Tag: prosecutors
Tennessee Is Prosecuting Prison Violence, and Making It a Lot Worse
It used to be that if someone in the custody of the Tennessee Department ...
“They’re Here to Pick Fights”—DC Crackdown Clogs Federal Courts
On August 18, DEA agents and other federal officers, deployed to Washington, DC, by ...
DeSantis Removal of Elected Reform Prosecutor Signals New Normal
State Attorney Monique Worrell of Orlando, Florida, has not been radical, or even close. ...
Oakland DA Recall Effort Reflects Double Standards
Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is currently facing a recall effort, as the latest ...
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 ...
