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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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 54 – Salt Lake DA Sim Gill

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|Date: March 30, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 54 – Salt Lake DA Sim Gill

Sim Gill, born in India, is the first Indian-American prosecutor in the US and one of only two elected De ...

Sim Gill, born in India, is the first Indian-American prosecutor in the US and one of only two elected Democrats in the entire state of Utah. He first was elected in November 2010. He has enacted a se ...

March 30, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 53 – Boulder DA Michael Dougherty

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|Date: March 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 53 – Boulder DA Michael Dougherty

Michael Dougherty came to Boulder from Manhattan and worked as a deputy in the DA's office for nearly 20 ...

Michael Dougherty came to Boulder from Manhattan and worked as a deputy in the DA's office for nearly 20 years before being appointed in 2018 to replace the long time prosecutor. He then won on his ow ...

March 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 52 – Virginia Prosecutor Buta Biberaj

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 52 – Virginia Prosecutor Buta Biberaj

Buta Biberaj was elected last year as Commonwealth Attorney in Loudon County Virginia. She ran as the pro ...

Buta Biberaj was elected last year as Commonwealth Attorney in Loudon County Virginia. She ran as the progressive reformer and became the first new top prosecutor in 16 years. Criminal justice reform ...

March 23, 2020
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Elected Prosecutors Call for Dramatic Reduction in Incarcerated and Detained Populations in Response to Coronavirus

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|Date: March 18, 2020
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Elected Prosecutors Call for Dramatic Reduction in Incarcerated and Detained Populations in Response to Coronavirus

(From Press Release - Fair and Just Prosecution) - Today 31 elected prosecutors representing over 17 mill ...

(From Press Release - Fair and Just Prosecution) - Today 31 elected prosecutors representing over 17 million people across the country issued a joint statement recommending immediate actions to mitiga ...

March 18, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 50 – Tiffany Caban, Former Queens DA Candidate

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|Date: March 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 50 – Tiffany Caban, Former Queens DA Candidate

In 2019, Tiffany Caban, a career public defender, ran for DA in Queens, NY, and came within an eyelash of ...

In 2019, Tiffany Caban, a career public defender, ran for DA in Queens, NY, and came within an eyelash of beating the establishment-backed candidate. Ms. Caban talks about what she is doing today and ...

March 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 49 – ACLU’s Udi Ofer Talks Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 49 – ACLU’s Udi Ofer Talks Justice Reform

Udi Ofer is the ACLU Director of the Justice Division and Deputy National Political Director. We talked w ...

Udi Ofer is the ACLU Director of the Justice Division and Deputy National Political Director. We talked with him about recent elections and their implications for criminal justice reform, as well as t ...

March 11, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 48 – Contra Costa DA Diana Becton

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 48 – Contra Costa DA Diana Becton

Diana Becton took an unusual route to become a prosecutor. She had served 22 years as a judge in Contra C ...

Diana Becton took an unusual route to become a prosecutor. She had served 22 years as a judge in Contra Costa County before the Board of Supervisors in 2017 appointed her interim DA, then she was elec ...

March 09, 2020
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