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Proposition 20: Critics Charge It Will Undo Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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Proposition 20: Critics Charge It Will Undo Criminal Justice Reform

By Roxanna Jarvis and Dylan Ferguson CALIFORNIA – One of the criminal justice-related propositions on th ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Dylan Ferguson CALIFORNIA – One of the criminal justice-related propositions on the California ballot Nov. 3 is Proposition 20. And, if passed, Prop 20 would undo important cri ...

October 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Smarter Approach to Measuring Prosecutorial Success

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|Date: October 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Smarter Approach to Measuring Prosecutorial Success

By Anthony Thompson and Miriam Krinsky As the field of prosecution has increasingly recognized the failur ...

By Anthony Thompson and Miriam Krinsky As the field of prosecution has increasingly recognized the failure of approaches of previous decades that aim to be tough on crime, a number of reform-minded pr ...

October 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 80: Ben Pogue Runs for Solicitor in South Carolina

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|Date: October 08, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 80: Ben Pogue Runs for Solicitor in South Carolina

Ben Pogue is a candidate for the Ninth Circuit Solicitor in South Carolina, representing Charleston and B ...

Ben Pogue is a candidate for the Ninth Circuit Solicitor in South Carolina, representing Charleston and Berkley Counties. He is looking to bring reform and accountability to the criminal justice syste ...

October 08, 2020
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Commentary: Is Biden Out of Step on Criminal Justice Reform?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2020
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Commentary: Is Biden Out of Step on Criminal Justice Reform?

By David M. Greenwald While the nation has been transfixed with the Trump administration's handling of ev ...

By David M. Greenwald While the nation has been transfixed with the Trump administration's handling of everything from coronavirus to his debate to racial unrest, some on the left have given former Vi ...

October 06, 2020
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As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

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|Date: September 26, 2020
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As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the Unite ...

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United States, advocates have pointed towards structural change in the criminal legal system. Alec K ...

September 26, 2020
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Prop 20 Would Undo CA Criminal Justice Reform Progress, Claim Racial Justice Advocates

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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Prop 20 Would Undo CA Criminal Justice Reform Progress, Claim Racial Justice Advocates

By Linh Nguyen California’s Proposition 20, on the Nov. 3 ballot, campaigns on the slogan “Keep Californi ...

By Linh Nguyen California’s Proposition 20, on the Nov. 3 ballot, campaigns on the slogan “Keep California Safe,” though racial justice advocates warn of its adverse consequences on criminal justice r ...

September 22, 2020
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Public Safety Includes Incarcerated – Conversations on Bail, Parole, and Prosecutor Power

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Public Safety Includes Incarcerated – Conversations on Bail, Parole, and Prosecutor Power

By Roxanna Jarvis The criminal justice system's many inequities and strategies to turn it instead into a ...

By Roxanna Jarvis The criminal justice system's many inequities and strategies to turn it instead into a system that involves accountability, decarceration, and the humanization of those in/released f ...

September 21, 2020
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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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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
| by David Greenwald

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