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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Bo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Boudin in San Francisco was ousted, George Gascón in Los Angeles looked to be next, Democrats and ...

November 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

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|Date: November 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Three Strikes Laws Make Californians Less Safe, Not More Safe

By Cristine Soto Deberry In the mid-1990s, California was one of 24 states that enacted a “three-strikes” ...

By Cristine Soto Deberry In the mid-1990s, California was one of 24 states that enacted a “three-strikes” law. California’s law, however, stood out as being both the most severe and widely used. The ...

November 01, 2022
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Exonerated: Conviction of Maurice Hastings Vacated in 1983 Murder

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|Date: October 31, 2022
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Exonerated: Conviction of Maurice Hastings Vacated in 1983 Murder

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A man, Maurice Hastings, who has served more tha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A man, Maurice Hastings, who has served more than 38 years in state prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer and two attempted murders, ...

October 31, 2022
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LA County District Attorney Gascón Criticizes Racist LA City Council Comments, Readily Admits He’s ‘with the Blacks…I Am Also with Latinos’

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|Date: October 16, 2022
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LA County District Attorney Gascón Criticizes Racist LA City Council Comments, Readily Admits He’s ‘with the Blacks…I Am Also with Latinos’

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón—weighing in ab ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón—weighing in about the scandal sweeping the Los Angeles City Council which made alleged racist comments that h ...

October 16, 2022
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The Realization for Reform

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|Date: October 11, 2022
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The Realization for Reform

By D. Razor Babb In late August 2022, The Peoples’ Vanguard of Davis CEO David Greenwald met with progres ...

By D. Razor Babb In late August 2022, The Peoples’ Vanguard of Davis CEO David Greenwald met with progressive Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón at the Healthcare Workers Union Hall in L.A. G ...

October 11, 2022
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Situation Explodes in LA, As Racist Comments Leaked Involving LA Council President

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|Date: October 10, 2022
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Situation Explodes in LA, As Racist Comments Leaked Involving LA Council President

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A year ago in a behind-closed-doors conversation ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A year ago in a behind-closed-doors conversation, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made what many are calling openly racist rem ...

October 10, 2022
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Attorney Groups Urge Investigation of Committee Formed to Recall Los Angeles District Attorney for Fraud

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|Date: October 05, 2022
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Attorney Groups Urge Investigation of Committee Formed to Recall Los Angeles District Attorney for Fraud

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Prosecutors Alliance of California, Courage California, and I ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Prosecutors Alliance of California, Courage California, and Initiate Justice urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta Tuesday to open a criminal fraud pr ...

October 05, 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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Commentary: Jenkins Says She Wants the Drug Dealers to Disappear – But That Is More Magical Thinking than Practical Policy

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|Date: September 23, 2022
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Commentary: Jenkins Says She Wants the Drug Dealers to Disappear – But That Is More Magical Thinking than Practical Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The article title caught my eye – “Brooke Jenk ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The article title caught my eye – “Brooke Jenkins Says She Wants to Focus Less on Politics and More on the Day-to-Day Work as SF’s Top Prosec ...

September 23, 2022
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SF District Attorney Lays Out New Juvenile Justice Policy

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|Date: September 13, 2022
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SF District Attorney Lays Out New Juvenile Justice Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins announced on T ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins announced on Tuesday that her office will not file transfer petitions for juveniles, to try them as adults, i ...

September 13, 2022
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Los Angeles Uses Twitter Episodes to Answer Questions from Public

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: September 12, 2022
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Los Angeles Uses Twitter Episodes to Answer Questions from Public

By Rena Abdusalam LOS ANGELES, CA - District Attorney of the Los Angeles County, George Gascón, c ...

By Rena Abdusalam LOS ANGELES, CA - District Attorney of the Los Angeles County, George Gascón, commented on a variety of topics last week through his Q&A session on Twitter, #AskTheDA, ra ...

September 12, 2022
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Sister of Sheriff Shooting Victim Speaks at Gascón Rally

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|Date: August 19, 2022
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Sister of Sheriff Shooting Victim Speaks at Gascón Rally

Los Angeles, CA – In 2019, Ryan Twyman, 24, was shot and killed by LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Lyon ...

Los Angeles, CA – In 2019, Ryan Twyman, 24, was shot and killed by LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Lyons. The DA’s office this year charged him with voluntary manslaughter and two felony assault ch ...

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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Commentary: They’ve Tried Every Which Way to Derail Criminal Justice Reform – Florida Might Be the Worst

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2022
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Commentary: They’ve Tried Every Which Way to Derail Criminal Justice Reform – Florida Might Be the Worst

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we learned that the recall bid for George Gascón fell ju ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we learned that the recall bid for George Gascón fell just short of the signature requirements. The recall campaign had previously told the media that ...

August 17, 2022
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Recall Attempt against Gascón Fails to Qualify a Second Time (updated)

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|Date: August 16, 2022
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Recall Attempt against Gascón Fails to Qualify a Second Time (updated)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – The second attempt at forcing a recall election ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – The second attempt at forcing a recall election of George Gascón has fallen short. While 715,833 petition signatures were submitted, just 520, ...

August 16, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Episode 162: George Gascón Discusses Facing a Possible Recall

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|Date: August 15, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Episode 162: George Gascón Discusses Facing a Possible Recall

In 2019, George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco DA, moved to Los Angeles and ran for D ...

In 2019, George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco DA, moved to Los Angeles and ran for DA as a reformer against incumbent Jackie Lacey. Gascón had gone from a traditional “tough on c ...

August 15, 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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LA Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Sexual Assault of Four Girls

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|Date: August 11, 2022
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LA Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Sexual Assault of Four Girls

Special to the Vanguard Los Angeles, CA – It was a case where the DA’s office under Steve Cooley d ...

Special to the Vanguard Los Angeles, CA – It was a case where the DA’s office under Steve Cooley declined to prosecute in 2006 when a victim reported the abuse. However, under DA George Gascón ...

August 11, 2022
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My View: Gascón Explains Why Crackdown in the Tenderloin Won’t Work

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2022
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My View: Gascón Explains Why Crackdown in the Tenderloin Won’t Work

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week newly-appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke J ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week newly-appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that her office was rescinding plea offers to at least 30 people facing misdem ...

August 06, 2022
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