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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 21 – Dusty Turner Wrongly Convicted in a Bad Virginia System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 21 – Dusty Turner Wrongly Convicted in a Bad Virginia System

In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years in priso ...

In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years in prison in Virginia - a state lagging behind in criminal justice reform and which has no parole. A fo ...

December 11, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Exit Shows That Prosecutors No Longer Get a Pass

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Exit Shows That Prosecutors No Longer Get a Pass

by Rory Fleming Kamala Harris dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidat ...

by Rory Fleming Kamala Harris dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on December 3, blaming lack of funds. Understandably, much reaction will focus on how she may ...

December 06, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Record Killed Her Presidential Run

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Record Killed Her Presidential Run

Harris’s record as a prosecutor was representative of a politics of the past. The nation has moved on. by ...

Harris’s record as a prosecutor was representative of a politics of the past. The nation has moved on. by Lara Bazelon News broke on Tuesday that Kamala Harris was ending her run for president. While ...

December 04, 2019
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Commentary: Once Again Showing Why Yolo DA Reisig Is NOT a Progressive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2019
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Commentary: Once Again Showing Why Yolo DA Reisig Is NOT a Progressive

During the campaign for Yolo County District Attorney in 2018 that Jeff Reisig won by a surprisingly narr ...

During the campaign for Yolo County District Attorney in 2018 that Jeff Reisig won by a surprisingly narrow margin, he and his supporters played up the progressive achievements of the district attorne ...

November 27, 2019
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San Francisco DA-Elect Chesa Boudin Announces Transition Leadership Team

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|Date: November 23, 2019
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San Francisco DA-Elect Chesa Boudin Announces Transition Leadership Team

Advisors come with decades of combined experience in justice reform policy and implementation (From Pres ...

Advisors come with decades of combined experience in justice reform policy and implementation (From Press Release)- District Attorney-elect Chesa Boudin announced today his Transition Leadership team ...

November 23, 2019
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What Comes After the First Step?

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|Date: October 26, 2019
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What Comes After the First Step?

The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to out ...

The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their plans for fixing the First Step Act By Kanya Bennett This weekend, presidential hope ...

October 26, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Kra ...

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Krasner, Rollins, Caban, Johansson, and Chesa Boudin It is an interesting article in the NY Times, ...

October 07, 2019
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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

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|Date: October 05, 2019
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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards ...

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards each time an ally of theirs becomes vulnerable. This time, it’s about hearsay. I am confident ...

October 05, 2019
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AB 1331: A System Requirement Instead of a System Overhaul

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 03, 2019
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AB 1331: A System Requirement Instead of a System Overhaul

By Danielle Silva On Sept. 25, 2019, DA Jeff Reisig published an opinion piece to the Sacramento Bee enco ...

By Danielle Silva On Sept. 25, 2019, DA Jeff Reisig published an opinion piece to the Sacramento Bee encouraging the implementation of Assembly Bill 1331. AB 1331 requires criminal justice agencies to ...

October 03, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Parole Opposition Shows Once Again Reisig Just Not a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Parole Opposition Shows Once Again Reisig Just Not a Reformer

Since his narrow victory last year in the DA’s race, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig keeps trying to make the ...

Since his narrow victory last year in the DA’s race, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig keeps trying to make the claim that he is a criminal justice reformer. Indeed, some have bought into the rhetoric – but ...

September 29, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

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|Date: September 29, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the sys ...

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the system that empowers them. Senator Kamala Harris wants you to trust the police. In her new crimina ...

September 29, 2019
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California: Legislature Adopts a Flurry of Reforms, but Voting Rights Wait for 2020

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|Date: September 21, 2019
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California: Legislature Adopts a Flurry of Reforms, but Voting Rights Wait for 2020

By Daniel Nichanian Before adjourning for the year on Friday, California’s legislature passed a series of ...

By Daniel Nichanian Before adjourning for the year on Friday, California’s legislature passed a series of reforms to its criminal legal system. These bills are now all on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. ...

September 21, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 15, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. ...

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. She seems to assume that if she chooses the right words, the ones that are getting traction of ...

September 15, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Eradicate Racial Bias from Our Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Eradicate Racial Bias from Our Criminal Justice System

By Chesa Boudin Chesa Boudin is committed to using the power of the District Attorney’s office to ensure ...

By Chesa Boudin Chesa Boudin is committed to using the power of the District Attorney’s office to ensure that nobody is treated differently by our criminal justice system because of the color of their ...

September 13, 2019
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Boston Prosecutor Wanted to Dismiss Cases; Judge Threw Defendants in Jail Instead

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|Date: September 08, 2019
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Boston Prosecutor Wanted to Dismiss Cases; Judge Threw Defendants in Jail Instead

By Sarah Lustbader “Even before Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott had defense attorney Susan C ...

By Sarah Lustbader “Even before Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott had defense attorney Susan Church handcuffed on Wednesday morning, proceedings in his courtroom had gotten bizarre—and worr ...

September 08, 2019
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Recognizing the ‘Dual Victim’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Recognizing the ‘Dual Victim’

By Vaidya Gullapalli In Pennsylvania, the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration is calling for an e ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli In Pennsylvania, the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration is calling for an end to life without parole sentences. Pennsylvania has sent more people to prison for life—numbe ...

September 01, 2019
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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

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|Date: August 31, 2019
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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each crimin ...

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each criminal that our local law enforcement locks up—often for low-level offenses like drug possession, s ...

August 31, 2019
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Sanders and Warren Just Released the Most Decarceral Criminal Justice Platforms Ever

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|Date: August 25, 2019
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Sanders and Warren Just Released the Most Decarceral Criminal Justice Platforms Ever

The 2020 presidential candidates recently unveiled national criminal justice agendas that reimagine publi ...

The 2020 presidential candidates recently unveiled national criminal justice agendas that reimagine public safety and punishment. By Aaron Morrison Within a few days of each other, Democratic presiden ...

August 25, 2019
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How Warren and Sanders Would Overhaul the Criminal System

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|Date: August 23, 2019
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How Warren and Sanders Would Overhaul the Criminal System

By Sarah Lustbader This week, the two most progressive frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomin ...

By Sarah Lustbader This week, the two most progressive frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, added their criminal justice proposals to ...

August 23, 2019
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In Liberal California, a Crusader against Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: August 22, 2019
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In Liberal California, a Crusader against Criminal Justice Reform

Assemblymember Jim Cooper is pushing to roll back changes that have successfully reduced incarceration. b ...

Assemblymember Jim Cooper is pushing to roll back changes that have successfully reduced incarceration. by Jessica Pishko In November 2017, Sacramento County District Attorney Ann-Marie Schubert, Demo ...

August 22, 2019
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