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Early Intervention by Public Defenders Offers Improved Outcomes for Clients, California Policy Lab Study Found

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2023
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Early Intervention by Public Defenders Offers Improved Outcomes for Clients, California Policy Lab Study Found

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Clara, CA – Last week the California Policy Lab in Berkeley ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Clara, CA – Last week the California Policy Lab in Berkeley released their report on the impact of early pre-trial programs by public defender’s offices. ...

June 14, 2023
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Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly after Arrest Improves Case Outcomes

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|Date: June 07, 2023
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Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly after Arrest Improves Case Outcomes

Special to the Vanguard Santa Clara County, CA - Individuals who received Pre-Arraignment Representation ...

Special to the Vanguard Santa Clara County, CA - Individuals who received Pre-Arraignment Representation and Review (PARR) program services on average were detained fewer days and had a lower convicti ...

June 07, 2023
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Racial and Gender Disparities in ‘21 California Police Stops Report: Black People Stopped at Higher Rate, ‘Hispanics’ Stopped More Often

Posted by Cheyenne Galloway
|Date: May 18, 2023
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Racial and Gender Disparities in ‘21 California Police Stops Report: Black People Stopped at Higher Rate, ‘Hispanics’ Stopped More Often

By Cheyenne Galloway BERKELY, CA - Steven Raphael, a co-author of “By the Numbers,” produced by the Cali ...

By Cheyenne Galloway BERKELY, CA - Steven Raphael, a co-author of “By the Numbers,” produced by the California Policy Lab, said the findings released this month on 2021 police stops and gender dispar ...

May 18, 2023
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SF Dramatically Increased Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring, New Report Finds

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|Date: November 23, 2022
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SF Dramatically Increased Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring, New Report Finds

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA - A new report from the nonpartisan California Policy Lab shows that ...

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA - A new report from the nonpartisan California Policy Lab shows that San Francisco has increasingly turned to electronic monitoring as a pretrial release option. Th ...

November 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

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|Date: November 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

By Cristine Soto Deberry In the mid-1990s, California was one of 24 states that enacted a “three-strikes” ...

By Cristine Soto Deberry In the mid-1990s, California was one of 24 states that enacted a “three-strikes” law. California’s law, however, stood out as being both the most severe and widely used. The ...

November 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 165: California Policy Lab Examines Three Strikes Law

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|Date: September 12, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 165: California Policy Lab Examines Three Strikes Law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By4Fi2LAf-k A new report released in August by the nonpartisan California ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By4Fi2LAf-k A new report released in August by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) found “that thousands of Californians saw their prison sentences lengthened b ...

September 12, 2022
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Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2022
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Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – A new report released on Tuesday by the nonpartisan ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – A new report released on Tuesday by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) found “that thousands of Californians saw their prisons sentences ...

August 30, 2022
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Report Finds That Alameda County Significantly Reduced Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2021
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Report Finds That Alameda County Significantly Reduced Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – An increasing amount of research has created awaren ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – An increasing amount of research has created awareness that court imposed fees puts an extreme financial hardship on those least able to pay, and ...

November 17, 2021
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Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2021
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Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – More research continues to show that the crime tren ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – More research continues to show that the crime trends during the pandemic are uneven and complicated. This week, research released by the nonparti ...

September 16, 2021
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Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2021
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Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

By David M. Greenwald One of the big questions—is there a mass exodus out of California due to high costs ...

By David M. Greenwald One of the big questions—is there a mass exodus out of California due to high costs of housing and other factors? While I have argued elsewhere that if housing—high costs or lac ...

March 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Impact of Recent Happenings on a Transgender Adult Living in Davis

Statement by Moms for Liberty on the Bomb Threats

Guest Commentary: As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice?

Civil Rights Orgs Ask Louisiana Governor, Pardon Board to Reduce Death Sentences, End ‘Systemic Racism’ in State’s Use of Death Penalty

LA TIMES: Los Angeles Police Chief Moore, Other Bail Reform Critics Wrong – Bail Should Not Be Form of Punishment.

COURT WATCH: Jury Trial Date Confirmed for Gonzalez Murder Case in Yolo County

Commentary: Moms for Liberty, What Have You Gained Through All of This?

Senator Wiener, Housing Advocates, Labor Leaders Highlight Expansion of Landmark Housing Law

Breed’s Drug Testing Press Conference – Dangerous Headline Chasing That Will Increase Crime

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: In the Dark

Early Intervention by Public Defenders Offers Improved Outcomes for Clients, California Policy Lab Study Found

Early Intervention by Public Defenders Offers Improved Outcomes for Clients, California Policy Lab Study Found

Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly after Arrest Improves Case Outcomes

Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly after Arrest Improves Case Outcomes

Racial and Gender Disparities in ‘21 California Police Stops Report: Black People Stopped at Higher Rate, ‘Hispanics’ Stopped More Often

Racial and Gender Disparities in ‘21 California Police Stops Report: Black People Stopped at Higher Rate, ‘Hispanics’ Stopped More Often

SF Dramatically Increased Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring, New Report Finds

SF Dramatically Increased Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring, New Report Finds

Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 165: California Policy Lab Examines Three Strikes Law

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 165: California Policy Lab Examines Three Strikes Law

Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

Report: One in Three People Had Sentences Lengthened Due to Three-Strikes Law

Report Finds That Alameda County Significantly Reduced Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation

Report Finds That Alameda County Significantly Reduced Financial Burdens on Families by Eliminating Fees in Juvenile Probation

Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic

Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic

Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

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