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Chicago Sun Times Endorses More Progressive Kim Foxx for Second Term as State’s Attorney

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Chicago Sun Times Endorses More Progressive Kim Foxx for Second Term as State’s Attorney

By Lauren Smith CHICAGO - The Chicago Sun Times (CST) Friday failed to support an “old guard” candidate ...

By Lauren Smith CHICAGO - The Chicago Sun Times (CST) Friday failed to support an “old guard” candidate and endorsed Kim Foxx, the current Cook County State’s Attorney running for reelection. Cook C ...

September 27, 2020
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Prosecutor Resigns from President’s Law Enforcement Commission in Protest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2020
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Prosecutor Resigns from President’s Law Enforcement Commission in Protest

A year ago, President Trump created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration ...

A year ago, President Trump created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, asking for a report within a year. Now John Choi, the elected prosecutor in Ramse ...

September 13, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, ...

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, wrote a piece published in the Davis and Woodland newspapers, “Progressive evolution can take ...

September 05, 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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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared t ...

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig was one of if not the most progressive prosecutor in the state. ...

August 16, 2020
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Conover Becomes Latest Progressive Prosecutor to Win As She Overwhelms Traditional Foe

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2020
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Conover Becomes Latest Progressive Prosecutor to Win As She Overwhelms Traditional Foe

Pima County, AZ - After 40 years of the prosecutor’s office in Pima County being under the same leadershi ...

Pima County, AZ - After 40 years of the prosecutor’s office in Pima County being under the same leadership, Laura Conover overwhelmingly defeated the hand-picked replacement of 24-year sitting DA Barb ...

August 13, 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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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35 Prosecutors Call on Governors to Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2020
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35 Prosecutors Call on Governors to Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open l ...

On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open letter to governors, calling upon them to dramatically reduce state prison populations to mitiga ...

July 17, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutor Panel Opines on COVID-19, Police Accountability, and Mass Incarceration

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 26, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutor Panel Opines on COVID-19, Police Accountability, and Mass Incarceration

By Angelina Caplanis NEW YORK – A panel here this week hosted by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecut ...

By Angelina Caplanis NEW YORK – A panel here this week hosted by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College – spearheaded by Bay Area public defenders and San Francisco District A ...

June 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Scrutinizing Bernie Sanders’ 10 New Prosecutor Endorsements

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|Date: June 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Scrutinizing Bernie Sanders’ 10 New Prosecutor Endorsements

By Rory Fleming When it comes to candidates for top prosecutor in many of America’s biggest cities, Berni ...

By Rory Fleming When it comes to candidates for top prosecutor in many of America’s biggest cities, Bernie Sanders’ previous endorsements have foreshadowed some of the most exciting. In 2019, the Sena ...

June 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding

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|Date: June 12, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding

by Rory Fleming Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country ...

by Rory Fleming Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country have passionately called to defund the police. Few similar calls have been made about prosecut ...

June 12, 2020
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Candidates in Albany, NY, DA Race Face Off

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 07, 2020
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Candidates in Albany, NY, DA Race Face Off

Public Safety, Racism, and Criminal Justice System Top Issues By Dominique Kato ALBANY, NY - Current Dis ...

Public Safety, Racism, and Criminal Justice System Top Issues By Dominique Kato ALBANY, NY - Current District Attorney David Soares and DA Candidate Matthew Toporowski faced off in a virtual forum to ...

June 07, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutors Letter on the Murder of George Floyd and Police Violence

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|Date: May 31, 2020
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Progressive Prosecutors Letter on the Murder of George Floyd and Police Violence

JOINT STATEMENT FROM ELECTED PROSECUTORS ON THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND POLICE VIOLENCE We are elected ...

JOINT STATEMENT FROM ELECTED PROSECUTORS ON THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND POLICE VIOLENCE We are elected prosecutors from communities across the United States. We are charged with upholding justice a ...

May 31, 2020
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Community Leaders Ask District Attorney Candidates Their Visions for Public Safety Beyond Mass Incarceration

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 25, 2020
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Community Leaders Ask District Attorney Candidates Their Visions for Public Safety Beyond Mass Incarceration

By Dominique Kato On May 22, Working Families, a progressive grassroots political party working to build ...

By Dominique Kato On May 22, Working Families, a progressive grassroots political party working to build a multiracial movement of working people to transform America, hosted a webinar with community ...

May 25, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the syst ...

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the system—the first black circuit attorney in St. Louis, in January she filed a federal civil rights l ...

May 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief in Effort to Condition Public Safety Funding in Cooperation with Immigration Enforcement

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief in Effort to Condition Public Safety Funding in Cooperation with Immigration Enforcement

By Murcel Rahimi EVANSTON, IL. - Over 60 criminal justice leaders including 36 elected prosecutors from 2 ...

By Murcel Rahimi EVANSTON, IL. - Over 60 criminal justice leaders including 36 elected prosecutors from 24 states around the nation have filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appe ...

May 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 57 – Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez

Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson, his ...

Eric Gonzalez was appointed the DA of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, in 2016 after Ken Thompson, his predecessor, died. In 2017, he won his own term. We talked extensively about the COVID-19 threa ...

April 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Listen to Our Everyday Injustice Progressive Prosecution Podcasts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2020
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Listen to Our Everyday Injustice Progressive Prosecution Podcasts

Over the course of the last several months, we have spoken to a few dozen progressive prosecution candida ...

Over the course of the last several months, we have spoken to a few dozen progressive prosecution candidates and prosecutors that have already been elected. The discussions have been poignant and tel ...

March 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Elected Prosecutors Call for Dramatic Reduction in Incarcerated and Detained Populations in Response to Coronavirus

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|Date: March 18, 2020
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Elected Prosecutors Call for Dramatic Reduction in Incarcerated and Detained Populations in Response to Coronavirus

(From Press Release - Fair and Just Prosecution) - Today 31 elected prosecutors representing over 17 mill ...

(From Press Release - Fair and Just Prosecution) - Today 31 elected prosecutors representing over 17 million people across the country issued a joint statement recommending immediate actions to mitiga ...

March 18, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 50 – Tiffany Caban, Former Queens DA Candidate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 50 – Tiffany Caban, Former Queens DA Candidate

In 2019, Tiffany Caban, a career public defender, ran for DA in Queens, NY, and came within an eyelash of ...

In 2019, Tiffany Caban, a career public defender, ran for DA in Queens, NY, and came within an eyelash of beating the establishment-backed candidate. Ms. Caban talks about what she is doing today and ...

March 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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