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San Francisco District Attorney Comparisons 1 Year after Ousting Progressive DA Chesa Boudin

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|Date: July 08, 2023
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San Francisco District Attorney Comparisons 1 Year after Ousting Progressive DA Chesa Boudin

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A year ago this month, newly-appointed San Francisco District A ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A year ago this month, newly-appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins—after months of campaigning to recall her former boss, progressive DA Ch ...

July 08, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 202: Marvin Zalman Talks Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: May 29, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 202: Marvin Zalman Talks Criminal Justice Reform

https://youtu.be/OhPUq4qt2QA This week Everyday Injustice features Marvin Zalman, a retired professor fro ...

https://youtu.be/OhPUq4qt2QA This week Everyday Injustice features Marvin Zalman, a retired professor from Wayne State University in Detroit. Zalman talked about his role in establishing statewide se ...

May 29, 2023
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Court Commissioner Denies Work Program Referral after Man Misses Court to Attend Husband’s Funeral – Official Has Recent Tough-on-Crime History

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|Date: March 27, 2023
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Court Commissioner Denies Work Program Referral after Man Misses Court to Attend Husband’s Funeral – Official Has Recent Tough-on-Crime History

By Jariah Moore SACRAMENTO, CA - Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Alin Cintean denied a refe ...

By Jariah Moore SACRAMENTO, CA - Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Alin Cintean denied a referral for a man to participate in the sheriff’s work project program instead of going to jail af ...

March 27, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 183: Jeffrey Bellin Talks Mass Incarceration Nation

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|Date: January 17, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 183: Jeffrey Bellin Talks Mass Incarceration Nation

As most observers are well aware by now, the US incarcerates a much higher proportion of its population t ...

As most observers are well aware by now, the US incarcerates a much higher proportion of its population than any other nation. In Jeffrey Bellin’s book, Mass Incarceration Nation, he conceives of the ...

January 17, 2023
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Republicans Turn to Dubious Claims on Crime, Even Biden Focuses on Police Funding

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: November 09, 2022
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Republicans Turn to Dubious Claims on Crime, Even Biden Focuses on Police Funding

By Michael McCutcheon and Alyssa Eng SAN FRANCISCO - A Gallup poll found that crime is an important issue ...

By Michael McCutcheon and Alyssa Eng SAN FRANCISCO - A Gallup poll found that crime is an important issue for voters, second only to the economy, and Republicans have focused on this issue, spending m ...

November 09, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Progressive Prosecutors Falsely Get the Blame, but Lack the Capacity to Solve the Core Problems of Society

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Progressive Prosecutors Falsely Get the Blame, but Lack the Capacity to Solve the Core Problems of Society

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Right behind inflation and economic concerns are concerns about ri ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Right behind inflation and economic concerns are concerns about rising crime. And there is a ready culprit for that in the minds of many—progressive prosecutors ...

November 07, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2022
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Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but als ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right, but also to the status quo, anti-reform movement. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Tuesday, Soros la ...

August 03, 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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Study Shows San Francisco Crime Rates Considerably Lower Compared to Sacramento, Where Tough-On-Crime Policies Failing

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: April 04, 2022
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Study Shows San Francisco Crime Rates Considerably Lower Compared to Sacramento, Where Tough-On-Crime Policies Failing

By Ankita Joshi SAN FRANCISCO, CA - While opponents of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s pro ...

By Ankita Joshi SAN FRANCISCO, CA - While opponents of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s progressive policies claim crime has increased since he took office, data has shown that counties ...

April 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Tough-on-Crime Laws and Mass Incarceration Waste Tax Dollars and Don’t Make Us Any Safer

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|Date: February 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Tough-on-Crime Laws and Mass Incarceration Waste Tax Dollars and Don’t Make Us Any Safer

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky Churning people through jail and prison often leads to more crime You wouldn’t kn ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky Churning people through jail and prison often leads to more crime You wouldn’t know it from watching some news outlets, but violent crime in San Francisco is at a 60-year low. ...

February 02, 2022
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Commentary: Why Aren’t Conservative Prosecutors Feeling the Heat Right Now?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2022
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Commentary: Why Aren’t Conservative Prosecutors Feeling the Heat Right Now?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Memphis Watch this week put out a piece, “Memphis Is The Most ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Memphis Watch this week put out a piece, “Memphis Is The Most Dangerous City In America. Blame Amy Weirich.” The piece points out that Memphis is now the “m ...

January 14, 2022
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Commentary: Does Criminal Justice Reform Only Work with a Dropping Crime Rate?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2021
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Commentary: Does Criminal Justice Reform Only Work with a Dropping Crime Rate?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There was an interesting interaction on Twitter yesterday when NY ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There was an interesting interaction on Twitter yesterday when NY Times reporter, German Lopez tweeted, “The reality is that criminal justice reform relies to so ...

November 30, 2021
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Prison Reform Targets Decades-long Oppression; ‘Tough On Crime’ Rhetoric Targets Newsom, Charge Reformers

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 05, 2021
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Prison Reform Targets Decades-long Oppression; ‘Tough On Crime’ Rhetoric Targets Newsom, Charge Reformers

By Christopher Datu and Nina Hall SACRAMENTO, CA - The recent increase to the credit earning structure fo ...

By Christopher Datu and Nina Hall SACRAMENTO, CA - The recent increase to the credit earning structure for incarcerated individuals has sparked the opposition to take another stab at undermining Gov. ...

May 05, 2021
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Poll Shows Many Fewer Americans Believe Criminal Justice System ‘Not Tough Enough’

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|Date: December 01, 2020
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Poll Shows Many Fewer Americans Believe Criminal Justice System ‘Not Tough Enough’

By Ruby Chavez WASHINGTON, D.C.- A recent Gallup Poll shows that many fewer Americans now believe the cri ...

By Ruby Chavez WASHINGTON, D.C.- A recent Gallup Poll shows that many fewer Americans now believe the criminal justice system is “not tough enough” as compared to those polled in 1992 – the poll also ...

December 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Communities Need and Deserve a Reset of Policing and the Justice System

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|Date: September 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Communities Need and Deserve a Reset of Policing and the Justice System

Under the guise of restoring public confidence in law enforcement, President Trump’s secretive and regres ...

Under the guise of restoring public confidence in law enforcement, President Trump’s secretive and regressive Commission on Law Enforcement is stacked with old-guard failed tough-on-crime thinking tha ...

September 30, 2020
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The Media’s Misguided Backlash against Criminal Justice Reforms in D.C. and New York

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|Date: January 10, 2020
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The Media’s Misguided Backlash against Criminal Justice Reforms in D.C. and New York

Many liberals support reform in theory. But when unpopular decisions need to be made, it’s back to the 19 ...

Many liberals support reform in theory. But when unpopular decisions need to be made, it’s back to the 1990s “Tough on Crime” playbook. By Adam H. Johnson The putatively liberal editorial board of the ...

January 10, 2020
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