prosecutors

DeSantis Removal of Elected Reform Prosecutor Signals New Normal

State Attorney Monique Worrell of Orlando, Florida, has not been radical, or even close. Elected in 2020 after her predecessor,…

August 15, 2023

Oakland DA Recall Effort Reflects Double Standards

Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is currently facing a recall effort, as the latest reformist top prosecutor to have a…

August 4, 2023

Pittsburgh Bucks National Trend by Backing Reform Prosecutor in Primary

Many of the “progressive prosecutors,” as they are popularly known, who began winning elections in what was heralded as a…

May 22, 2023

EU Moves Toward Banning Algorithmic Policing and Sentencing

In the United States, many top criminal-legal system operatives and thought leaders worship at the shrine of the algorithm. This…

May 17, 2023

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 as much as George Gascón. Narrowly…

May 3, 2023

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 safety” sector has seemed to spread…

February 2, 2023

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 sentencing disparity between crack and powder…

December 21, 2022

Reform Wins in Midwest, Oakland in 2022 Prosecutor Elections

Do Americans really love the drug war, mass incarceration, and the rest of our litany of criminal injustice? The 2022…

November 15, 2022

Prosecutor Reform Will Largely Play Defense on Election Night

The so-called progressive prosecutor movement started around 2015. It was about getting candidates elected to implement local policies with profound…

November 4, 2022

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 Senate candidates like Mehmet Oz in…

October 31, 2022