Councilmember/Attorney Asks Alameda County Residents to Oppose Code Change Making Juries Unfair
By Anika Khubchandani EMERYVILLE – Posting on his Twitter account Monday, John J. Bauters—a former trial attorney…
As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives
By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 75 – Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson
Everyday Injustice talks with Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson, who discusses public defense work, defunding the…
Vermont County Eliminates Cash Bail ‘Caging Black, Brown and Poor People’
By Phoebe Glick CHITTENDEN COUNTY, VERMONT — Cash bail has been eliminated in Chittenden County, Vermont, following…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 72 – Alameda Public Defender Brendon Woods
Everyday Injustice speaks to Brendon Woods, the chief Public Defender in Alameda County, the only Black Chief…
My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not
By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo…
Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions
By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA…
Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement
by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tuesday…
Santa Clara DA Unveils ‘Bend the Arc’ Social Justice Reforms, Abandons Death Penalty
By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA – Nearly two months after the killing of George Floyd, Santa Clara…
Yolo County to Pass Resolution Recognizing Racism As a Public Health Crisis
In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig, PPIC Study, and Racial Disparity in Criminal Legal System
Part of the defense offered by Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, in face of criticism that Yolo…
My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender
You would think Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig would have learned and simply let this go. He…
Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much
Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner
Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking…
Racial Justice Act Introduced in Legislature to End Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
Assemblymember Ash Kalra officially introduced the California Racial Justice Act, a landmark bill that addresses racial discrimination…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History
Over the last few years we have talked a lot about progressive prosecution. We have seen some…
Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries
SB 1001 would broaden jury pool to including all tax filers in order to create more representative…
School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program
“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.”…
New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity
By Nusrat Choudhury For years, Black and Latino residents of Milwaukee have protested the fact that they…
Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color
By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening…