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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 152: Tinisch Hollins on the Chesa Boudin and SF Recall

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|Date: April 25, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 152: Tinisch Hollins on the Chesa Boudin and SF Recall

On June 7, San Francisco voters will decide whether to remove DA Chesa Boudin. This week on Everyday Inj ...

On June 7, San Francisco voters will decide whether to remove DA Chesa Boudin. This week on Everyday Injustice we are joined by Tinisch Hollins, Executive Director of Californians for Safety and Just ...

April 25, 2022
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Khan Squares Off Directly against DA Rosen in Santa Clara Forum – Part 2

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|Date: April 22, 2022
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Khan Squares Off Directly against DA Rosen in Santa Clara Forum – Part 2

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA - A forum sponsored by Afro UPRIS on Monday evening f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA - A forum sponsored by Afro UPRIS on Monday evening featured two of the three candidates for DA in San Jose—incumbent Jeff Rosen and Public Defender ...

April 22, 2022
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Khan Squares Off Directly against DA Rosen in Santa Clara Forum – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2022
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Khan Squares Off Directly against DA Rosen in Santa Clara Forum – Part 1

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA - A forum sponsored by Afro UPRIS on Monday evening f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA - A forum sponsored by Afro UPRIS on Monday evening featured two of the three candidates for DA in San Jose—incumbent Jeff Rosen and Public Defender ...

April 21, 2022
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Commentary: As It Turns Out, Martin Was Not Early Released at All, Parole Had Nothing to Do with It, the Media Blew It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Commentary: As It Turns Out, Martin Was Not Early Released at All, Parole Had Nothing to Do with It, the Media Blew It

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – It immediately set off a red flag when the Sacram ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – It immediately set off a red flag when the Sacramento Bee first reported that a suspect in the Sacramento mass shooting was out of prison despit ...

April 12, 2022
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Is Rising Crime Attributable to Progressive Prosecutors? Not Really, Research Suggests

Posted by Katherine Coviello
|Date: March 26, 2022
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Is Rising Crime Attributable to Progressive Prosecutors? Not Really, Research Suggests

By Katherine Coviello COLLEGE STATION, TX – Long held debates over criminal justice reform have recently ...

By Katherine Coviello COLLEGE STATION, TX – Long held debates over criminal justice reform have recently ushered in a number of progressive prosecutors with new policies like those aimed toward dimini ...

March 26, 2022
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SF Supervisor Charges Police Should Stop Using Embattled SF District Attorney Boudin as ‘Scapegoat’ after Crime Data Suggest Cops Not Doing Job

Posted by Katherine Coviello
|Date: March 08, 2022
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SF Supervisor Charges Police Should Stop Using Embattled SF District Attorney Boudin as ‘Scapegoat’ after Crime Data Suggest Cops Not Doing Job

By Katherine Coviello SAN FRANCISCO, CA - At a time characterized by rising concerns over the unfair crim ...

By Katherine Coviello SAN FRANCISCO, CA - At a time characterized by rising concerns over the unfair criminal justice system, a tumultuous burgeoning recall campaign, and as questions regarding police ...

March 08, 2022
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ACLU Joins ‘The Just Trust for Action’ in Efforts to Address Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Natalia Ruvalcaba
|Date: March 02, 2022
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ACLU Joins ‘The Just Trust for Action’ in Efforts to Address Criminal Justice Reform

By Natalia Ruvalcaba NEW YORK, NY – It was reported by the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday that it ...

By Natalia Ruvalcaba NEW YORK, NY – It was reported by the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday that its Campaign for Smart Justice will be joining “The Just Trust for Action” in its efforts to addr ...

March 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 144 – Michigan Prosecutor Eli Savit Talks about Reform in Ann Arbor

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|Date: February 28, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 144 – Michigan Prosecutor Eli Savit Talks about Reform in Ann Arbor

In 2020, Eli Savit rode a wave of progressive prosecutorial successes to victory in Washtenaw County, Mic ...

In 2020, Eli Savit rode a wave of progressive prosecutorial successes to victory in Washtenaw County, Michigan, the home of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. For the most part, Savit has avoide ...

February 28, 2022
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CA Lawmaker Announces Bill Package with Goals Ranging from Criminal Justice to Climate Change Reform

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|Date: February 25, 2022
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CA Lawmaker Announces Bill Package with Goals Ranging from Criminal Justice to Climate Change Reform

By Anna Olsen and Sahaily Zazueta SACRAMENTO, CA - A bill package for the 2022 Legislative Session was r ...

By Anna Olsen and Sahaily Zazueta SACRAMENTO, CA - A bill package for the 2022 Legislative Session was released this week by Los Angeles Senator Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) with goals “to stop cr ...

February 25, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 143: Smart Justice California Talks about Justice Reform Efforts

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|Date: February 21, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 143: Smart Justice California Talks about Justice Reform Efforts

Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk abou ...

Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk about criminal justice reform efforts. Smart Justice California works to educate and embolden polic ...

February 21, 2022
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Commentary: Bass Letter Shows How Quickly the Left Turned on Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2022
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Commentary: Bass Letter Shows How Quickly the Left Turned on Criminal Justice Reform

By David Greenwald Los Angeles, CA - In 2014, Naomi Murakawa wrote the book, How Liberals Built Prison A ...

By David Greenwald Los Angeles, CA - In 2014, Naomi Murakawa wrote the book, How Liberals Built Prison America. The book challenges the traditional understanding "racialized carceral expansion as th ...

February 11, 2022
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BRENNAN CENTER REPORT: Biden Admin Has Room for Improvement in Criminal Justice Reform After First Year

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: January 29, 2022
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BRENNAN CENTER REPORT: Biden Admin Has Room for Improvement in Criminal Justice Reform After First Year

By Ava Schwartzapfel and Isabelle Brady NEW YORK, NY – The Brennan Center released a report this past wee ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel and Isabelle Brady NEW YORK, NY – The Brennan Center released a report this past week in which it evaluated the Biden Administration thus far and how well it has stuck to its stat ...

January 29, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 137: Attorney Mark Reichel Talks Sacramento DA and Policing

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|Date: January 10, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 137: Attorney Mark Reichel Talks Sacramento DA and Policing

Sacramento in 2022 figures to be a hotbed for political intrigue. DA Anne Marie Schubert is running for ...

Sacramento in 2022 figures to be a hotbed for political intrigue. DA Anne Marie Schubert is running for AG leaving an open DA seat where a progressive—Alana Matthews—will take on current Assistant Ch ...

January 10, 2022
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My View: Yolo DA Pushes the Retail Theft Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2022
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My View: Yolo DA Pushes the Retail Theft Issue

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The rise in murders in the US has been alarming ove ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The rise in murders in the US has been alarming over the course of the pandemic, but it is interesting that the issue that seems to have the most ...

January 08, 2022
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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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Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Is Not Dead Yet

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|Date: December 03, 2021
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Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Is Not Dead Yet

By Rory Fleming On November 30, prominent Substack journalist and podcaster Adam Johnson made a number of ...

By Rory Fleming On November 30, prominent Substack journalist and podcaster Adam Johnson made a number of provocative claims about criminal justice reform: that it is “politically dead,” that the prog ...

December 03, 2021
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Commentary: Does Criminal Justice Reform Only Work with a Dropping Crime Rate?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2021
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Commentary: Does Criminal Justice Reform Only Work with a Dropping Crime Rate?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There was an interesting interaction on Twitter yesterday when NY ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There was an interesting interaction on Twitter yesterday when NY Times reporter, German Lopez tweeted, “The reality is that criminal justice reform relies to so ...

November 30, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Mainstream Media Backs the Carceral State in Their Coverage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Mainstream Media Backs the Carceral State in Their Coverage

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The LA Times featured a glorious story of redemption where Renwick ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The LA Times featured a glorious story of redemption where Renwick Drake, after spending the last 11 years incarcerated since he was 15, will get a new lease on ...

November 14, 2021
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Public Defender Warns ‘Fearmongering’ Journalism Threatens Progressive Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: November 05, 2021
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Public Defender Warns ‘Fearmongering’ Journalism Threatens Progressive Criminal Justice Reform

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - The New York Times and NPR recently released articles regarding the ...

By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY - The New York Times and NPR recently released articles regarding the highly awaited FBI 2020 crime statistics that Brooklyn Public Defender and civil rights attorne ...

November 05, 2021
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Watch Vanguard Webinar: The Future of Criminal Justice Reform (Video)

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|Date: November 02, 2021
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Watch Vanguard Webinar: The Future of Criminal Justice Reform (Video)

Last week, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on the future of criminal justice reform. Panelists: Chesa Bo ...

Last week, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on the future of criminal justice reform. Panelists: Chesa Boudin - SF District Attorney Melina Abdullah - BLM LA Jody Armour - USC Law Professor Jonathan R ...

November 02, 2021
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