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

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|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

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|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
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Unjust Bail System Ending in San Francisco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
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Unjust Bail System Ending in San Francisco

Judge Issues Injunction to Remove Price Tag on Freedom (From Press Release - Equal Justice Under Law) – I ...

Judge Issues Injunction to Remove Price Tag on Freedom (From Press Release - Equal Justice Under Law) – Individuals arrested in San Francisco will no longer be assigned a price tag on their freedom. Y ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Bail Isn’t Supposed to Be a Punishment. Why Does the Media Keep Acting Like It Is?

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|Date: August 29, 2019
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Bail Isn’t Supposed to Be a Punishment. Why Does the Media Keep Acting Like It Is?

How high or low a bond is isn’t a measure of how severe the state considers a crime. The public’s percept ...

How high or low a bond is isn’t a measure of how severe the state considers a crime. The public’s perception of crime is often significantly out of alignment with the reality. This is caused, in part, ...

August 29, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

On Friday, a Federal Court Judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March, declared San Francisco ...

On Friday, a Federal Court Judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March, declared San Francisco’s use of a money bail schedule unconstitutional, indicated that she would determine the plan f ...

August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

On Friday, Federal Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March declared San Francisco’s u ...

On Friday, Federal Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March declared San Francisco’s use of a money bail schedule unconstitutional, indicated that she would determine the plan for r ...

August 28, 2019
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Future of San Francisco’s Bail System in Question

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 24, 2019
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Future of San Francisco’s Bail System in Question

Sheriff Proposes Unconstitutional ‘Keep Everybody Locked Up’ Plan (From Press Release)– A critical hearin ...

Sheriff Proposes Unconstitutional ‘Keep Everybody Locked Up’ Plan (From Press Release)– A critical hearing was held today regarding the future of the money bail system in San Francisco. The case, Buff ...

August 24, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren publis ...

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren published hers – on Medium. “The United States makes up 5% of the world’s population, but nearly 20% ...

August 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on ...

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on Sunday unveiled perhaps the most ambitious plan for overhauling the criminal justice system – ...

August 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, Mother Lost Her Job and Kids

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|Date: May 11, 2019
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Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, Mother Lost Her Job and Kids

By Andrea Woods and Jocelyn Rosnick On April 11, Hamilton County police in Cincinnati, Ohio arrested Ashl ...

By Andrea Woods and Jocelyn Rosnick On April 11, Hamilton County police in Cincinnati, Ohio arrested Ashley Foster in a Target parking lot on charges of trafficking heroin. Foster was with her two you ...

May 11, 2019
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ACLU Sues to End Cash Bail

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|Date: April 20, 2019
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ACLU Sues to End Cash Bail

By Twyla Carter and Philip Mayor Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit. You are ...

By Twyla Carter and Philip Mayor Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit. You are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but with no money, you will remain in jail for up ...

April 20, 2019
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2019
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as he was ...

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as he was traveling. According to KGO-TV, he died of a heart attack. No official details have been rele ...

February 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Conservative Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Conservative Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform

Since July, the American Conservative has an ongoing series of currently 12 articles in collaboration wit ...

Since July, the American Conservative has an ongoing series of currently 12 articles in collaboration with the R Street Institute exploring conservative approaches to criminal justice reform. Here is ...

December 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: There’s a Wave of Progressive Prosecutors, but We’ve Been Left Behind

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: There’s a Wave of Progressive Prosecutors, but We’ve Been Left Behind

Despite a closer than expected election back in June in Yolo County, the hope for progressive reform rema ...

Despite a closer than expected election back in June in Yolo County, the hope for progressive reform remains elusive. This past week there was an op-ed in the New York Times, “There’s a Wave of New P ...

December 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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