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Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

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|Date: February 03, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are des ...

By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are described in this piece. My first experience in county jail was in solitary confinement. During my ...

February 03, 2023
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Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

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|Date: January 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant In 2023, the window of opportunity for true justice is open. Despite ...

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant In 2023, the window of opportunity for true justice is open. Despite the $157 million spent during the midterm elections on attack ads that weaponized issues of cri ...

January 06, 2023
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

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|Date: December 05, 2022
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Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many in the media believed “it was the start of a backlash against reform-minded prosecutors.” But that ...

December 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court

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|Date: December 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant No one should have to face court proceedings in a language they canno ...

By Nicholas Turner and Erica Bryant No one should have to face court proceedings in a language they cannot understand, without anyone else there to represent them and protect their rights. Yet this ha ...

December 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

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|Date: November 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

By Sam McCann Between Labor Day and the November 8th midterm elections, voters were bombarded with at lea ...

By Sam McCann Between Labor Day and the November 8th midterm elections, voters were bombarded with at least $85 million dollars’ worth of campaign advertisements about crime. Although safety is undoub ...

November 30, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Bo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Boudin in San Francisco was ousted, George Gascón in Los Angeles looked to be next, Democrats and ...

November 14, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

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|Date: November 03, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ord ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ordinance at the Berkeley City Council meeting to prohibit discriminatory calls to law enforcement ...

November 03, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

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|Date: October 24, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phon ...

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and the peopl ...

October 24, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Yes, the New FBI Data Is Poor Quality – But We’ve Always Needed Better

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|Date: October 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Yes, the New FBI Data Is Poor Quality – But We’ve Always Needed Better

By Leon Digard and Jacob Kang-Brown Before the FBI released its 2021 crime statistics last week, expectat ...

By Leon Digard and Jacob Kang-Brown Before the FBI released its 2021 crime statistics last week, expectations about the quality of the data were already perilously low. To estimate national trends, th ...

October 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Locking Up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer

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|Date: September 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Locking Up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer

By Sam McCann Dashawn Carter, a 25-year-old from Staten Island, missed nearly 100 medical appointments wh ...

By Sam McCann Dashawn Carter, a 25-year-old from Staten Island, missed nearly 100 medical appointments while he was detained on Rikers Island—mostly because corrections officers failed to escort him t ...

September 04, 2022
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Governor Seeks To Address Homelessness Through Behavioral Health System and More Mental Health Housing

Guest Commentary: My Conviction Meant 40 Years without a Vote. Not Anymore.

Guest Commentary: Bill Gates, Today Is the Day to Replace Your Oily Credit Card with a Green One

Authors Charge Federal Judges Contributing to Increasing Crime Rates

From Murder Exoneration to Advocate – the History of Peter Reilly in His Retelling

Signatures of Hundreds of Dead People Found on Recall Petition for Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón

Task Force on Long Sentences Releases Comprehensive Roadmap to Strengthen Public Safety and Advance Justice

New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin

Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public Safety

Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

Pamela Price, and Other Reform-Minded Candidates for DA, Defy Doomsday Scenarios for Reform

Guest Commentary: New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court

Guest Commentary: New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court

Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

Guest Commentary: Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

Guest Commentary: Yes, the New FBI Data Is Poor Quality – But We’ve Always Needed Better

Guest Commentary: Yes, the New FBI Data Is Poor Quality – But We’ve Always Needed Better

Guest Commentary: Locking Up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer

Guest Commentary: Locking Up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer

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