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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

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|Date: October 17, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco appointed DA Brooke Jenkins seem ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco appointed DA Brooke Jenkins seems to believe that she can succeed where others have failed by reinstituting the war on drugs. L ...

October 17, 2022
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SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2022
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SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – With the appointed DA and others pushing for m ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – With the appointed DA and others pushing for more aggressive enforcement and prosecution of drug dealers and users, on Wednesday, elected San ...

October 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: In Overdose Deaths, Should Homicide Charges Be Filed?

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: In Overdose Deaths, Should Homicide Charges Be Filed?

These officials say no. In many cases, it is family members or close friends who are charged with DIH, no ...

These officials say no. In many cases, it is family members or close friends who are charged with DIH, not high-level traffickers. By Laura Conover, Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Leo Beletsky On Aug. 31, 2 ...

August 04, 2022
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Vanguard Webinar: AB 1542 – Alternative to Prison or Prison by Another Name? (Video)

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|Date: May 05, 2021
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Vanguard Webinar: AB 1542 – Alternative to Prison or Prison by Another Name? (Video)

AB 1542 authorizes judges to sentence people to confinement in a locked treatment facility instead of pri ...

AB 1542 authorizes judges to sentence people to confinement in a locked treatment facility instead of prison or jail if the judge determines that their crime was motivated in part by substance abuse. ...

May 05, 2021
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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration

Bronx Defenders Responds to Proposals that would Expand Criminalization of Poverty

‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint

Judge Denies Petition of Man Seeking Resentencing in Murder Conviction During 2010 Home Invasion

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Gun Test in Stankewitz Case Shows Gun in Evidence Is Not the Murder Weapon

Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

Guest Commentary: In Overdose Deaths, Should Homicide Charges Be Filed?

Guest Commentary: In Overdose Deaths, Should Homicide Charges Be Filed?

Vanguard Webinar: AB 1542 – Alternative to Prison or Prison by Another Name? (Video)

Vanguard Webinar: AB 1542 – Alternative to Prison or Prison by Another Name? (Video)

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