Chesa Boudin Recalled, Progressive Prosecutors Go Down Nearly Across the Board
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Voters in San Francisco overwhelmingly voted to…
Guest Commentary: FJP Director Speaks Out Against Leaked SC Draft Opinion on Roe
By Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky issued the following statement inresponse to…
Criminal Justice Leaders File Amicus Brief to Stop Texas from Targeting Transgender Kids and Their Parents
Special to the Vanguard Austin, TX – Following an announcement that the State of Texas intends to…
Guest Commentary: Children Deserve Protections that Too Many Aren’t Getting in the US Justice System
During interrogation police have used shackling, lies, threats and coercion to get false confessions – tactics that…
56 Bi-Partisan Prosecutors, Including 3 from CA, Urge End to Death Penalty in U.S. and Pledge to Overturn Past Unjust Death Sentences
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty-six elected prosecutors from 26 states, territories and the District…
Guest Commentary: Tough-on-Crime Laws and Mass Incarceration Waste Tax Dollars and Don’t Make Us Any Safer
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky Churning people through jail and prison often leads to more crime You wouldn’t…
Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – District Attorney George Gascón was elected to…
Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role
By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate last…
Commentary: Obstructing Criminal Justice Reforms Makes Us All Less Safe
By Gil Garcetti, Ira Reiner and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In the 1980s and ‘90s, California embarked on…
Nearly 120 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court to Block Extreme Texas Abortion Ban
DAs, law enforcement leaders and former judges and DOJ officials stress the Texas law erodes the rule…
Guest Commentary: Biden’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Puts More Public Defenders on Federal Bench
By Diana Becton, John Creuzot and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Most Americans rightly focus on important decisions made…
LA Deputy DA’s File Suit Seeking Injunction Against Gascón. 76 Prosecutors Support DA with Amicus in Nazir Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – It is a battle that is escalating…
Prosecutors Back DA Rollins’ Nomination for US Attorney
Special to the Vanguard A bipartisan group of 66 elected prosecutors issued a joint statement in support…
Fair and Justice Prosecution Responds to FBI 2020 Crime Report, Encourages Prosecutors to ‘Promote Public Safety’ Using New Methods
By Mary Gordon & Eric Rodriguez LOS ANGELES, CA – Executive Director of Fair and Justice Prosecution…
SFDA Boudin Announces Support for United States v. Safehouse Amicus Brief Advocating for Overdose Prevention Sites
By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined with 80 current…
Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court Not to Criminalize Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Sites
By The Vanguard Staff Washington, CA – Overdose prevention sites, also called “supervised consumption” or “safe injection”…
Guest Commentary: Voters Want Progressive Prosecutors; Biden Must Follow Through on Promise to Guide Reform.
Reform-minded district attorneys are getting elected across the USA. Now’s the time for Biden to set national…
Criminal Justice Leaders Call for Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Prosecution
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – During the Obama administration, the Department of Justice…
Biden Administration Putting Millions into Mitigating COVID Impacts on Prison Populations
By David M. Greenwald Washington – This week the Biden Administration announced it would invest more than…
70 Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief Calling for an End to the Unnecessary Use of Deadly Force by PA Police
DAs, Attorneys General and law enforcement leaders tell the PA Supreme Court that the police should not…
