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Guest Commentary: ‘Felony Murder’ Laws Impose Punishment that Doesn’t Fit the Crime or Keep Us Safer

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|Date: May 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: ‘Felony Murder’ Laws Impose Punishment that Doesn’t Fit the Crime or Keep Us Safer

All but two U.S. states allow murder charges even if an individual did not directly cause or intend the l ...

All but two U.S. states allow murder charges even if an individual did not directly cause or intend the loss of life By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Nazgol Ghandnoosh This year marks 50 years since the Un ...

May 06, 2023
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Trial Penalty Coalition Garners Staunch Support for Goal to ‘Restore Constitutional Right to Trial’

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|Date: May 05, 2023
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Trial Penalty Coalition Garners Staunch Support for Goal to ‘Restore Constitutional Right to Trial’

By Michael McCutcheon LOS ANGELES, CA - Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) announced its support in a statem ...

By Michael McCutcheon LOS ANGELES, CA - Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) announced its support in a statement this week for the launch of the Trial Penalty Coalition campaign “to restore the Constituti ...

May 05, 2023
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Prosecutors Urge CA Supreme Court to Preserve ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ in Support of Los Angeles District Attorney’s Sentencing Enhancements Changes

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|Date: April 26, 2023
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Prosecutors Urge CA Supreme Court to Preserve ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ in Support of Los Angeles District Attorney’s Sentencing Enhancements Changes

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In an amicus brief filed here this week, 68 current and former ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In an amicus brief filed here this week, 68 current and former elected district attorneys and attorneys general from the U.S. urged the California Supreme Cou ...

April 26, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

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|Date: March 24, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

By Miriam Krinsky Tough-on-crime proponents frequently and falsely claim that reform-minded prosecutors d ...

By Miriam Krinsky Tough-on-crime proponents frequently and falsely claim that reform-minded prosecutors don’t hold people accountable, that is until they disagree with who is being held accountable. A ...

March 24, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s rebuke of a bold, reform-minded crime law makes Americans less safe

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|Date: March 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s rebuke of a bold, reform-minded crime law makes Americans less safe

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Alyssa Kress President’s decision is the latest backlash to U.S. justice ref ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Alyssa Kress President’s decision is the latest backlash to U.S. justice reform coming from both sides of the political aisle. President Joe Biden’s support for a Republic ...

March 23, 2023
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Federal Judge Repudiates DeSantis Suspension of Andrew Warren, but Has No Remedy

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Federal Judge Repudiates DeSantis Suspension of Andrew Warren, but Has No Remedy

https://youtu.be/bXQ1I2isF_8 By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tampa, FL – It was a mixed ruling fro ...

https://youtu.be/bXQ1I2isF_8 By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tampa, FL – It was a mixed ruling from the perspective of Andrew Warren. A federal judge repudiated the actions of Governor Ron DeS ...

January 21, 2023
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Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities in Broader Effort to Promote Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities in Broader Effort to Promote Criminal Justice Reform

By Michael Apfel, Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Elina Sadeghian NEW YORK, NY - Sixty-six elected prosecutors n ...

By Michael Apfel, Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Elina Sadeghian NEW YORK, NY - Sixty-six elected prosecutors nationwide have now agreed to visit correctional facilities their offices have placed individual ...

January 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Shouldn’t Follow Biden’s Harsh Immigration Lead

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|Date: January 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Shouldn’t Follow Biden’s Harsh Immigration Lead

By George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In response to mounting pressure to address the influx of migra ...

By George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In response to mounting pressure to address the influx of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, President Biden introduced a slate of new harsh ...

January 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: A Family Asked Police to Help Man Struggling with Mental Illness. Instead, They Shot Him.

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|Date: December 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: A Family Asked Police to Help Man Struggling with Mental Illness. Instead, They Shot Him.

More prosecutors, police and local leaders need to choose compassionate treatment over punishment. A new ...

More prosecutors, police and local leaders need to choose compassionate treatment over punishment. A new national toolkit offers a road map for how we find our way there. By Sarah George, Miriam Krins ...

December 13, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

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|Date: December 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, bu ...

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange thing happened this November—that setback never came. Everyday Injustice spoke with ...

December 05, 2022
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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

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|Date: November 19, 2022
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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule o ...

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule of law, democracy, and public safety,” a bipartisan group of 88 criminal justice leaders from ac ...

November 19, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

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|Date: November 17, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power. The lame duck Pennsylvania House Republican majority voted for an impeachment resolution, wh ...

November 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

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|Date: November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, ...

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, grainy crime-scene videos, and threats about dangers awaiting them if the “soft-on-crime” cand ...

November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Wrongful Convictions Cost American Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year; Wrongdoing Prosecutors Must Be Held Accountable

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|Date: October 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Wrongful Convictions Cost American Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year; Wrongdoing Prosecutors Must Be Held Accountable

Adnan Syed, subject of the 'Serial' podcast, was freed based on evidence of prosecutors' misconduct. His ...

Adnan Syed, subject of the 'Serial' podcast, was freed based on evidence of prosecutors' misconduct. His case is not unique. By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Prosecutors announced earlier this week ...

October 18, 2022
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More Than 60 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Federal Court to Immediately Reinstate Elected Prosecutor Andrew Warren

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|Date: August 27, 2022
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More Than 60 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Federal Court to Immediately Reinstate Elected Prosecutor Andrew Warren

Special to the Vanguard Tallahassee, FL - a bipartisan group of 61 criminal justice leaders – including f ...

Special to the Vanguard Tallahassee, FL - a bipartisan group of 61 criminal justice leaders – including former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justices, U.S. Attorneys, judges and elected prosecutors – re ...

August 27, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Andrew Warren Win His Job Back?

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|Date: August 25, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Andrew Warren Win His Job Back?

By Miriam Krinsky August 4 started like any other Thursday for Andrew Warren, the twice-elected State Att ...

By Miriam Krinsky August 4 started like any other Thursday for Andrew Warren, the twice-elected State Attorney for Florida’s Hillsborough County. He arrived at his Tampa office and began to prepare fo ...

August 25, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Courts Have Ruled that Sentencing Kids to Die in Prison Is Cruel and Unusual. Now They’re Reconsidering When Adulthood Starts.

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|Date: August 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Courts Have Ruled that Sentencing Kids to Die in Prison Is Cruel and Unusual. Now They’re Reconsidering When Adulthood Starts.

With U.S. taxpayers now spending upwards of $81 billion annually on incarceration, treating 18-year-olds ...

With U.S. taxpayers now spending upwards of $81 billion annually on incarceration, treating 18-year-olds as adults has staggering costs. By Miriam Krinsky and Rebecca Blair Sheldon Mattis was 18 year ...

August 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: California’s ‘Three Strikes’ Law Still Carries a Devastating Human and Financial Cost – End It Now

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|Date: August 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: California’s ‘Three Strikes’ Law Still Carries a Devastating Human and Financial Cost – End It Now

By Erwin Chemerinsky, Gil Garcetti and Miriam Aroni Krinsky The stories of those who have served three-st ...

By Erwin Chemerinsky, Gil Garcetti and Miriam Aroni Krinsky The stories of those who have served three-strikes sentences in California are heartbreaking and should trouble us all. Leandro Andrade was ...

August 16, 2022
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70 Current and Former Elected Prosecutors Concerned with Court Ruling that Erodes Prosecutorial Discretion on Three Strikes

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|Date: August 13, 2022
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70 Current and Former Elected Prosecutors Concerned with Court Ruling that Erodes Prosecutorial Discretion on Three Strikes

Elected DAs & AGs nationwide support Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s autonomy to implement charging an ...

Elected DAs & AGs nationwide support Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s autonomy to implement charging and sentencing policies that voters elected him to carry out Special to the Vanguard San Francisc ...

August 13, 2022
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Bipartisan Attorney Group Files Amicus Brief in VA Supreme Court to Preserve Prosecutorial Discretion

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|Date: July 23, 2022
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Bipartisan Attorney Group Files Amicus Brief in VA Supreme Court to Preserve Prosecutorial Discretion

Buta Biberaj By Vanguard Staff RICHMOND, VA – A bipartisan group of 62 attorneys—including prosecutors—fi ...

Buta Biberaj By Vanguard Staff RICHMOND, VA – A bipartisan group of 62 attorneys—including prosecutors—filed an amicus brief here Friday opposing what it claims was a Virginia Circuit Court ruling tha ...

July 23, 2022
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