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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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64 Prosecutors Pledge to Not Criminalize Abortion, Even if Roe v. Wade Overturned

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|Date: October 15, 2020
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64 Prosecutors Pledge to Not Criminalize Abortion, Even if Roe v. Wade Overturned

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES – Sixty-four elected prosecutors across the U.S. – including CA Attorne ...

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES – Sixty-four elected prosecutors across the U.S. – including CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra – Wednesday presented a joint statement vowing to “not enforce laws cr ...

October 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Policymakers, Time To End Juvenile Life Sentencing

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Policymakers, Time To End Juvenile Life Sentencing

By Buta Biberaj, Carol Siemon and Miriam Aroni Krinsky A viral video in August showed an 8-year-old boy b ...

By Buta Biberaj, Carol Siemon and Miriam Aroni Krinsky A viral video in August showed an 8-year-old boy being arrested at his elementary school in handcuffs that slid off his tiny wrists. A police off ...

October 13, 2020
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Former ‘Lifer” Becomes 1st ‘Artist in Residence’ for Philly District Attorney’s Office

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|Date: October 12, 2020
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Former ‘Lifer” Becomes 1st ‘Artist in Residence’ for Philly District Attorney’s Office

By Susana Jurado PHILADELPHIA – The District Attorney’s Office officially appointed its first ever “Artis ...

By Susana Jurado PHILADELPHIA – The District Attorney’s Office officially appointed its first ever “Artist in Residence,” James “Yaya” Hough, and created its first ever virtual panel art discussion on ...

October 12, 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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DOJ Policy Change May Aid Election Interference, Charges Prosecutor Group’s Exec Director

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|Date: October 08, 2020
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DOJ Policy Change May Aid Election Interference, Charges Prosecutor Group’s Exec Director

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES - The weakening of the Department of Justice’s Election Interference Po ...

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES - The weakening of the Department of Justice’s Election Interference Policy has compelled Miriam Krinsky, the Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution, to rele ...

October 08, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

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|Date: September 23, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to ter ...

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to terms with racial injustices, experienced record firestorms and hurricanes and is facing a tumultu ...

September 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Our President Is Threatening the Right to Vote, as Well as Public Safety

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|Date: September 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Our President Is Threatening the Right to Vote, as Well as Public Safety

By Diana Becton, Garry L. McFadden and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As we approach November, our nation’s access ...

By Diana Becton, Garry L. McFadden and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As we approach November, our nation’s access to a free and fair election — the very basis of our democracy — is being tested. Over the past ...

September 08, 2020
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Prosecution Leaders Say Suppression and Intimidation Tactics Threaten a Fair Election and Undermine Public Safety

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|Date: September 05, 2020
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Prosecution Leaders Say Suppression and Intimidation Tactics Threaten a Fair Election and Undermine Public Safety

Special To the Vanguard This week, 79 elected prosecutors and law enforcement leaders, including 11 Attor ...

Special To the Vanguard This week, 79 elected prosecutors and law enforcement leaders, including 11 Attorneys General, issued a joint statement condemning efforts to undermine the voting process – in ...

September 05, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Bad Law and Failed Order

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|Date: August 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Bad Law and Failed Order

by Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Roy L. Austin, Jr As the Republican National Convention plays out this week, ...

by Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Roy L. Austin, Jr As the Republican National Convention plays out this week, a public service warning to all Americans: Don’t buy the hype you are hearing when it comes to ...

August 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Want Prosecutorial Reform? Start with Curtailing the Influence of Police Unions

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|Date: August 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Want Prosecutorial Reform? Start with Curtailing the Influence of Police Unions

Removing police union influence from the prosecutor’s office is a critical first step towards building a ...

Removing police union influence from the prosecutor’s office is a critical first step towards building a system that is safe, just, and fair for all. By Miriam Krinsky and Buta Biberaj As millions mar ...

August 25, 2020
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Law Enforcement and Prosecution Leaders Join Policymakers in Calling on Congress to Support the MORE Act

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|Date: August 20, 2020
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Law Enforcement and Prosecution Leaders Join Policymakers in Calling on Congress to Support the MORE Act

New national polling data demonstrates widespread bipartisan support for ending federal criminalization o ...

New national polling data demonstrates widespread bipartisan support for ending federal criminalization of marijuana. Special to the Vanguard A number of states have now moved to legalize recreational ...

August 20, 2020
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Savit’s Victory in Michigan, Gardner in St. Louis, Are the Latest in the String of Wins for Reformer DAs

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|Date: August 06, 2020
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Savit’s Victory in Michigan, Gardner in St. Louis, Are the Latest in the String of Wins for Reformer DAs

In 2018 for the first time there was a real emphasis to challenge incumbent DAs with progressive reformer ...

In 2018 for the first time there was a real emphasis to challenge incumbent DAs with progressive reformers—the result for the most part was not a lot of success. Justice reform organizations put a lo ...

August 06, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Jury Selection Discriminates against Black Citizens

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|Date: July 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Jury Selection Discriminates against Black Citizens

By Satana Deberry, Jamila Hodge and Miriam Aroni Krinsky What if you could be removed from a jury for bel ...

By Satana Deberry, Jamila Hodge and Miriam Aroni Krinsky What if you could be removed from a jury for believing that Black lives matter? That question became reality after a prosecutor in California u ...

July 25, 2020
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Over 60 Elected Prosecutors Sign Letter in Support of Kim Gardner and Prosecutorial Discretion

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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Over 60 Elected Prosecutors Sign Letter in Support of Kim Gardner and Prosecutorial Discretion

Statement calls out personal attacks and attempts by federal and Missouri state officials to inappropriat ...

Statement calls out personal attacks and attempts by federal and Missouri state officials to inappropriately influence decisions in local criminal case St. Louis – St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim ...

July 22, 2020
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