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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 District Attorney…
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…
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…
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…
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 of Justice,…
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…
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 Attorneys General,…
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…
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…
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…
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 letter…
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…
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,…
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…
Candidates in Albany, NY, DA Race Face Off
Public Safety, Racism, and Criminal Justice System Top Issues By Dominique Kato ALBANY, NY – Current District…