Chesa Boudin Ends Racial Profiling and Status Enhancements Including Gang and Prior Prison Enhancements
SAN FRANCISCO – In a major announcement, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Friday announced that prosecutors…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 45 – Laura Conover Prosecutor Candidate in Pima County
Laura Conover is running for County Attorney in Pima County Arizona, home of Tuscon. According to her…
A New Survey Says a Majority of Voters Support Policies That Would Enable Review of Past Sentences
By Vaidya Gullapalli Last month, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a 12-year prison sentence for Willie Nash,…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 42: Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Recidivism is one of the greatest flaws of our criminal justice system—we punish people to the hilt…
Everyday Injustice Podcast 42 – Jason Williams Runs for DA in New Orleans
In the latest in our series on progressive candidates for district attorney, we have Jason Williams, who…
Path to Change: The Divergent Path of Two Prosecutors toward Criminal Justice Reform
Contra Costa DA Goes from Judge to Prosecutor; Butler Goes from Prosecutor to Professor and Critic One…
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,…
