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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 44: Senator Nancy Skinner

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|Date: February 24, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 44: Senator Nancy Skinner

Senator Nancy Skinner has authored some of the most important criminal justice legislation in the state. ...

Senator Nancy Skinner has authored some of the most important criminal justice legislation in the state. Senator Skinner represents, among other places, Berkeley in the State Senate. Prior to her elec ...

February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times

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|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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Tulsa County DA, Staunch Opponent of Criminal Justice Reform, Hit with Bar Complaint for Allowing Unlicensed Interns to Prosecute in Over 150 Cases

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|Date: February 21, 2020
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Tulsa County DA, Staunch Opponent of Criminal Justice Reform, Hit with Bar Complaint for Allowing Unlicensed Interns to Prosecute in Over 150 Cases

The Tulsa County DA’s Office used interns and other non-lawyers to prosecute perhaps as many as 100 to 15 ...

The Tulsa County DA’s Office used interns and other non-lawyers to prosecute perhaps as many as 100 to 150 cases between November 2017 and November 2018, the Frontier reported in an article published ...

February 21, 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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Repairing Centuries of Criminal Injustice: Prosecutors Are Called to Action

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|Date: February 07, 2020
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Repairing Centuries of Criminal Injustice: Prosecutors Are Called to Action

By Joselin Hernandez The Executive Session on Reimagining the Role of the Prosecutor in the Community rec ...

By Joselin Hernandez The Executive Session on Reimagining the Role of the Prosecutor in the Community recently published “Race and Prosecution,” a paper by Angela Davis, John Chisholm, and David Noble ...

February 07, 2020
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New Article Proposes the Formation of the Defender General’s Office, Opposite of the Solicitor General’s Office

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|Date: February 04, 2020
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New Article Proposes the Formation of the Defender General’s Office, Opposite of the Solicitor General’s Office

By Linh Nguyen An article published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review proposes the creation of ...

By Linh Nguyen An article published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review proposes the creation of a new office opposite of that of the solicitor general. Supreme Court Justices argue that many ...

February 04, 2020
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Congresswoman Proposes a Complete Reconstruction of the Criminal Legal System

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|Date: February 02, 2020
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Congresswoman Proposes a Complete Reconstruction of the Criminal Legal System

By Maxwell C. Myrhum With the hopes of dropping the incarceration rate of Americans more than 80 percent, ...

By Maxwell C. Myrhum With the hopes of dropping the incarceration rate of Americans more than 80 percent, a Massachusetts Congresswomen has proposed sweeping changes to the United States criminal lega ...

February 02, 2020
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A ‘Massive Blind Spot’ in the Supreme Court Fixed by a ‘Defender General’?

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|Date: February 01, 2020
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A ‘Massive Blind Spot’ in the Supreme Court Fixed by a ‘Defender General’?

By Brittany Mason Every day, state courts' criminal defenses have long been governed by the standards set ...

By Brittany Mason Every day, state courts' criminal defenses have long been governed by the standards set by the Supreme Court, but in recent years this may have been proven to be ineffective. At the ...

February 01, 2020
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San Joaquin DA Sees Leaving the California DA Association As an Opportunity

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 29, 2020
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San Joaquin DA Sees Leaving the California DA Association As an Opportunity

By Danielle Silva The San Joaquin District Attorney sees leaving the California District Attorney Associa ...

By Danielle Silva The San Joaquin District Attorney sees leaving the California District Attorney Association as “an opportunity rather than as an opposition.” Two weeks ago, Republican San Joaquin Di ...

January 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 32 – Maria Evangelista, a Public Defender Running for Judge in SF

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|Date: January 20, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 32 – Maria Evangelista, a Public Defender Running for Judge in SF

San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Maria Evangelista is running for an open judge position in San Franc ...

San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Maria Evangelista is running for an open judge position in San Francisco – she is attempting to become the first Latina judge elected in San Francisco history. “I’ ...

January 20, 2020
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Punishment without Crime

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 18, 2020
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Punishment without Crime

A Duke University Book Panel Featuring Author Alexandra Natapoff By Danielle Silva Duke University hosted ...

A Duke University Book Panel Featuring Author Alexandra Natapoff By Danielle Silva Duke University hosted a panel on Alexandra Natapoff’s Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System T ...

January 18, 2020
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Prosecutors Must Learn from Drug Users—but That Takes Humility

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|Date: January 15, 2020
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Prosecutors Must Learn from Drug Users—but That Takes Humility

By Rory Fleming Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to integ ...

By Rory Fleming Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to integrate harm reduction into their practice, if they so choose. For example, last year within the s ...

January 15, 2020
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The Media’s Misguided Backlash against Criminal Justice Reforms in D.C. and New York

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|Date: January 10, 2020
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The Media’s Misguided Backlash against Criminal Justice Reforms in D.C. and New York

Many liberals support reform in theory. But when unpopular decisions need to be made, it’s back to the 19 ...

Many liberals support reform in theory. But when unpopular decisions need to be made, it’s back to the 1990s “Tough on Crime” playbook. By Adam H. Johnson The putatively liberal editorial board of the ...

January 10, 2020
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Misplaced Outrage Over Kentucky Governor’s Pardons Harms Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: December 21, 2019
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Misplaced Outrage Over Kentucky Governor’s Pardons Harms Criminal Justice Reform

Sensational headlines may score short-term partisan points, but long term they contribute to a toxic cult ...

Sensational headlines may score short-term partisan points, but long term they contribute to a toxic culture of Willie Hortonism. By Adam H. Johnson The public’s perception of crime is often significa ...

December 21, 2019
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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

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|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

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|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

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|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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