Rory Fleming

    Rory is the founding attorney of Fleming Law LLC, an immigration law boutique in Philadelphia. He has worked for a variety of criminal justice and harm reduction nonprofits, including Law Enforcement Action Partnership and Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project, and provided campaign services for over a dozen district attorney campaigns. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic, Slate and many other outlets.

    Biden-Bernie “Unity Task Force” Makes Dispiriting Criminal Justice Reform Picks

    In an attempt to unite the centrist and progressive wings of the Democratic Party, ...

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    “Miami-Style Smart Justice” Is an Ugly Parody of “Progressive”

    The National District Attorneys Association is the main professional body for American prosecutors, and ...

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    Cop’s Memorial Day Killing of Black Man Encouraged by Local DA Culture

    Minneapolis, Memorial Day 2020. A Black man’s head lies on the asphalt, and the ...

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    Portland, Oregon’s Seismic DA Result Demands Our Attention

    With the election of Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County District Attorney confirmed on May ...

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    California Strips Incarcerated People of Complaints Rights During Pandemic

    In September last year, the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit working for incarcerated people ...

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    Boston DA Spat Puts Hard Questions to the “Progressive Prosecutor” Movement

    Rachael Rollins is undoubtedly an exciting prosecutor. When she announced during her 2018 campaign ...

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    Alabama’s Prosecutors Want a COVID Bailout. They Shouldn’t Get It.

    Court fines and fees unfairly perpetuate cycles of poverty for disadvantaged Americans, but that ...

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    Running for Office as a Prison Abolitionist in Deep-Red Indiana

    Fort Wayne, a gateway to the American West that started out as a significant ...

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    In a Prison Where Coronavirus Is Rife, Waiting on a Judge’s Call to Be Freed

    James Dzelajlija is currently living in Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution. Following two armed robbery ...

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    Prosecutors’ Lack of Empathy for Jailed People Now Could Cost Them Later

    In 2019, Deb Ryan became the first woman and first Democrat to be District ...

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