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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?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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
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Commentary: Colorado – No State for Progressive Prosecutors

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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Commentary: After GOP Sweep, Virginia’s AG-Elect Takes Aim at Reform Prosecutors

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 09, 2021
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Commentary: After GOP Sweep, Virginia’s AG-Elect Takes Aim at Reform Prosecutors

By Rory Fleming The impact of the Republican sweep in Virginia on November 2 won’t be limited to Glenn Yo ...

By Rory Fleming The impact of the Republican sweep in Virginia on November 2 won’t be limited to Glenn Youngkin’s winning his dog-whistle gubernatorial campaign. Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares, ...

November 09, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 126: San Joaquin DA Tori Verber Salazar – Conservative Reformer

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 18, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 126: San Joaquin DA Tori Verber Salazar – Conservative Reformer

In 2020, San Joaquin District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar made headlines when she resigned from the Cali ...

In 2020, San Joaquin District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar made headlines when she resigned from the California District Attorney Association (CDAA) after noting the organization has been opposing cri ...

October 18, 2021
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Commentary: Progressive Prosecutors Can Gain Perspective from Trips Abroad

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 15, 2021
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Commentary: Progressive Prosecutors Can Gain Perspective from Trips Abroad

By Rory Fleming When only a single state or country does a thing, it is usually a reliable indication tha ...

By Rory Fleming When only a single state or country does a thing, it is usually a reliable indication that the thing in question is not a very good idea. Until 2001, Hawaii set the age of consent at o ...

October 15, 2021
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Commentary: The Crime Situation Is Complicated, but Overall It Is Clear the Status Quo Has Failed to Make Society Safer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2021
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Commentary: The Crime Situation Is Complicated, but Overall It Is Clear the Status Quo Has Failed to Make Society Safer

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we got the FBI Uniform Crime Report and it painted a pic ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we got the FBI Uniform Crime Report and it painted a picture we largely expected—it’s not that all crime went up in 2020. In fact, property crime whic ...

September 30, 2021
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Commentary: ADDA Attorney Attacks Gascón’s Reforms Using a Poor Understanding of Data Analysis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2021
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Commentary: ADDA Attorney Attacks Gascón’s Reforms Using a Poor Understanding of Data Analysis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - As someone trained in the use of quantitative da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA - As someone trained in the use of quantitative data analysis, the misuse of data in the political world drives me crazy. When you point out prob ...

August 25, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Voters Want Progressive Prosecutors; Biden Must Follow Through on Promise to Guide Reform.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Voters Want Progressive Prosecutors; Biden Must Follow Through on Promise to Guide Reform.

Reform-minded district attorneys are getting elected across the USA. Now's the time for Biden to set nati ...

Reform-minded district attorneys are getting elected across the USA. Now's the time for Biden to set national guidance for progressive prosecution. by Keith Ellison, Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Joyce Whi ...

August 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Look Behind the Campaign to Recall Progressive Prosecutors in Virginia

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 13, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Look Behind the Campaign to Recall Progressive Prosecutors in Virginia

By Rory Fleming A recall campaign targeting so-called progressive prosecutors in Virginia has made recent ...

By Rory Fleming A recall campaign targeting so-called progressive prosecutors in Virginia has made recent headlines. To understand it, it’s worth taking a look at the background of an organization cal ...

August 13, 2021
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Michigan Welcomes Newly-Elected Progressive Prosecutors

Posted by John
|Date: August 13, 2021
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Michigan Welcomes Newly-Elected Progressive Prosecutors

By John Arceno DETROIT, MI — Prosecutors are elected in Michigan once every four years, and, said Detroi ...

By John Arceno DETROIT, MI — Prosecutors are elected in Michigan once every four years, and, said Detroit Today’s Molly Ryan, they hold an important role in the judicial system as they decide which c ...

August 13, 2021
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Progressive Prosecutors Discuss Resisting Police Union Pushback

Posted by Dario McCarty
|Date: July 25, 2021
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Progressive Prosecutors Discuss Resisting Police Union Pushback

By Dario McCarty OAKLAND, CA - Los Angeles progressive District Attorney George Gascón, and Christine ...

By Dario McCarty OAKLAND, CA - Los Angeles progressive District Attorney George Gascón, and Christine Soto Deberry, the founder and Executive Director of the Prosecutor’s Alliance—an organization f ...

July 25, 2021
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Manhattan DA Vance Is Leaving the Office after Three Terms; While He Touts His Record of Reform, Critics Look for Someone with a Bolder Vision

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2021
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Manhattan DA Vance Is Leaving the Office after Three Terms; While He Touts His Record of Reform, Critics Look for Someone with a Bolder Vision

By David Greenwald and Alexander Ramirez MANHATTAN, NY – There have been just four prosecutors to head th ...

By David Greenwald and Alexander Ramirez MANHATTAN, NY – There have been just four prosecutors to head the Manhattan DA’s Office over the last 80 years. Soon that will be five, as three-term incumbent ...

March 16, 2021
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SF’s Boudin Joins Progressive Prosecutors In Facebook Live Panel Discussing Black Communities in Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2021
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SF’s Boudin Joins Progressive Prosecutors In Facebook Live Panel Discussing Black Communities in Criminal Justice System

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, and S ...

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, and Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins this week joined the community activist group, Black Citizen C ...

March 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California’s Leading Reformer DA’s Find Themselves Under Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2021
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Commentary: California’s Leading Reformer DA’s Find Themselves Under Fire

By David Greenwald Yesterday in Los Angeles, Judge James Chalfant handed down a decision that dealt a mas ...

By David Greenwald Yesterday in Los Angeles, Judge James Chalfant handed down a decision that dealt a massive blow, potentially, not just to the reform agenda of George Gascón, but every reform Distri ...

February 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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