Pfaff Analyzes Progressive Reform and Warns Not to Fight the Battle on Tough on Crime’s Terms
Fordham University Law Professor John Pfaff, author of the book Locked In, called the recent progressive prosecution…
Krasner Fires Back at McGregor Scott and Trump During Remarks to Symposium at Hastings
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner was not in San Francisco on Friday, but he was a center point…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 38 – Jose Garza Runs for DA in Travis County, Texas
Jose Garza is another former public defender and federal public defender, currently the co-executive director of the…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 37 – Miriam Krinsky and the Progressive Prosecutor Movement
MIriam Krinsky is Executive Director of the group Fair and Just Prosecution, which is helping transform the…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 34 – Michelle Tong Candidate for Judge in SF
Michelle Tong is a San Francisco Public Defender who is running for judge in an open San…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 33 – Janos Marton Takes on Longtime Incumbent in Manhattan
Janos Marton is taking on longtime Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, who has served as DA for over…
Punishment without Crime
A Duke University Book Panel Featuring Author Alexandra Natapoff By Danielle Silva Duke University hosted a panel…
Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System
The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 28 – Meet Eli Savit, Washtenaw County’s Progressive DA Candidate
Eli Savit is an attorney, a law professor, and a former public school teacher. A former law…
Habitual Offender Laws Are Like ‘Death Sentences’
One man, Paul Houser, is serving 60 years on a drug conviction for purchasing cold medicine and…
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Unveils Sweeping Plan to Reshape American Criminal Legal System
Under the proposal, localities would be incentivized to significantly decrease prison populations. By Kira Lerner Democratic Representative…
Defining Prison Abolitionism in a Time of Progressive Prosecutors
By Danielle Silva In a time where progressive prosecutors are becoming a national movement, several organizations came…
Students Beyond the Stats: A Safe Space for Formerly-Incarcerated and Systematically-Impacted Students
By Danielle Silva For three years, Beyond the Stats (BTS) has been a student organization at UC…
Unveiling a State-by-State Plan to End our Mass Incarceration Crisis
The Smart Justice 50 State Blueprints are the product of over two years collecting data, analyzing policies,…
New Signed Legislation Benefits Those Jailed, Threatened with Jail and Those Who Have Paid for Crimes
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of largely…
California: Legislature Adopts a Flurry of Reforms, but Voting Rights Wait for 2020
By Daniel Nichanian Before adjourning for the year on Friday, California’s legislature passed a series of reforms…
Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly
Senate Bill 136 repeals a commonly used, expensive, and ineffective one-year sentence enhancement that is added to…
California Lawmakers Pass Historic Bill Abolishing Copays in Jails and Prisons
If signed by the governor, AB 45 would eliminate medical and dental copays for people incarcerated in…
Recognizing the ‘Dual Victim’
By Vaidya Gullapalli In Pennsylvania, the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration is calling for an end…
Bail Isn’t Supposed to Be a Punishment. Why Does the Media Keep Acting Like It Is?
How high or low a bond is isn’t a measure of how severe the state considers a…
