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Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

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|Date: March 24, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

By Miriam Krinsky Tough-on-crime proponents frequently and falsely claim that reform-minded prosecutors d ...

By Miriam Krinsky Tough-on-crime proponents frequently and falsely claim that reform-minded prosecutors don’t hold people accountable, that is until they disagree with who is being held accountable. A ...

March 24, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s rebuke of a bold, reform-minded crime law makes Americans less safe

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|Date: March 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s rebuke of a bold, reform-minded crime law makes Americans less safe

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Alyssa Kress President’s decision is the latest backlash to U.S. justice ref ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Alyssa Kress President’s decision is the latest backlash to U.S. justice reform coming from both sides of the political aisle. President Joe Biden’s support for a Republic ...

March 23, 2023
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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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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

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|Date: November 19, 2022
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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule o ...

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule of law, democracy, and public safety,” a bipartisan group of 88 criminal justice leaders from ac ...

November 19, 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: Wrongful Convictions Cost American Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year; Wrongdoing Prosecutors Must Be Held Accountable

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|Date: October 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Wrongful Convictions Cost American Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year; Wrongdoing Prosecutors Must Be Held Accountable

Adnan Syed, subject of the 'Serial' podcast, was freed based on evidence of prosecutors' misconduct. His ...

Adnan Syed, subject of the 'Serial' podcast, was freed based on evidence of prosecutors' misconduct. His case is not unique. By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Prosecutors announced earlier this week ...

October 18, 2022
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DA Jenkins Announced Policy to Seek Pre-Trial Detention for Suspected Drug Dealers

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|Date: September 30, 2022
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DA Jenkins Announced Policy to Seek Pre-Trial Detention for Suspected Drug Dealers

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed SF DA Brooke Jenkins continues to do ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed SF DA Brooke Jenkins continues to double down on a war on drugs pose as her office announced on Thursday that it will seek pre-tria ...

September 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Andrew Warren Win His Job Back?

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|Date: August 25, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Andrew Warren Win His Job Back?

By Miriam Krinsky August 4 started like any other Thursday for Andrew Warren, the twice-elected State Att ...

By Miriam Krinsky August 4 started like any other Thursday for Andrew Warren, the twice-elected State Attorney for Florida’s Hillsborough County. He arrived at his Tampa office and began to prepare fo ...

August 25, 2022
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70 Current and Former Elected Prosecutors Concerned with Court Ruling that Erodes Prosecutorial Discretion on Three Strikes

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|Date: August 13, 2022
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70 Current and Former Elected Prosecutors Concerned with Court Ruling that Erodes Prosecutorial Discretion on Three Strikes

Elected DAs & AGs nationwide support Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s autonomy to implement charging an ...

Elected DAs & AGs nationwide support Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s autonomy to implement charging and sentencing policies that voters elected him to carry out Special to the Vanguard San Francisc ...

August 13, 2022
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Bipartisan Attorney Group Files Amicus Brief in VA Supreme Court to Preserve Prosecutorial Discretion

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|Date: July 23, 2022
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Bipartisan Attorney Group Files Amicus Brief in VA Supreme Court to Preserve Prosecutorial Discretion

Buta Biberaj By Vanguard Staff RICHMOND, VA – A bipartisan group of 62 attorneys—including prosecutors—fi ...

Buta Biberaj By Vanguard Staff RICHMOND, VA – A bipartisan group of 62 attorneys—including prosecutors—filed an amicus brief here Friday opposing what it claims was a Virginia Circuit Court ruling tha ...

July 23, 2022
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Elected Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities

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|Date: July 12, 2022
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Elected Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities

DAs to Implement Officewide Requirements Promoting Greater Understanding of Conditions and Implications o ...

DAs to Implement Officewide Requirements Promoting Greater Understanding of Conditions and Implications of Incarceration Special to the Vanguard 65 elected prosecutors pledged to personally visit the ...

July 12, 2022
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83 DAs and AGs Publicly Pledge to Use Their Settled Discretion and Not Criminalize Personal Healthcare Decisions

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|Date: June 25, 2022
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83 DAs and AGs Publicly Pledge to Use Their Settled Discretion and Not Criminalize Personal Healthcare Decisions

Special to the Vanguard In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, 83 elected p ...

Special to the Vanguard In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, 83 elected prosecutors from around the nation committed to use their well-established discretion and refuse ...

June 25, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

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|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

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|Date: June 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boud ...

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin last week as a stake in the heart of criminal justice reform would have you ignore the choic ...

June 14, 2022
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Chesa Boudin Recalled, Progressive Prosecutors Go Down Nearly Across the Board

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|Date: June 08, 2022
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Chesa Boudin Recalled, Progressive Prosecutors Go Down Nearly Across the Board

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Voters in San Francisco overwhelmingly voted t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Voters in San Francisco overwhelmingly voted to remove progressive DA Chesa Boudin from office on Tuesday. He was not alone—progressive chal ...

June 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: FJP Director Speaks Out Against Leaked SC Draft Opinion on Roe

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|Date: May 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: FJP Director Speaks Out Against Leaked SC Draft Opinion on Roe

By Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky issued the following statem ...

By Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky issued the following statement inresponse to the leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s H ...

May 04, 2022
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Criminal Justice Leaders File Amicus Brief to Stop Texas from Targeting Transgender Kids and Their Parents

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|Date: March 11, 2022
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Criminal Justice Leaders File Amicus Brief to Stop Texas from Targeting Transgender Kids and Their Parents

Special to the Vanguard Austin, TX - Following an announcement that the State of Texas intends to prosecu ...

Special to the Vanguard Austin, TX - Following an announcement that the State of Texas intends to prosecute parents who seek gender-affirming care for their transgender children, a bipartisan group of ...

March 11, 2022
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56 Bi-Partisan Prosecutors, Including 3 from CA, Urge End to Death Penalty in U.S. and Pledge to Overturn Past Unjust Death Sentences

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|Date: February 18, 2022
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56 Bi-Partisan Prosecutors, Including 3 from CA, Urge End to Death Penalty in U.S. and Pledge to Overturn Past Unjust Death Sentences

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty-six elected prosecutors from 26 states, territories and the ...

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty-six elected prosecutors from 26 states, territories and the District of Columbia issued a statement urging the end to the death penalty nationwide, pledgin ...

February 18, 2022
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Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform

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|Date: December 15, 2021
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Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - District Attorney George Gascón was elected to t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - District Attorney George Gascón was elected to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office in November 2020 on a promise of reforming the crimin ...

December 15, 2021
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Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role

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|Date: December 13, 2021
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Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role

By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate la ...

By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate last week – after Vice President Kamala Harris broke the 50-50 Senate tie – as the U.S. Attorney ...

December 13, 2021
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