Dignity and Power NOW Backs Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s Progressive Policies – But Line DAs Continue Legal Action
By Carlin Ross LOS ANGELES – Dignity and Power NOW, a Los Angeles based grassroots organization that…
Everyday Injustice Podcast 89: Alameda Candidates for Reform – Pamela Price and JoAnn Walker (Video)
Taking on the policies of the incumbent DA and Sheriff, JoAnn Walker, a SF police officer, and…
Guest Commentary: The California District Attorneys Association Is Failing Californians
By Sydney Kamlager – After years of misappropriating millions of dollars, opposing criminal justice reform, and ignoring the will of voters, the CDAA must be held to account by the governor and the attorney general.
OPEN LETTER TO GOV: Possible New California Attorney General Rep. Schiff Not Favored by ReImagine Justice California Coalition
By Alexander Ramirez STATE CAPITOL – ReImagine Justice California Coalition, an activist group in Southern California, has…
Everyday Injustice Podcast 89: Alameda Candidates for Reform – Pamela Price and JoAnn Walker
Taking on the policies of the incumbent DA and Sheriff, JoAnn Walker, a SF police officer, and…
Guest Commentary: Stop the Attempt to Derail D.A. George Gascón’s Criminal Justice Reforms
by Erwin Chemerisnky and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Deputy district attorneys in Los Angeles County are trying hard…
State D.A. Association Files Amicus Brief Against DA George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms
By Macy Lu and Nancy Aviña LOS ANGELES – The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) announced on…
Commentary: Let’s Call This What It Is – Actual Insanity
By David Greenwald The innocence movement understood early on that the term innocent is thrown around the…
Coalition Voices Support for George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms
By Ramneet Singh LOS ANGELES – Although there has been some backlash to newly elected Los Angeles…
Criminal Justice Reform Focus on Sacramento Press Club Webinar
By Kianna Anvari SACRAMENTO – A criminal justice reform webinar here last week at the Sacramento Press…
Guest Commentary: Voters’ Decisions on Propositions 17 and 20 Bring Hope to Criminal Justice Reform in California
By Sarah Hopkins This election cycle, Californians were presented with two propositions on their ballots—17 and 20—that…
Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju
In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the…
‘Re-Imagine LA County’ – Measure J – Approved, Called Major Step in Criminal Justice Reform
By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – County voters here—despite major opposition from law enforcement—have passed Measure J,…
Guest Commentary: Police Unions Are Losing the War on Criminal Justice Reform
Law enforcement organizations have long treated mass incarceration as a job creation program. In 2020, the tide…
Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections
By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the presidential…
Election Results Illustrate Voter Support of ‘Path of Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform,’ Declares SF Public Defender
SAN FRANCISCO – Declaring that although 2020 has been a year of “divisive politics and national reckoning…
Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform and Inclusion Propositions
By Dylan Ferguson and Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – Propositions 17, 20, and 25 on the ballot Tuesday…
Guest Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett’s Record on Criminal Justice Is ‘Deeply Troubling,’ Reform Advocates Say
In the midst of a national debate about changing the criminal legal system, Barrett is set to…
Guest Commentary: Prop 20 Would Roll Back Years of Criminal Justice Reform
The ballot initiative, supported by police, corporations, and even big grocery chains, would use more taxpayer money…
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Talks Criminal Justice Reform (Podcast)
Elected in November 2019 in San Francisco as a reformer, Chesa Boudin has been on the job…