Rory Fleming

Seattle Times Slightly Obsessed With Abolitionist City Attorney Candidate

Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a Seattle candidate for city attorney and self-identified prison and police abolitionist, can be characterized as a member…

November 1, 2021

CA Prosecutor’s Fentanyl Warnings Aren’t About Overdose Prevention

Despite claims at being a “reformer,” Jeff Reisig, the Yolo County, California, district attorney since 2003, is jumping on the…

October 21, 2021

Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work

Replication is of paramount importance, in the sciences, in determining whether an earlier research was a fluke or says something…

October 20, 2021

We Need Better Mechanisms to Fire Prosecutors Who Flout Basic Ethics

The KKK-adjacent Louisiana district attorney. The alleged “sexual predator” Louisiana district attorney, convicted of obstructing justice. And, unsurprisingly, the corrupt…

October 18, 2021

Charleston Prosecutors Treat Black and White Men Equally, Report Finds. Really?

How many former prosecutors does it take to give a white elected prosecutor in the Deep South a glowing reference…

October 15, 2021

A Judge Jailed an Abuse Survivor Mid-Testimony—for Legal Marijuana Use

On September 7, a survivor of domestic violence in Virginia was testifying against the man accused of her abuse when…

October 1, 2021

What Not to Read Into the FBI’s Latest Murder Data

The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report is severely limited. Although 85 percent of America’s 15,875 police agencies send their local…

September 29, 2021

Survey Aims to Quantify Societal Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs

Despite recent policy strides like decriminalization in Oregon and authorization of a safe consumption site pilot in Rhode Island, a…

September 10, 2021

District Attorneys Could Be Key to the post-Roe v. Wade Abortion Battle

Ever since President Trump started nominating new Supreme Court justices, reproductive health activists and court observers have sounded the alarm…

September 7, 2021

More Evidence That Coerced Drug Treatment Is Harmful as Well as Wrong

A paper published by the International Journal of Drug Policy confirms what harm reductionists have been saying since the dawn…

September 1, 2021