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New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Critics are concerned that newly-appointed San ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Critics are concerned that newly-appointed San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins is reigniting the failed war on drugs. On Wednesday, she announce ...

August 04, 2022
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Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

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|Date: July 19, 2021
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Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

By Elizabeth Garabedian DURHAM, NC - Durham County (NC) District Attorney Satana Deberry and Berkshire Co ...

By Elizabeth Garabedian DURHAM, NC - Durham County (NC) District Attorney Satana Deberry and Berkshire County (MA) District Attorney Andrea Harrington have partnered with the Wilson Center for Science ...

July 19, 2021
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Plea Agreements Becoming Costly for Defendants

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|Date: July 03, 2019
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Plea Agreements Becoming Costly for Defendants

Next week Rachel Barkow will speak at the UC Davis Law School. One of the points that she has raised in h ...

Next week Rachel Barkow will speak at the UC Davis Law School. One of the points that she has raised in her book that she will be discussing next week is the cost of trials – there is a penalty when a ...

July 03, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Gilligan, Sentencing and the Specter of White Privilege

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|Date: June 02, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Gilligan, Sentencing and the Specter of White Privilege

On Thursday, Hayley Gilligan plead no contest to a revised charge of voluntary manslaughter, thus avoidin ...

On Thursday, Hayley Gilligan plead no contest to a revised charge of voluntary manslaughter, thus avoiding a trial where she would be facing first degree murder charges and where, if she had been foun ...

June 02, 2019
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Eye on the Courts: Probation is Not Costless

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|Date: August 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Probation is Not Costless

By most estimates, more than 95 percent of all criminal cases end up being settled through plea bargain r ...

By most estimates, more than 95 percent of all criminal cases end up being settled through plea bargain rather than trial. Many of these are adjudicated as felonies and, while oftentimes the defendant ...

August 05, 2015
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Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

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|Date: July 21, 2015
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Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

The saga of former high school teacher John O’Brien ended last week with the announcement by his attorney ...

The saga of former high school teacher John O’Brien ended last week with the announcement by his attorney that he had accepted a plea agreement that allowed him to serve a 31-day house arrest followed ...

July 21, 2015
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Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

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|Date: June 23, 2015
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Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While you pa ...

By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While you panic in your jail cell, your children are at home alone and your boss wants to know why you can’ ...

June 23, 2015
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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration

Bronx Defenders Responds to Proposals that would Expand Criminalization of Poverty

‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint

Judge Denies Petition of Man Seeking Resentencing in Murder Conviction During 2010 Home Invasion

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Gun Test in Stankewitz Case Shows Gun in Evidence Is Not the Murder Weapon

New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

Plea Agreements Becoming Costly for Defendants

Plea Agreements Becoming Costly for Defendants

Sunday Commentary: Gilligan, Sentencing and the Specter of White Privilege

Sunday Commentary: Gilligan, Sentencing and the Specter of White Privilege

Eye on the Courts: Probation is Not Costless

Eye on the Courts: Probation is Not Costless

Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

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