CA Legislation to End Mandatory Jail Time for Nonviolent Drug Crimes Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee
By Sydney Kaplan and Mia Machado SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 6-1…
Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more…
ACLU Asks SF Court to Toss Tenderloin Injunctions against Small Group of People
by Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Proposed civil injunctions by the city of San Francisco could…
Key CA Committee OK’s Measure to End ‘War on Drugs’ Era Law Now Requiring Mandatory Prison, Jail for Nonviolent Drug Offenses
SACRAMENTO, CA – Mandatory prison and jail sentences for nonviolent drug offenses would end under legislation that…
Guest Commentary: Why It’s Time to Abandon Drug Courts
By Miriam Krinsky and Leo Beletsky Drug overdoses dramatically rose during the pandemic to make 2020 our…
SFDA Chesa Boudin Seeks $2.3 Million Fentanyl Task Force; SFPD Mano Raju ‘Firmly Opposed’ to Proposal
By Elina Lingappa and Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s office is…
Possible Solutions to Prediction that Mass Incarceration will Last for 60 Years
By Avalon Amaral and Mia Machado After a decade of insufficient and incohesive decarceration efforts, the current…
Guest Commentary: 50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It Created
The war on drugs has failed, and Americans on the right and left are ready for it…
‘War on Drugs Failed’ Tweets Lawmaker; Introduces State Legislation to Untie Hands of Judges in Drug Sentencing
By Dalia Bautista Rodriguez SACRAMENTO – Incarceration for simple drug possession could soon end – or at…
Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections
By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the presidential…
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…
Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentences. On…
Guest Commentary: SF’s Failed ‘War on Drugs’ Needs Innovation to Transform the Status Quo
by Hadi Razzaq San Francisco has historically responded to street-level drug activity in the same way: periodically…
Marijuana Legalization Has a Racial Component
By Charlotte Resing Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and hundreds…
Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes
By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy…
Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State
By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi…
The House Could Soon Give Jeff Sessions $50 Million to Wage the War on Drugs
By Kanya Bennett While the House was busy passing the divisive “empty gesture” known as the Protect and Serve…
Trump Administration Continues War on Pot
By Jesselyn McCurdy The majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana. The Marijuana Justice Act will do just…
In Florida, the Racist War on Drugs Rages On
By Ezekiel Edwards A new report from The Sarasota-Herald Tribune has found that drug enforcement in Florida…
Analysis: Black Imprisonment Rates Are Going Down and No One Knows Just Why
The Marshall Project reported on Friday that from 2000-2015 the rate of incarceration for black men fell…
