Tag: prosecutors
Pittsburgh Bucks National Trend by Backing Reform Prosecutor in Primary
Many of the “progressive prosecutors,” as they are popularly known, who began winning elections ...
EU Moves Toward Banning Algorithmic Policing and Sentencing
In the United States, many top criminal-legal system operatives and thought leaders worship at ...
Will CA Supreme Court Force DA Gascón to Use “Three Strikes” Law?
Of all the reformist prosecutors elected since 2015, almost none have been pummeled quite ...
Public Defenders Aren’t Principally About “Public Safety,” and That’s Ok
The notion that public defenders, constitutionally-mandated criminal defense lawyers, are part of the “public ...
The Limits of AG’s Guidelines Against Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity
US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal ...
Reform Wins in Midwest, Oakland in 2022 Prosecutor Elections
Do Americans really love the drug war, mass incarceration, and the rest of our ...
Prosecutor Reform Will Largely Play Defense on Election Night
The so-called progressive prosecutor movement started around 2015. It was about getting candidates elected ...
What DA Krasner’s Likely Impeachment Tells Us About Reform Opponents
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is probably getting impeached. At a time when US ...
El Paso DA Turmoil Could Have Profound Immigrant-Rights Implications
The District Attorney of El Paso County, Texas, Yvonne Rosales, is decidedly non-progressive. When ...
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner the Latest Target of Anti-Reform Backlash
On September 13, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a resolution holding Philadelphia’s district ...
