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Fair and Just Prosecution Prosecutor Group Urges Tennessee Governor to Grant Clemency for Pervis Payne

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|Date: March 13, 2021
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Fair and Just Prosecution Prosecutor Group Urges Tennessee Governor to Grant Clemency for Pervis Payne

By Julia Asby MEMPHIS, TN - Fair and Just Prosecution, an organization of elected prosecutors “committed ...

By Julia Asby MEMPHIS, TN - Fair and Just Prosecution, an organization of elected prosecutors “committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibili ...

March 13, 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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Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform

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|Date: February 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Tyler Yeargain Last week, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón — the h ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Tyler Yeargain Last week, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón — the head of the largest DA’s office in the nation — resigned from the California District Attorneys ...

February 26, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

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|Date: February 16, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-ap ...

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign, Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky i ...

February 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Delays in Garland Hearing, and in Replacing U.S. Attorneys, Put Justice Reform in Jeopardy

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|Date: February 05, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Delays in Garland Hearing, and in Replacing U.S. Attorneys, Put Justice Reform in Jeopardy

By Shay Bilchik and Miriam Krinsky - Under Trump, the Department of Justice became politicized. To implem ...

By Shay Bilchik and Miriam Krinsky - Under Trump, the Department of Justice became politicized. To implement Biden's reforms, quick action is needed. So is more progressive leadership. ...

February 05, 2021
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Unprecedented Arguments As Deputy DAs Push Lawsuit Against Gascón’s Reforms, Gascón Stands Behind Prosecutorial Discretion

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|Date: February 03, 2021
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Unprecedented Arguments As Deputy DAs Push Lawsuit Against Gascón’s Reforms, Gascón Stands Behind Prosecutorial Discretion

By David M. Greenwald A lawsuit by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys in the County of Los Ange ...

By David M. Greenwald A lawsuit by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys in the County of Los Angeles was heard by a Los Angeles County judge on Tuesday. The Deputy DAs are challenging the ref ...

February 03, 2021
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Pressure Builds on Biden to End Federal Death Penalty As 100 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Immediate Action

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2021
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Pressure Builds on Biden to End Federal Death Penalty As 100 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Immediate Action

By David M. Greenwald The unprecedented wave of executions by the federal government at the end of the Tr ...

By David M. Greenwald The unprecedented wave of executions by the federal government at the end of the Trump administration, capped off by three in the last week, has forced a level of urgency on the ...

January 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Trump’s Last Days in Office Marred by Disregard for Human Life – Death Penalty Just Another Example.

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|Date: January 14, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Trump’s Last Days in Office Marred by Disregard for Human Life – Death Penalty Just Another Example.

By Donald Ayer, Deborah Gonzalez and Miriam Aroni Krinsky -Trump reinstated federal executions after near ...

By Donald Ayer, Deborah Gonzalez and Miriam Aroni Krinsky -Trump reinstated federal executions after nearly 20 years, with three slated for this week. When will the U.S. drop the practice and join oth ...

January 14, 2021
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Trump Administration Rushes to Execute Three More People Prior to Inauguration Day

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|Date: January 12, 2021
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Trump Administration Rushes to Execute Three More People Prior to Inauguration Day

By William McCurry TERRA HAUTE, IN – Despite other political events – like the Capitol assault by pro-Tru ...

By William McCurry TERRA HAUTE, IN – Despite other political events – like the Capitol assault by pro-Trump forces last week – the Trump administration is still rushing to execute three more people on ...

January 12, 2021
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President-Elect Joe Biden to Name Judge Merrick Garland As His Attorney General

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|Date: January 07, 2021
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President-Elect Joe Biden to Name Judge Merrick Garland As His Attorney General

By Roxanna Jarvis WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Joe Biden is expected to choose Judge Merrick Garlan ...

By Roxanna Jarvis WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Joe Biden is expected to choose Judge Merrick Garland—the federal appeals court judge whose U.S. Supreme Court nomination in 2016 was blocked by th ...

January 07, 2021
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Commentary: Time After Time, Discretion in Criminal Legal System Leads to Huge Racial Disparities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2021
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Commentary: Time After Time, Discretion in Criminal Legal System Leads to Huge Racial Disparities

By David Greenwald We have seen in a wide variety of areas that, where police and prosecutors exercise di ...

By David Greenwald We have seen in a wide variety of areas that, where police and prosecutors exercise discretion, it leads to huge disparities between whites and people of color. We have seen it loc ...

January 01, 2021
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Guest Commentary: L.A. and S.F. have it right: No children should be prosecuted as adults

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|Date: December 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: L.A. and S.F. have it right: No children should be prosecuted as adults

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Marcy Mistrett Among the impressive reforms that Los Angeles County District ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Marcy Mistrett Among the impressive reforms that Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced upon taking office was the commitment to stop prosecuting chil ...

December 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why COVID-19 Makes Marijuana Enforcement a Waste of Resources

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|Date: December 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why COVID-19 Makes Marijuana Enforcement a Waste of Resources

By Eli Savit, Neill Franklin, and Miriam Krinsky In red and blue states, from rural areas to urban center ...

By Eli Savit, Neill Franklin, and Miriam Krinsky In red and blue states, from rural areas to urban centers, marijuana and drug policy reforms are uniting Americans at a time of deep political division ...

December 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

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|Date: November 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases fr ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases from 1989 to 2019 that later resulted in exonerations. Against the backdrop of protests against r ...

November 30, 2020
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San Francisco DA, Fair and Just Prosecution Founder in Webinar on Racial Injustice and Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 25, 2020
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San Francisco DA, Fair and Just Prosecution Founder in Webinar on Racial Injustice and Mass Incarceration

By Evie Sun and Cailin Garcia MANHATTAN, NY -- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) hosted a webinar ov ...

By Evie Sun and Cailin Garcia MANHATTAN, NY -- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) hosted a webinar over Zoom and Facebook live to discuss mass incarceration and racial injustice in the criminal ju ...

November 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Community Supervision, Once Intended to Help Offenders, Contributes More to Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Community Supervision, Once Intended to Help Offenders, Contributes More to Mass Incarceration

Justice officials are recognizing that community supervision can be a tripwire that perpetuates incarcera ...

Justice officials are recognizing that community supervision can be a tripwire that perpetuates incarceration based on crimeless technical violations By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Vincent Schiraldi One ...

November 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Philadelphia Case Could Clear the Way for Safe Injection Sites

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|Date: November 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Philadelphia Case Could Clear the Way for Safe Injection Sites

By Chesa Boudin, Sarah George and Miriam Aroni Krinsky All eyes were on Philadelphia this month, as the o ...

By Chesa Boudin, Sarah George and Miriam Aroni Krinsky All eyes were on Philadelphia this month, as the outcome of the election rested in poll workers’ hands. It’s not surprising that the citizens of ...

November 18, 2020
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

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|Date: October 31, 2020
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment ...

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment and tactics continued to play out this week, with 80 criminal justice leaders – including eigh ...

October 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Barrett Confirmation Means Roe Is at Risk, and Prosecutors Need to Step Up

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|Date: October 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Barrett Confirmation Means Roe Is at Risk, and Prosecutors Need to Step Up

Nearly 70 state, local prosecutors have pledged not to criminalize women or their abortion providers for ...

Nearly 70 state, local prosecutors have pledged not to criminalize women or their abortion providers for health care choices. By Miriam Aroni Krinsky Monday's confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett has giv ...

October 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Failures of Grand Jury Process Evident in Breonna Taylor Case

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|Date: October 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Failures of Grand Jury Process Evident in Breonna Taylor Case

Process originally meant to be 'bulwark ... between the ordinary citizen and an overzealous prosecutor' h ...

Process originally meant to be 'bulwark ... between the ordinary citizen and an overzealous prosecutor' has turned one-sided and is in dire need of transparency, reform by Miriam Aroni Krinsky The Bre ...

October 19, 2020
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