bail reform

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June 21, 2024

Albany’s Incumbent DA Battles a Challenger—And State Criminal Justice Reforms

 Rebecca McCray,
May 1, 2024

Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release. 

 Pascal Sabino,
March 1, 2024

As Kim Foxx Exits, Chicago Is Choosing the Next “Gatekeeper” of Its Bail Reform

 Pascal Sabino,
September 13, 2023

Court Watchers Prepare For the End of Cash Bail in Illinois

 Bryce Covert,
June 20, 2023

Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby.

 Maggie Duffy,
May 22, 2023

Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs

 Daniel Nichanian,
February 14, 2023

With Illinois Cash Bail Case, Courts May Wall Themselves Off from Reform

 Bryce Covert,
January 27, 2023

A Texas ‘Crime Stopper’ Targeting Reform Judges Could Gain More Power Over Them

 Michael Barajas,
October 7, 2022

As Election Nears, Dallas Politicians Have Few Answers for Their Jail Crisis

 Tyler Hicks,
April 9, 2022

How New York Just Rolled Back Criminal Justice Reforms

 Chris Gelardi,
February 25, 2022

Judicial Elections Test Profound “Cultural Shift” in Houston

 Maura Ewing,
May 17, 2021

The Battle for D.A. Is Testing Philadelphia’s Commitment to Reform

 Maura Ewing,
March 19, 2021

Utah’s Hard-Won Bail Reforms Are in Jeopardy

 Rachel M. Cohen,
March 11, 2021

‘Life Sentences Are Death Sentences.’ How This D.A. Candidate Wants to Decarcerate Manhattan

 Daniel Nichanian,
January 4, 2021

Newly Elected Michigan Prosecutor Will Stop Seeking Cash Bail

 Rachel M. Cohen,
December 21, 2020

How Public Defenders Rocked Las Vegas Judge Elections

 Sam Mellins,
December 18, 2020

How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short

 Daniel Nichanian,
November 4, 2020

Two New Orleans Public Defenders Elected Judge in a Push to “Flip the Bench”

 Katie Jane Fernelius,
October 21, 2020

California Could End Cash Bail. But is This Alternative Any Better?

 Lauren Lee White,
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October 16, 2020

New Orleans Public Defenders Are Mobilizing to “Flip the Bench”

 Katie Jane Fernelius,
April 9, 2020

“Unconscionable”: New York Senator Denounces State’s Medicaid Cuts and Criminal Justice Reform Rollbacks

 Daniel Nichanian,
January 30, 2020

Chesa Boudin’s New Bail Policy is Nation’s Most Progressive. It Also Reveals Persistence of Tough-on-Crime Norms.

 Colin Doyle,
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January 24, 2020

When a Sheriff’s Jail Is Emptied

 Jessica Pishko,
September 18, 2019

Prosecutors Roll Out Reforms in Four States

 Daniel Nichanian,