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Everyday Injustice Special Episode: Pamela Price Historic Swearing In (Updated)

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|Date: January 10, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Special Episode: Pamela Price Historic Swearing In (Updated)

https://youtu.be/vyMyfms_Kf4 Pamela Price made history on Monday, being sworn in by Oakland Mayor-Elect S ...

https://youtu.be/vyMyfms_Kf4 Pamela Price made history on Monday, being sworn in by Oakland Mayor-Elect Sheng Thao, who herself made history as the first Hmong to be elected mayor of a major US City. ...

January 10, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 181: NCAJ on Failures of the Criminal Legal System

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|Date: January 03, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 181: NCAJ on Failures of the Criminal Legal System

This week on Everyday Injustice we have NCAJ (National Center for Access to Justice) Policy Director Laur ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we have NCAJ (National Center for Access to Justice) Policy Director Lauren Jones talking about their work on behalf of criminal justice reform. “NCAJ uses data, resear ...

January 03, 2023
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REPORT: Oklahoma Republican-Led Coalition Contributes to Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: December 31, 2022
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REPORT: Oklahoma Republican-Led Coalition Contributes to Criminal Justice Reform

By Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A Republican-led coalition has contributed to criminal justice ref ...

By Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A Republican-led coalition has contributed to criminal justice reform in this normally red-colored state, according to a report from “Arnold Ventures,” a philant ...

December 31, 2022
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The Sentencing Project: Modest Criminal Justice Reform Gains Legislatively in 2022

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|Date: December 18, 2022
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The Sentencing Project: Modest Criminal Justice Reform Gains Legislatively in 2022

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC - The “Top Trends in Criminal Justice Reform, 2022” report was rele ...

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC - The “Top Trends in Criminal Justice Reform, 2022” report was released this past week by The Sentencing Project, which focuses on addressing decarceration in the ...

December 18, 2022
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

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|Date: December 05, 2022
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in the media believed “it was the start of a backlash against reform-minded prosecutors.” But that ...

December 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

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|Date: December 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, bu ...

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange thing happened this November—that setback never came. Everyday Injustice spoke with ...

December 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

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|Date: November 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

By Sam McCann Between Labor Day and the November 8th midterm elections, voters were bombarded with at lea ...

By Sam McCann Between Labor Day and the November 8th midterm elections, voters were bombarded with at least $85 million dollars’ worth of campaign advertisements about crime. Although safety is undoub ...

November 30, 2022
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Criminal Justice Reform Groups Release Report Condemning Proposed Sacramento Jail Expansion, Urge Law Enforcement ‘Hiring Freeze,’ Investment in ‘Youth’ and ‘Neighborhoods’

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|Date: November 29, 2022
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Criminal Justice Reform Groups Release Report Condemning Proposed Sacramento Jail Expansion, Urge Law Enforcement ‘Hiring Freeze,’ Investment in ‘Youth’ and ‘Neighborhoods’

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Criminal justice reform groups here ha ...

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Criminal justice reform groups here have released a detailed, annotated 26-page analysis of the county’s announced plan to expand the ...

November 29, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 176: The Security State and Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: November 28, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 176: The Security State and Criminal Justice Reform

https://youtu.be/Hf5RnQzQQYM This week on Everyday Injustice, Brian Hofer of Secure Justice discusses the ...

https://youtu.be/Hf5RnQzQQYM This week on Everyday Injustice, Brian Hofer of Secure Justice discusses the surveillance state, and the abuse of state power as well as the current state of criminal just ...

November 28, 2022
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Oregon Governor Kate Brown Grants Pardons for Marijuana Offenses; 45,000 People Benefit, $14 Million in Fines Forgiven

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|Date: November 24, 2022
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Oregon Governor Kate Brown Grants Pardons for Marijuana Offenses; 45,000 People Benefit, $14 Million in Fines Forgiven

By Michael McCutcheon and Rena Abdusalam SALEM, OR - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown this week announced a pardon ...

By Michael McCutcheon and Rena Abdusalam SALEM, OR - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown this week announced a pardon for offenses of simple possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. The pardon affects approxi ...

November 24, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

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|Date: November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, ...

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, grainy crime-scene videos, and threats about dangers awaiting them if the “soft-on-crime” cand ...

November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: To Alameda County’s Newly-elected Leaders – Count on Black and Brown Youth to Vote This November

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|Date: October 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: To Alameda County’s Newly-elected Leaders – Count on Black and Brown Youth to Vote This November

By Evelyn Canal I used to think my opinion didn’t matter. From Section 8 and food stamps to immigration a ...

By Evelyn Canal I used to think my opinion didn’t matter. From Section 8 and food stamps to immigration and juvenile justice, I grew up having to navigate many county, state, and federal government sy ...

October 23, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 167: Max Szabo Talks Reform Prosecutors

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|Date: September 26, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 167: Max Szabo Talks Reform Prosecutors

https://youtu.be/aWygA3oDEJ0 Max Szabo has been on the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement ...

https://youtu.be/aWygA3oDEJ0 Max Szabo has been on the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement for years – hired as the communications director for George Gascón in San Francisco, he then le ...

September 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

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|Date: September 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Att ...

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Attorney of the Youth Defender Unit of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, issued the foll ...

September 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: September 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform

National headlines don’t tell the full story; reform continues to win across the country. By Udi Ofer Las ...

National headlines don’t tell the full story; reform continues to win across the country. By Udi Ofer Last month, voters in Shelby County, Tennessee, ousted an 11-year incumbent district attorney with ...

September 13, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

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|Date: September 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experi ...

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experience as a woman of color, appointed to the bench in Santa Clara County at a time when there wer ...

September 05, 2022
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My View: Where Is Violent Crime Spiking? Not in SF or LA, but in Red California

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|Date: August 27, 2022
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My View: Where Is Violent Crime Spiking? Not in SF or LA, but in Red California

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Moderate Democrats backed by deep red money were able to oust San ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Moderate Democrats backed by deep red money were able to oust San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and nearly got LA DA George Gascón on the ballot as well. One of the ...

August 27, 2022
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With Recall Effort Failing, Gascón Turns to What He Was Elected to Do

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|Date: August 19, 2022
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With Recall Effort Failing, Gascón Turns to What He Was Elected to Do

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – DA George Gascón this week learned that the reca ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – DA George Gascón this week learned that the recall effort against him fell short of the required number of citizens and, on Wednesday at SEIU L ...

August 19, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: August 03, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but als ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but also to the status quo, anti-reform movement. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Tuesday, Soros la ...

August 03, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 160 – Akhi Johnson Discussing Reshaping Prosecution Initiative

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|Date: August 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 160 – Akhi Johnson Discussing Reshaping Prosecution Initiative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHJLB1Pft4 This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, D ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHJLB1Pft4 This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice’s Reshaping Prosecution project. Vera just issued a n ...

August 01, 2022
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