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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 120: Cesar McDowell Turns His Life Around at San Quentin

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|Date: August 16, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 120: Cesar McDowell Turns His Life Around at San Quentin

Cesar McDowell chronicles his journey from San Quentin to becoming, while still incarcerated, the co-foun ...

Cesar McDowell chronicles his journey from San Quentin to becoming, while still incarcerated, the co-founder and CEO of Unite The People Inc., a non profit organization that promotes social justice an ...

August 16, 2021
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic ine ...

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic inequalities in youth incarceration, as detailed in its latest fact sheets released late this last ...

July 18, 2021
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Public Defender Will Challenge Rosen for Santa Clara District Attorney

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|Date: July 12, 2021
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Public Defender Will Challenge Rosen for Santa Clara District Attorney

by David M. Greenwald San Jose, CA - On Sunday, Khan, flanked by a number of fellow advocates and a crow ...

by David M. Greenwald San Jose, CA - On Sunday, Khan, flanked by a number of fellow advocates and a crowd topping 100 people, announced his intent to take on the incumbent DA in 2022. This follows e ...

July 12, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Bad Reporting by the Media is Largely Driving the Crime Panic

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|Date: July 11, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Bad Reporting by the Media is Largely Driving the Crime Panic

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that a majority of ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that a majority of Americans—57 percent—say “there is more violent crime now in the U.S. compared to 30 years ago ...

July 11, 2021
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ACLU Praises Biden’s Announced Plan for Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Justice

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|Date: June 28, 2021
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ACLU Praises Biden’s Announced Plan for Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Justice

By Allison Hodge and Lois Yoo WASHINGTON DC – Late last week, ACLU director of the Justice Division, Udi ...

By Allison Hodge and Lois Yoo WASHINGTON DC – Late last week, ACLU director of the Justice Division, Udi Ofer, offered a statement regarding President Joe Biden's Plan for Strengthening America’s Comm ...

June 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People from Being Sent Back to Prison

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|Date: June 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People from Being Sent Back to Prison

If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding ov ...

If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal prison population in history. By Udi Ofer Imagine being ...

June 22, 2021
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Candidates For Open Manhattan DA Seat Meet in Candidates Forum

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|Date: May 27, 2021
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Candidates For Open Manhattan DA Seat Meet in Candidates Forum

By David M. Greenwald New York - All eight candidates for the open Manhattan DA seat met on Tuesday in an ...

By David M. Greenwald New York - All eight candidates for the open Manhattan DA seat met on Tuesday in an event hosted by the New York Jewish Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform and moderated by Udi ...

May 27, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Successes and Shortcomings of Larry Krasner’s Trailblazing First Term

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|Date: May 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Successes and Shortcomings of Larry Krasner’s Trailblazing First Term

Philadelphia’s top prosecutor has made good on promises to reduce incarceration in the city. His re-elect ...

Philadelphia’s top prosecutor has made good on promises to reduce incarceration in the city. His re-election bid will be a litmus test for the progressive prosecutor movement he helped start. By Joshu ...

May 18, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 105 – Judicial Candidate La Tasha Williams

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|Date: May 03, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 105 – Judicial Candidate La Tasha Williams

La Tasha Williams is running for judge in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She interned in a public defende ...

La Tasha Williams is running for judge in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She interned in a public defender’s office and has worked as a prosecutor most recently. According to her campaign page: “I am ...

May 03, 2021
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Commentary: Sac DA Decides to Run for AG; Potential Battle Between Reformer and Law and Order Could Ensue

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|Date: April 28, 2021
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Commentary: Sac DA Decides to Run for AG; Potential Battle Between Reformer and Law and Order Could Ensue

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – No sooner had Rob Bonta been sworn in as AG than he has been chall ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – No sooner had Rob Bonta been sworn in as AG than he has been challenged for his first election in 2022. Sacramento DA Ann Marie Schubert has served two terms an ...

April 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Unhappy 25th Birthday of Two Tough-on-Crime Era Laws That Have Deadly Consequences for Incarcerated People

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|Date: April 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Unhappy 25th Birthday of Two Tough-on-Crime Era Laws That Have Deadly Consequences for Incarcerated People

The PLRA and AEDPA have caused untold pain and suffering for people in prisons — they must be repealed. B ...

The PLRA and AEDPA have caused untold pain and suffering for people in prisons — they must be repealed. By Brian Stull and Tammie Gregg This week, 25 years ago, Congress enacted a pair of laws that se ...

April 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Can the ‘Wisdom of a Second Look’ Curb America’s Appetite for Harsh Sentences?

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|Date: April 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Can the ‘Wisdom of a Second Look’ Curb America’s Appetite for Harsh Sentences?

By Karl A. Racine, Miriam Aroni Krinsky, and Kevin Ring As we celebrate Second Chances Month, recognizing ...

By Karl A. Racine, Miriam Aroni Krinsky, and Kevin Ring As we celebrate Second Chances Month, recognizing the importance of redemption and rehabilitation, over a dozen state legislatures are consideri ...

April 17, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 100: Manhattan DA Candidate Tahanie Aboushi Talks Reform

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|Date: April 05, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 100: Manhattan DA Candidate Tahanie Aboushi Talks Reform

Cy Vance announced he would not seek reelection after four terms as DA of NY. Whoever succeeds him will b ...

Cy Vance announced he would not seek reelection after four terms as DA of NY. Whoever succeeds him will be just the fourth DA in the last 80 years. Vance has left a mixed legacy - pushing through some ...

April 05, 2021
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Baltimore’s COVID Policies Expand after One-Year-Old Experiment Results in Decreasing Arrests

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|Date: April 04, 2021
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Baltimore’s COVID Policies Expand after One-Year-Old Experiment Results in Decreasing Arrests

By Alexander Ramirez BALTIMORE, MD – In response to the COVID-19 outbreak that still persists today, the ...

By Alexander Ramirez BALTIMORE, MD – In response to the COVID-19 outbreak that still persists today, the city of Baltimore has since implemented new policies in response to the needs and dangers that ...

April 04, 2021
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Commentary: Why I Will No Longer Support Hate Crimes Enhancements

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|Date: March 23, 2021
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Commentary: Why I Will No Longer Support Hate Crimes Enhancements

By David M. Greenwald We live in an evolving world and anyone who has set beliefs locks themselves in to ...

By David M. Greenwald We live in an evolving world and anyone who has set beliefs locks themselves in to what might have been dated reasoning or responses to past situations. When I worked in DC in t ...

March 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Why It’s Time to Abandon Drug Courts

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|Date: March 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Why It’s Time to Abandon Drug Courts

By Miriam Krinsky and Leo Beletsky Drug overdoses dramatically rose during the pandemic to make 2020 our ...

By Miriam Krinsky and Leo Beletsky Drug overdoses dramatically rose during the pandemic to make 2020 our deadliest year so far. Overdoses claimed the lives of 81,000 Americans in the 12 months up to M ...

March 08, 2021
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California Innocence Project, Northern California Innocence Project Webinar: Panel Discusses Progressive Prosecution

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|Date: February 26, 2021
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California Innocence Project, Northern California Innocence Project Webinar: Panel Discusses Progressive Prosecution

By Linhchi Nguyen CALIFORNIA - What are progressive prosecutors and what policies should they be advocati ...

By Linhchi Nguyen CALIFORNIA - What are progressive prosecutors and what policies should they be advocating was the topic of a live webinar, sponsored by the California Innocence Project (CIP). The pa ...

February 26, 2021
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California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, Healthcare, and the COVID-19 Outbreak

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|Date: February 23, 2021
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California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, Healthcare, and the COVID-19 Outbreak

By Alex Morgan and Mianna Muscat SAN FRANCISCO— UC Hastings College of the Law held its third and final d ...

By Alex Morgan and Mianna Muscat SAN FRANCISCO— UC Hastings College of the Law held its third and final day last week of a webinar series entitled California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, H ...

February 23, 2021
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San Francisco Awarded $2 Million Grant to Reduce Over-Incarceration and Fight Systemic Racism

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|Date: February 14, 2021
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San Francisco Awarded $2 Million Grant to Reduce Over-Incarceration and Fight Systemic Racism

By Mianna Muscat SAN FRANCISCO – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded San Francisco ...

By Mianna Muscat SAN FRANCISCO – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded San Francisco a $2 million grant through the Safety and Justice Challenge, the Foundation’s $246 million nati ...

February 14, 2021
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Community Members, Advocacy Groups Thank Public Defenders, Calling for Increased Funding

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|Date: February 09, 2021
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Community Members, Advocacy Groups Thank Public Defenders, Calling for Increased Funding

By Hannah Blome CALIFORNIA – California community members and judicial laborers led a virtual discussion ...

By Hannah Blome CALIFORNIA – California community members and judicial laborers led a virtual discussion last Friday entitled “How Public Defender Offices Implement Policy to End Mass Incarceration,” ...

February 09, 2021
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