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Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice and Policy Consensus Report Issued

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: September 09, 2023
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Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice and Policy Consensus Report Issued

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine issued a r ...

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine issued a report this week, “Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice and Policy ...

September 09, 2023
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ACLU Applauds Louisiana Governor’s Action for ‘Leading With Humanity’ in Decision to Urge Pardons Board to Reconsider Clemency Petitions for 56 Death Row Inmates

Posted by Kristin Trent
|Date: August 13, 2023
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ACLU Applauds Louisiana Governor’s Action for ‘Leading With Humanity’ in Decision to Urge Pardons Board to Reconsider Clemency Petitions for 56 Death Row Inmates

By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU Friday commended Gov. of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, “for ...

By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU Friday commended Gov. of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, “for leading with humanity and using his constitutionally granted authority” in calling on the Louis ...

August 13, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 03, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUuDow88ISs This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUuDow88ISs This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-acknowledged problem of the criminal legal system—th ...

July 03, 2023
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ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

Posted by Zainab Antepli
|Date: April 23, 2023
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ABA Writer Opines Systemic Injustices in the Judicial System Exploiting Those with Financial Hardships

By Zainab Antepli CHICAGO, ILL – Tim Curry, policy & research director at the Fines and Fees Justice ...

By Zainab Antepli CHICAGO, ILL – Tim Curry, policy & research director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, posted an article through the American Bar Association here this week, arguing the curr ...

April 23, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Episode 193: Daniel Medwed and the Racism of the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Episode 193: Daniel Medwed and the Racism of the Death Penalty

https://youtu.be/bd-fXFw5Rns In 2021, Professor Daniel Medwed published an article in the Brooklyn Law Re ...

https://youtu.be/bd-fXFw5Rns In 2021, Professor Daniel Medwed published an article in the Brooklyn Law Review: “Black Deaths Matter: the Race-of-Victim Effect and Capital Punishment.” In it, he found ...

March 27, 2023
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Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 12, 2023
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Prison Policy Initiative Researcher Argues Racial Disparity in Diversion Programs

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published an argument this week suggesting d ...

By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA - Prison Policy Initiative published an argument this week suggesting diversion works but is routinely denied to people of color. Leah Wang, a research analyst for th ...

March 12, 2023
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Guest Commentary: It Is Still Happening

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|Date: January 31, 2023
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Guest Commentary: It Is Still Happening

by Francesca Wright I still have not watched the last videos of Tyre. Reading the description has been en ...

by Francesca Wright I still have not watched the last videos of Tyre. Reading the description has been enough to feel the betrayal, the horror, the terror every Black parent feels for the safety of th ...

January 31, 2023
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What Does the Future of Prosecution Look Like – These Five Prosecutors Offer Different Viewpoints

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2023
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What Does the Future of Prosecution Look Like – These Five Prosecutors Offer Different Viewpoints

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a diverse panel at USF Law School on Fr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a diverse panel at USF Law School on Friday—five days ranging from the veteran Steve Wagstaffe who started in the 70s to Pamela Price ...

January 30, 2023
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Attorney General Proposes to End Sentencing Disparities on Crack and Powder Cocaine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2022
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Attorney General Proposes to End Sentencing Disparities on Crack and Powder Cocaine

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC - One of the biggest legacies of the so-called war ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC - One of the biggest legacies of the so-called war on drugs and the crack hysteria of the 1980s was federal sentencing disparities that punished p ...

December 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, ...

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, grainy crime-scene videos, and threats about dangers awaiting them if the “soft-on-crime” cand ...

November 16, 2022
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Report Examines the Role of Race in Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2022
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Report Examines the Role of Race in Wrongful Convictions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The National Registry of Exonerations, as of August 8, had identif ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The National Registry of Exonerations, as of August 8, had identified more than 3200 individual exonerations. The report found that, while Blacks are 13.6 perce ...

September 28, 2022
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Researchers Studying California Life Sentence Parole Hearing Data Find Significant Racial Disparities in Outcomes May Be Caused by Inclusion of Professional Assessments

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: September 26, 2022
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Researchers Studying California Life Sentence Parole Hearing Data Find Significant Racial Disparities in Outcomes May Be Caused by Inclusion of Professional Assessments

By Talia Kruger and Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA — A study conducted in 2021 by Kathryne M. Young and J ...

By Talia Kruger and Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA — A study conducted in 2021 by Kathryne M. Young and Jessica Pearlman for the Cambridge University Press found that, when looking at transcripts for ...

September 26, 2022
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New Report Finds Inequality of Court Diversion within U.S. Juvenile System

Posted by Daniella Espinoza
|Date: September 01, 2022
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New Report Finds Inequality of Court Diversion within U.S. Juvenile System

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINTON, DC – A new report here appears to demonstrate that in the U.S. the juveni ...

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINTON, DC – A new report here appears to demonstrate that in the U.S. the juvenile criminal justice system has the same racial disparities discussed by activists, politicians ...

September 01, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall whic ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall which was hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in partnership with Measures for Jus ...

July 13, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 159: Tamisha Discusses Safe Return Project

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 159: Tamisha Discusses Safe Return Project

https://youtu.be/fc-dIxNQdEM Tamisha Walker is a founding member and Executive Director of Safe Return Pr ...

https://youtu.be/fc-dIxNQdEM Tamisha Walker is a founding member and Executive Director of Safe Return Project, a campaign to secure the freedom and liberation of formerly incarcerated individuals. Wa ...

June 06, 2022
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My View: Reisig Sees Transparency As Reform, but Is It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2022
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My View: Reisig Sees Transparency As Reform, but Is It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has on the one hand stru ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has on the one hand struck back against progressive reforms that he sees as failing in places like San Francisco and in ...

May 07, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-a ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-acknowledged problem of the criminal legal system—the problems of parole and the racial disparit ...

May 02, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California release ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California released two reports detailing how the top prosecutors in Sacramento and Merced Counties have used the ...

March 17, 2022
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Letter to AG: Request for an Investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 15, 2022
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Letter to AG: Request for an Investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Dear Attorney General Bonta, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the undersigned organizations ...

Dear Attorney General Bonta, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the undersigned organizations request that you exercise your authority pursuant to CA Civ. Code sec. 52.3 and initiate a pat ...

March 15, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo Always Falls with Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo Always Falls with Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has done a masterful job ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has done a masterful job of appointing himself as a moderate reformer ahead of a 2022 election where he figures to face ...

January 02, 2022
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