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Everyday Injustice Episode 74 – Michigan Sheriff Clayton Talks Policing, Race, and Mass Incarceration

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 74 – Michigan Sheriff Clayton Talks Policing, Race, and Mass Incarceration

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton is not like most sheriffs—his approach to law enforcement looks to ...

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton is not like most sheriffs—his approach to law enforcement looks to reduce racial disparities and mass incarceration. He has a different take on defunding the pol ...

September 17, 2020
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Podcast: Everyday Injustice Podcast 73 – Jody Armour Discusses Rap, the N-Word, Racism, Symbols, Crime, Mass Incarceration and More

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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Podcast: Everyday Injustice Podcast 73 – Jody Armour Discusses Rap, the N-Word, Racism, Symbols, Crime, Mass Incarceration and More

USC Professor Jody Armour wrote the provocative book, N*gga Theory, and on Everyday Injustice we talk abo ...

USC Professor Jody Armour wrote the provocative book, N*gga Theory, and on Everyday Injustice we talk about issues like racism, language and symbols such as the confederate flag, as well as mass incar ...

September 15, 2020
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Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA

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|Date: September 14, 2020
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Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA

By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several of th ...

By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several of the largest crime victims’ organizations in California banded together to send out a letter Frida ...

September 14, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 72 – Alameda Public Defender Brendon Woods

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|Date: September 10, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 72 – Alameda Public Defender Brendon Woods

Everyday Injustice speaks to Brendon Woods, the chief Public Defender in Alameda County, the only Black C ...

Everyday Injustice speaks to Brendon Woods, the chief Public Defender in Alameda County, the only Black Chief Public Defender in the state of California. He discusses mass incarceration, criminal just ...

September 10, 2020
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From Hurricane Katrina to COVID-19 – Prisoners Left to Die

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|Date: September 05, 2020
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From Hurricane Katrina to COVID-19 – Prisoners Left to Die

By Heather Hamilton In an American Bar Association hosted online program, “Left to Die: Incarceration fro ...

By Heather Hamilton In an American Bar Association hosted online program, “Left to Die: Incarceration from Katrina to COVID" on the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the program discussed the ter ...

September 05, 2020
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ACLU Lawsuit Uncovers Discriminatory Practices in Maricopa County (AZ) Attorney’s Office

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|Date: August 31, 2020
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ACLU Lawsuit Uncovers Discriminatory Practices in Maricopa County (AZ) Attorney’s Office

By Cailin Garcia MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ — In 2018, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) was given a si ...

By Cailin Garcia MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ — In 2018, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) was given a simple request by the ACLU—to be transparent with the public about how it operates. Now, two year ...

August 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: District Attorneys Leverage Their Power against Black Lives

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|Date: August 12, 2020
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Guest Commentary: District Attorneys Leverage Their Power against Black Lives

By Yoel Haile There is one set of actors that has long operated as the engine behind the twinned, racist ...

By Yoel Haile There is one set of actors that has long operated as the engine behind the twinned, racist forces of police impunity and mass incarceration: our District Attorneys. Yet, despite the chor ...

August 12, 2020
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Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement

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|Date: August 05, 2020
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Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement

by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tu ...

by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tuesday as she addressed racial disparities that exist within the incarceration system. “We’ve se ...

August 05, 2020
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Commentary: Black August Should Be Recognized

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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Commentary: Black August Should Be Recognized

by Cell Block 2 City Block We call on State Representatives to recognize Black August as a time to commem ...

by Cell Block 2 City Block We call on State Representatives to recognize Black August as a time to commemorate an unbroken line of resistance to white supremacy and slavery that continues today as leg ...

August 01, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

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|Date: June 17, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for ...

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for Black lives. Following that event, ABC 10 interviewed Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olso ...

June 17, 2020
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California Leaders Discuss COVID and the Need to Reduce Prison Populations

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|Date: June 05, 2020
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California Leaders Discuss COVID and the Need to Reduce Prison Populations

While concerns about the conditions of prisons and jails were aired prior to the current pandemic, COVID- ...

While concerns about the conditions of prisons and jails were aired prior to the current pandemic, COVID-19 has raised those stakes to the potential that even a minor arrest or incarceration will lead ...

June 05, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 67 – Mimi Rocah, Westchester DA Candidate

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|Date: May 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 67 – Mimi Rocah, Westchester DA Candidate

Mimi Rocah is a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, serving fro ...

Mimi Rocah is a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, serving from February 2001 until October 2017. She is running for DA in Westchester County, NY. She is run ...

May 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

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|Date: May 04, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is ...

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is challenging the incumbent DA in the Democratic primary, scheduled for June 23. Albany County DA ...

May 04, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

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|Date: May 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the syst ...

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the system—the first black circuit attorney in St. Louis, in January she filed a federal civil rights l ...

May 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 64 – Joe Gonzales, Bexar County DA

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|Date: April 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 64 – Joe Gonzales, Bexar County DA

Bexar County, Texas, Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales took office in January of 2019 on a pledge t ...

Bexar County, Texas, Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales took office in January of 2019 on a pledge to reform the office, restore public confidence, and make the office more accountable to the vot ...

April 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 62 – Hawaii Prosecutor Candidate Jacquelyn Esser

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|Date: April 20, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 62 – Hawaii Prosecutor Candidate Jacquelyn Esser

Jacquelyn Esser is running for DA in Honululu, Hawaii. She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and mo ...

Jacquelyn Esser is running for DA in Honululu, Hawaii. She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Hawaiʻi in 2000 to attend the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She graduated in 2004 with ...

April 20, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 61 – Former Alameda DA Candidate Pamela Price Talks About Police Accountability

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|Date: April 17, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 61 – Former Alameda DA Candidate Pamela Price Talks About Police Accountability

Pamela Price ran for DA in Alameda County, home of Oakland in California, but was unsuccessful in 2018 in ...

Pamela Price ran for DA in Alameda County, home of Oakland in California, but was unsuccessful in 2018 in knocking off incumbent Nancy O'Mally. Price, a civil rights attorney, ran on a platform that v ...

April 17, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutor Candidates Discuss Decarceration and the Justice Reform amid COVID-19 Threats

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|Date: April 16, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutor Candidates Discuss Decarceration and the Justice Reform amid COVID-19 Threats

Can the end result of the global pandemic threat of COVID-19 be a fairer and more equitable justice syste ...

Can the end result of the global pandemic threat of COVID-19 be a fairer and more equitable justice system? That’s what prosecution candidates from across the country—Janos Marton from Manhattan, Mel ...

April 16, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 60 – Arlington Prosecutor Parisa Tafti

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|Date: April 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 60 – Arlington Prosecutor Parisa Tafti

Arlington Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti was elected as the commonwealth's prosecut ...

Arlington Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti was elected as the commonwealth's prosecutor overwhelmingly in November after stunning the incumbent prosecutor Theo Stamos by a 52-48 ma ...

April 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Every Public Official with the Power to Decarcerate Must Exercise That Power Now

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|Date: April 11, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Every Public Official with the Power to Decarcerate Must Exercise That Power Now

Doing so will save countless lives, and in the process, they may show us by example how to begin, finally ...

Doing so will save countless lives, and in the process, they may show us by example how to begin, finally, to dismantle mass incarceration for good. By Sharon Dolovich Most of America’s 2.3 million pr ...

April 11, 2020
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