prosecutors

The Ex-DA Using Manhattan Institute Platform to Attack Reform Prosectors

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a big deal in US public safety debates. Cofounded by Reagan CIA Director…

February 10, 2022

Prison for Selling Michael K. Williams Drugs Is Not Justice

Federal prosecutors in New York charged four men on February 2 in connection with the accidental overdose death of actor…

February 4, 2022

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 his jurisdiction to prosecute 177 minors…

January 31, 2022

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms

Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district attorney race by running as something…

January 24, 2022

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 to be off the table as…

January 18, 2022

As Anti-Reform Prosecutors Depart, Will Massachusetts Really Change?

The landscape of the criminal-legal system in one of the nation’s most progressive states is changing. Two of 11 elected…

January 11, 2022

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Issues Far-Reaching Decarceration Plan

On the campaign trail for Manhattan district attorney in 2021, Alvin Bragg was seen by many observers as unlikely to…

January 5, 2022

The Lack of Prosecutor Accountability Behind Trucker’s 110-Year Sentence

By now, much of the world has heard of Kayla Wildeman, the deputy prosecutor in Golden, Colorado who boasted on…

December 23, 2021

How Certain DAs in Red States Could Avoid Prosecuting Abortion Post-Roe

The year is 2022. The Supreme Court just issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a majority…

December 7, 2021

What Drugs, Sex Work and One Key Case Mean for the Baltimore DA Race

In 2018, attorney Ivan Bates ran against incumbent Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and performed terribly, receiving only 28 percent…

November 24, 2021