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Commentary: After GOP Sweep, Virginia’s AG-Elect Takes Aim at Reform Prosecutors

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|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

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|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

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|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.

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|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

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|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

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|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
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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
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 90: Cristine Soto DeBerry and the Prosecutors Alliance

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|Date: February 08, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast 90: Cristine Soto DeBerry and the Prosecutors Alliance

Cristine Soto Deberry is former Chief of Staff under both SF District Attorney George Gascón and Chesa Bo ...

Cristine Soto Deberry is former Chief of Staff under both SF District Attorney George Gascón and Chesa Boudin as well as Deputy Chief of Staff to Gavin Newsom when he was Sacramento Mayor. In the fall ...

February 08, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Battle Over Progressive Prosecuting Is Just Beginning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Battle Over Progressive Prosecuting Is Just Beginning

By David M. Greenwald In a few months, we will see Yolo County potentially step back into the fray on the ...

By David M. Greenwald In a few months, we will see Yolo County potentially step back into the fray on the future of prosecution. A candidate is emerging who will push for progressive reforms. There ...

January 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Why COVID-19 Makes Marijuana Enforcement a Waste of Resources

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|Date: December 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why COVID-19 Makes Marijuana Enforcement a Waste of Resources

By Eli Savit, Neill Franklin, and Miriam Krinsky In red and blue states, from rural areas to urban center ...

By Eli Savit, Neill Franklin, and Miriam Krinsky In red and blue states, from rural areas to urban centers, marijuana and drug policy reforms are uniting Americans at a time of deep political division ...

December 24, 2020
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Newly Sworn-In LA D.A. George Gascón, Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby Discuss Plans to Tackle Mass Incarceration

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 09, 2020
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Newly Sworn-In LA D.A. George Gascón, Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby Discuss Plans to Tackle Mass Incarceration

By Roxanna Jarvis NATIONAL – Maryland’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby and newly-sworn in Los Angeles Distr ...

By Roxanna Jarvis NATIONAL – Maryland’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby and newly-sworn in Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón discussed, in an interview with social justice news-reporting organi ...

December 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

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|Date: November 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases fr ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases from 1989 to 2019 that later resulted in exonerations. Against the backdrop of protests against r ...

November 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Working with the Most Unlikely DA in America Gave Me Hope

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|Date: November 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Working with the Most Unlikely DA in America Gave Me Hope

By Kevin Shang I first read about Mark Gonzalez in 2018 while killing time at my office job. Back then, I ...

By Kevin Shang I first read about Mark Gonzalez in 2018 while killing time at my office job. Back then, I was on a constant cycle of working during the day and studying for the Law School Admission Te ...

November 13, 2020
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Chicago Sun Times Endorses More Progressive Kim Foxx for Second Term as State’s Attorney

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|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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