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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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Gunnigle Primary Win Sets Up November Battle for Maricopa County Prosecutor

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|Date: August 19, 2020
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Gunnigle Primary Win Sets Up November Battle for Maricopa County Prosecutor

By David M. Greenwald Like many progressive prosecutors we have covered, Julie Gunnigle won easily in Aug ...

By David M. Greenwald Like many progressive prosecutors we have covered, Julie Gunnigle won easily in August in the Democratic Primary, beating out her nearest competitor by nearly a 3 to 1 margin. Bu ...

August 19, 2020
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State of Missouri Threatens Prosecutorial Independence of Kim Gardner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2020
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State of Missouri Threatens Prosecutorial Independence of Kim Gardner

By David M. Greenwald St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner has been under fire since the start ...

By David M. Greenwald St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner has been under fire since the start of her term from a whole host of adversaries, and the latest comes just a week after a resoundi ...

August 16, 2020
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Former Public Defender Handily Defeats Incumbent in Austin DA Primary Run-off

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|Date: July 19, 2020
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Former Public Defender Handily Defeats Incumbent in Austin DA Primary Run-off

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider AUSTIN—After a contentious primary run-off election in the Austin District Atto ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider AUSTIN—After a contentious primary run-off election in the Austin District Attorney race, José Garza, a former public defender, defeated incumbent District Attorney Margaret ...

July 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: ‘Miami-Style Smart Justice’ Is an Ugly Parody of ‘Progressive’

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|Date: May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: ‘Miami-Style Smart Justice’ Is an Ugly Parody of ‘Progressive’

By Rory Fleming The National District Attorneys Association is the main professional body for American pr ...

By Rory Fleming The National District Attorneys Association is the main professional body for American prosecutors, and like the Fraternal Order of Police, it is retrograde when it comes to justice. T ...

May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Portland, Oregon’s Seismic DA Result Demands Our Attention

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|Date: May 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Portland, Oregon’s Seismic DA Result Demands Our Attention

by Rory Fleming With the election of Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County District Attorney confirmed on May ...

by Rory Fleming With the election of Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County District Attorney confirmed on May 19, a new era should be dawning in Portland, Oregon. Succeeding Rod Underhill, a Democrat who s ...

May 22, 2020
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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
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 64 – Joe Gonzales, Bexar County DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 64 – Joe Gonzales, Bexar County DA

Bexar County, Texas, Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales took office in January of 2019 on a pledge t ...

Bexar County, Texas, Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales took office in January of 2019 on a pledge to reform the office, restore public confidence, and make the office more accountable to the vot ...

April 29, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 62 – Hawaii Prosecutor Candidate Jacquelyn Esser

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 62 – Hawaii Prosecutor Candidate Jacquelyn Esser

Jacquelyn Esser is running for DA in Honululu, Hawaii. She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and mo ...

Jacquelyn Esser is running for DA in Honululu, Hawaii. She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Hawaiʻi in 2000 to attend the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She graduated in 2004 with ...

April 20, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 61 – Former Alameda DA Candidate Pamela Price Talks About Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 61 – Former Alameda DA Candidate Pamela Price Talks About Police Accountability

Pamela Price ran for DA in Alameda County, home of Oakland in California, but was unsuccessful in 2018 in ...

Pamela Price ran for DA in Alameda County, home of Oakland in California, but was unsuccessful in 2018 in knocking off incumbent Nancy O'Mally. Price, a civil rights attorney, ran on a platform that v ...

April 17, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 60 – Arlington Prosecutor Parisa Tafti

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 60 – Arlington Prosecutor Parisa Tafti

Arlington Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti was elected as the commonwealth's prosecut ...

Arlington Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti was elected as the commonwealth's prosecutor overwhelmingly in November after stunning the incumbent prosecutor Theo Stamos by a 52-48 ma ...

April 13, 2020
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Gascón Declares ‘Victory’ as He and Incumbent Head for November Runoff

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2020
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Gascón Declares ‘Victory’ as He and Incumbent Head for November Runoff

Incumbent LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who has been the subject of much criticism from the reform m ...

Incumbent LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who has been the subject of much criticism from the reform movement, is indeed headed to a November runoff against former SF DA George Gascón. Her percent ...

March 21, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 45 – Laura Conover Prosecutor Candidate in Pima County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 45 – Laura Conover Prosecutor Candidate in Pima County

Laura Conover is running for County Attorney in Pima County Arizona, home of Tuscon. According to her bio ...

Laura Conover is running for County Attorney in Pima County Arizona, home of Tuscon. According to her bio, she “dedicated her career to helping the Southern Arizona community by defending the poor, ad ...

February 26, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 42 – Jason Williams Runs for DA in New Orleans

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 42 – Jason Williams Runs for DA in New Orleans

In the latest in our series on progressive candidates for district attorney, we have Jason Williams, who ...

In the latest in our series on progressive candidates for district attorney, we have Jason Williams, who will take on DA Leon Cannizzaro, one of the more notoriously aggressive prosecutors in the coun ...

February 14, 2020
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Path to Change: The Divergent Path of Two Prosecutors toward Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2020
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Path to Change: The Divergent Path of Two Prosecutors toward Criminal Justice Reform

Contra Costa DA Goes from Judge to Prosecutor; Butler Goes from Prosecutor to Professor and Critic One of ...

Contra Costa DA Goes from Judge to Prosecutor; Butler Goes from Prosecutor to Professor and Critic One of the panels during the day-long Progressive Prosecutor Symposium at UC Hastings College of Law ...

February 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 38 – Jose Garza Runs for DA in Travis County, Texas

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 03, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 38 – Jose Garza Runs for DA in Travis County, Texas

Jose Garza is another former public defender and federal public defender, currently the co-executive dire ...

Jose Garza is another former public defender and federal public defender, currently the co-executive director of the Austin-based nonprofit Workers Defense Project, and running for prosecutor in Travi ...

February 03, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 33 – Janos Marton Takes on Longtime Incumbent in Manhattan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 33 – Janos Marton Takes on Longtime Incumbent in Manhattan

Janos Marton is taking on longtime Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, who has served as DA for over a decade. Mart ...

Janos Marton is taking on longtime Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, who has served as DA for over a decade. Marton has led the effort to close the infamous Rikers Island jails, and refers to his opponent as ...

January 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 31 – Genevieve Jones-Wright Progressive Prosecutor Candidate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 31 – Genevieve Jones-Wright Progressive Prosecutor Candidate

Genevieve Jones-Wright was a public defender who ran for district attorney in 2018. She pushed for impr ...

Genevieve Jones-Wright was a public defender who ran for district attorney in 2018. She pushed for improving public safety and rehabilitation as opposed to increasing prosecutions, as well as taking ...

January 16, 2020
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Harris County D.A. Kim Ogg Didn’t Deliver on Her Promise of Reform

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|Date: December 08, 2019
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Harris County D.A. Kim Ogg Didn’t Deliver on Her Promise of Reform

Now Another One Of Her Former Prosecutors Is Running Against Her. Carvana Cloud, until recently the chie ...

Now Another One Of Her Former Prosecutors Is Running Against Her. Carvana Cloud, until recently the chief of the Special Victims Bureau, is entering the race to unseat her former boss. By Roxanna Asg ...

December 08, 2019
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