Tag: criminal injustice
Proposed Drug-Decrim Ballot Initiative All Set in Washington State
Washington State activists have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties ...
CA Bill to Decriminalize “Loitering” Spotlights Cops-Turned-Politicians
A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained ...
Prison for Selling Michael K. Williams Drugs Is Not Justice
Federal prosecutors in New York charged four men on February 2 in connection with ...
What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?
After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms
Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district ...
Senate Candidate’s Blunt Ad on Drug-War Targeting of Black Louisianans
In 1992, then-presidential candidate and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton disclosed that he had experimented ...
Doubling Down on Fentanyl Myths, West Virginia Bill Would Punish “Exposing” Cops
On January 18, West Virginia legislators advanced a bill that would make “exposing” law ...
How Port Townsend, Washington, Decriminalized Psychedelics
On December 20, the City Council of Port Townsend, a small city in Jefferson ...
Baltimore and Boston’s Non-Prosecution Policies Now at Grave Risk
Two of the most significant figures in the so-called “progressive prosecutor” movement now seem ...
London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is hoping to introduce a scheme that would ...
