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Four Georgia DAs File Suit to Block Law Supported by Governor to Punish Local Prosecutors

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|Date: August 03, 2023
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Four Georgia DAs File Suit to Block Law Supported by Governor to Punish Local Prosecutors

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, four DAs filed a legal challenge to block a Georgia Law that gives the state ...

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, four DAs filed a legal challenge to block a Georgia Law that gives the state new powers to punish local prosecutors who don’t enforce tough-on-crime crackdowns. Filing th ...

August 03, 2023
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CNN REPORT: Red States Seek Control over Blue Cities, Progressive Prosecutors

Posted by Belen Avelar
|Date: March 23, 2023
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CNN REPORT: Red States Seek Control over Blue Cities, Progressive Prosecutors

By Belen Avelar ROBSTOWN, TX - Republican state governments are trying to take control of Democratic-run ...

By Belen Avelar ROBSTOWN, TX - Republican state governments are trying to take control of Democratic-run cities and counties in an effort to gain more control over their decisions and decision-makers ...

March 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

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|Date: January 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant In 2023, the window of opportunity for true justice is open. Despite ...

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant In 2023, the window of opportunity for true justice is open. Despite the $157 million spent during the midterm elections on attack ads that weaponized issues of cri ...

January 06, 2023
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2022
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in the media believed “it was the start of a backlash against reform-minded prosecutors.” But that ...

December 05, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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NY Times Pens ‘Empire Strikes Back – Against Progressive Prosecutors’

Posted by Citlalli Florez
|Date: November 10, 2022
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NY Times Pens ‘Empire Strikes Back – Against Progressive Prosecutors’

By Citlalli Florez PHILADELPHIA, PA - There has been a recent movement by political players to oppose “re ...

By Citlalli Florez PHILADELPHIA, PA - There has been a recent movement by political players to oppose “reform” district attorneys, described as progressive prosecutors, and suggests while they do not ...

November 10, 2022
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Commentary: The War on Progressive Prosecutors Is Also a War on Democracy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Commentary: The War on Progressive Prosecutors Is Also a War on Democracy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the voters of San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin barely t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the voters of San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin barely two years into a term coinciding with a worldwide pandemic and massive disruption, even though i ...

October 28, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Compilation – Best of Everyday Injustice Reflecting on Progress

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|Date: August 29, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Compilation – Best of Everyday Injustice Reflecting on Progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYIJcJEHgo Since 2019, Everyday Injustice has brought you interviews wit ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYIJcJEHgo Since 2019, Everyday Injustice has brought you interviews with the leaders of the criminal justice realm as well as the tragic stories of everyday injustice ...

August 29, 2022
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My View: Where Is Violent Crime Spiking? Not in SF or LA, but in Red California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2022
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My View: Where Is Violent Crime Spiking? Not in SF or LA, but in Red California

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Moderate Democrats backed by deep red money were able to oust San ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Moderate Democrats backed by deep red money were able to oust San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and nearly got LA DA George Gascón on the ballot as well. One of the ...

August 27, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but als ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but also to the status quo, anti-reform movement. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Tuesday, Soros la ...

August 03, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 160 – Akhi Johnson Discussing Reshaping Prosecution Initiative

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|Date: August 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 160 – Akhi Johnson Discussing Reshaping Prosecution Initiative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHJLB1Pft4 This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, D ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHJLB1Pft4 This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice’s Reshaping Prosecution project. Vera just issued a n ...

August 01, 2022
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Krasner Continues to Push for Reform, Pushes for Pamela Price in Alameda

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|Date: July 19, 2022
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Krasner Continues to Push for Reform, Pushes for Pamela Price in Alameda

The forces of the status continue to try to take Larry Krasner down. They have tried to strip him of pow ...

The forces of the status continue to try to take Larry Krasner down. They have tried to strip him of power, they tried to defeat him electorally only to see him win with more than 60 percent of the v ...

July 19, 2022
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Commentary: Why San Francisco May Not Be the Best Test Case for Progressivism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2022
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Commentary: Why San Francisco May Not Be the Best Test Case for Progressivism

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – There were a lot of bad media takes coming out o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – There were a lot of bad media takes coming out of the primary election two weeks ago—and a lot of them were due to a rush to judgment because t ...

June 21, 2022
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Commentary: Even for Left-Leaning Publications, the Answer Is Still Carceral and That’s Disturbing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Commentary: Even for Left-Leaning Publications, the Answer Is Still Carceral and That’s Disturbing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In general, there have been a lot of bad takes by the media in the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In general, there have been a lot of bad takes by the media in the wake of what appears to be the ouster of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin. As one writer put it, ...

June 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

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|Date: June 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boud ...

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin last week as a stake in the heart of criminal justice reform would have you ignore the choic ...

June 14, 2022
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Commentary: Sacramento DA Getting Off Easy Despite the Crime Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2022
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Commentary: Sacramento DA Getting Off Easy Despite the Crime Increase

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Even before the two most recent shootings, Sacra ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Even before the two most recent shootings, Sacramento was doing far worse in terms of crime than a lot of other communities in California. A k ...

April 05, 2022
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Is Rising Crime Attributable to Progressive Prosecutors? Not Really, Research Suggests

Posted by Katherine Coviello
|Date: March 26, 2022
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Is Rising Crime Attributable to Progressive Prosecutors? Not Really, Research Suggests

By Katherine Coviello COLLEGE STATION, TX – Long held debates over criminal justice reform have recently ...

By Katherine Coviello COLLEGE STATION, TX – Long held debates over criminal justice reform have recently ushered in a number of progressive prosecutors with new policies like those aimed toward dimini ...

March 26, 2022
| by Katherine Coviello

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Commentary: Colorado – No State for Progressive Prosecutors

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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Commentary: Colorado – No State for Progressive Prosecutors

By Rory Fleming Back in 2017, I wrote a newsletter for The Appeal discussing debates over what makes a pr ...

By Rory Fleming Back in 2017, I wrote a newsletter for The Appeal discussing debates over what makes a prosecutor a “reformer” or a “progressive.” In retrospect, it was a bit naive. I put Cy Vance, th ...

January 28, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Our Job Is to Be the Counter Narrative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Our Job Is to Be the Counter Narrative

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2009 a family invited me to their home in Citrus ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2009 a family invited me to their home in Citrus Heights and proceeded to explain that their relative had just been convicted of 76 counts of s ...

January 16, 2022
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Studies Show Prosecutors Implementing Reforms to Criminal Prosecution to Revitalize Relationship Between Incarceration and Public Safety

Posted by Joshua Cenzano
|Date: November 24, 2021
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Studies Show Prosecutors Implementing Reforms to Criminal Prosecution to Revitalize Relationship Between Incarceration and Public Safety

By Joshua Cenzano SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Prosecutors wield unparalleled discretionary authority in the crimi ...

By Joshua Cenzano SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Prosecutors wield unparalleled discretionary authority in the criminal justice system, deciding whether to charge suspects and with what crime and pushing for lon ...

November 24, 2021
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