28 – Meet Eli Savit, Washtenaw County’s Progressive DA Candidate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 28 – Meet Eli Savit, Washtenaw County’s Progressive DA Candidate

Eli Savit is an attorney, a law professor, and a former public school teacher. A former law clerk to Just ...

Eli Savit is an attorney, a law professor, and a former public school teacher. A former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Eli currently serves as the City of Detroit's senior legal counsel, wh ...

January 06, 2020
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Cash Bail is Being Used as Ransom to Keep People Who Are Poor Behind Bars

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Cash Bail is Being Used as Ransom to Keep People Who Are Poor Behind Bars

In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. Th ...

In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. That’s why we sued. By Twla Carter, Megan Lambert, Claudia Center, and Zoe Brennan-Krohn Imagine ...

December 29, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 22 – Joe Kimok, Progressive Prosecutor Candidate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 22 – Joe Kimok, Progressive Prosecutor Candidate

Joe Kimok is a progressive candidate running for Broward County State Attorney in Florida. He is one of e ...

Joe Kimok is a progressive candidate running for Broward County State Attorney in Florida. He is one of eight Democratic candidates vying for the August 2020 primary, in a race dominated by the specte ...

December 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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