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August 30, 2024
In Oakland, a DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides with a Recall Movement Leery of Second Chances
Piper French
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August 14, 2024
Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor
Lauren Gill
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July 8, 2024
A New Boundary Sends Suburban Colorado Down Opposite Paths on Prosecution
Alex Burness
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June 21, 2024
Albany’s Incumbent DA Battles a Challenger—And State Criminal Justice Reforms
Rebecca McCray
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June 18, 2024
For Wisconsin Prosecutors, Elections in Name Only
Daniel Nichanian
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May 9, 2024
“An Impossible Choice”: Virginians Asked to Waive Constitutional Rights to Get a Plea Deal
Lauren Gill
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April 23, 2024
Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban
Daniel Nichanian
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March 30, 2024
O’Neill Burke Squeaks Out Win in Prosecutor Race, Breaking Chicago’s Progressive Streak
Pascal Sabino
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March 15, 2024
In Cleveland Prosecutor’s Office, a Long Trail of Death Sentences and Wrongful Convictions
Lauren Gill
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March 5, 2024
“Playbook of Fear” Fails to Sway Voters in Austin and Houston DA Races
Daniel Nichanian
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March 1, 2024
As Kim Foxx Exits, Chicago Is Choosing the Next “Gatekeeper” of Its Bail Reform
Pascal Sabino
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February 14, 2024
The Texas Elections That Will Shape Policing and Punishment This Year
Michael Barajas
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January 24, 2024
Under the Shadow of the Extreme Case
Piper French
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January 19, 2024
In Ohio, Uncontested Elections Worsen a Breakdown in Accountability for Prosecutors
Daniel Nichanian
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December 12, 2023
The Thousands of Local Elections That Will Shape Criminal Justice Policy in 2024
Daniel Nichanian
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November 8, 2023
Anti-Reform DA Survives in Pittsburgh Region After Switching to GOP
Alex Burness
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October 24, 2023
In Pittsburgh Region, Criminal Justice Reformers Face Off Against Old Guard
Alex Burness
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August 14, 2023
In the South, Challenges to Democratic Prosecutors Headline November’s Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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June 30, 2023
Mississippi DA, Exposed for Striking Black Jurors, Leaves His Office On His Own Terms
Parker Yesko
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June 21, 2023
Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries
Alex Burness
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June 20, 2023
Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby.
Maggie Duffy
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May 22, 2023
Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs
Daniel Nichanian
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May 19, 2023
California AG Ends San Francisco’s First Prosecution for an On-Duty Police Killing
Piper French
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May 17, 2023
Reformers Soar in Pittsburgh Primaries, Opening New Chapter for Decarceral Efforts
Alex Burness
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May 5, 2023
“A Target on My Back”: New GOP Law Aims to Force Georgia Prosecutors’ Hands
Daniel Nichanian
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April 25, 2023
Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania
Alex Burness
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April 14, 2023
Pittsburgh’s Most Heavily Imprisoned Areas Want Change. Will the Suburbs Listen?
Alex Burness
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April 13, 2023
Minnesota’s Keith Ellison Thwarts a Reform Prosecutor He Endorsed
Eamon Whalen
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March 22, 2023
In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors
Daniel Nichanian
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March 9, 2023
Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold
Jessica Pishko
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February 10, 2023
Mississippi Power Grab Heightens Focus on State’s Punitive Court System
Daniel Nichanian
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February 9, 2023
The New DA of Memphis Wants to Break with the Past, to a Point
Piper French
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December 14, 2022
What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023
Daniel Nichanian
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November 21, 2022
With Oakland DA Win, Reformers Rebuild Strength in the Bay Area
Piper French
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November 15, 2022
Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights
Bolts Staff
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November 9, 2022
Minneapolis Elects a Career Public Defender as Its New Prosecutor
Camille Squires
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Daniel Nichanian
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November 7, 2022
Omaha Prosecutor Seeks Re-Election, Two Years After His Party Accused Him of Racism
Alex Burness
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November 5, 2022
In San Francisco, “No Intention to Seek Justice”
Piper French
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November 3, 2022
The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week
Michael Barajas
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Daniel Nichanian
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November 1, 2022
The Anti-Carceral Feminist Who Wants to Be DA
Piper French
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October 24, 2022
Oklahoma DA Candidate Runs on Dropping Charges Against Officers Who Killed 15-Year-Old
Dylan Goforth
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October 21, 2022
How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas
Michael Barajas
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October 14, 2022
Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Who Will Be Minneapolis’s New Prosecutor?
Eamon Whalen
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October 6, 2022
Civil Rights Attorney Vies to Pick Up the Torch of Reform Prosecutors in Massachusetts
Alex Burness
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September 22, 2022
All the Governor’s Men
Piper French
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August 10, 2022
Reform Prosecutor Wins After Police Union Attacks in Vermont
Piper French
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August 5, 2022
Memphis Ousts DA and Judge Who Oversaw Its Notoriously Harsh Court System
Daniel Nichanian
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August 4, 2022
Florida Governor Suspends Tampa Prosecutor in Latest Attack on Abortion and Trans Rights
Chris Geidner
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August 2, 2022
Tennessee DA Faces Voters, Months After Prosecuting Activist for Wanting to Vote
Daniel Nichanian
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July 28, 2022
Baltimore Ousts Its Embattled Prosecutor, Reshuffling Local Criminal Justice Policy
Jaisal Noor
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July 18, 2022
A Vermont Prosecutor Expanded Restorative Justice. Now She’s Defending It At the Polls.
Piper French
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July 14, 2022
Your Guide to Local Elections Where Abortion Is on the Line This Year
Daniel Nichanian
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July 8, 2022
With Abortion Bans, a Bewildering New Reality for Courts and Law Enforcement
Chris Geidner
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June 14, 2022
Utah Prosecutor Tests GOP Appetite for Opposing the Death Penalty
Lauren Gill
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June 9, 2022
Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs
Eoin Higgins
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June 8, 2022
San Francisco Ousts a Prominent Criminal Justice Reformer
Piper French
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June 8, 2022
Reformers Score a Prosecutor Win in Iowa
Daniel Nichanian
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June 6, 2022
California Prosecutions for Pregnancy Loss Spark Outrage, and a Bill to Stop Future Investigations
Jessica Pishko
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June 3, 2022
Meet the Other Two Northern California DAs Facing Law Enforcement Blowback
Piper French
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May 25, 2022
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Prosecutor’: Portland DA Seeks to Revive Broken Windows-Era Program
Alex Zielinski
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May 24, 2022
Ducking Racism Scandal, Orange County DA Turns to Dog Whistles
Piper French
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May 20, 2022
The Culture Warrior Prosecutor
Michael Barajas
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May 16, 2022
North Carolina Drivers Still Face “Debt Traps” Despite Some Local Reforms
Roshan Abraham
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May 3, 2022
What Will Your Local Prosecutor Do After Roe Falls?
Daniel Nichanian
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April 20, 2022
Portland Plays the Bogeyman in Neighboring DA Race
Alex Zielinski
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April 15, 2022
Sentencing Reform Divides Charlotte DA Race
Lauren Gill
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March 29, 2022
California’s Midterms Bring Plenty of Forks in the Road for Criminal Justice Reforms
Daniel Nichanian
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March 14, 2022
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”
Daniel Nichanian
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March 11, 2022
Public Defenders Shake Up Key Prosecutor Races from Arkansas to Oregon
Daniel Nichanian
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February 25, 2022
Judicial Elections Test Profound “Cultural Shift” in Houston
Maura Ewing
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February 23, 2022
The DA Elections That Will Shape Prosecution in Texas This Year
Michael Barajas
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Daniel Nichanian
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February 14, 2022
DA Candidate Vows to End Death Sentences In Las Vegas, a Capital Punishment Stronghold
Sam Mellins
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February 10, 2022
Longstanding Grievances Between Prosecutor and Public Defender Boil Over in California DA Race
Piper French
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February 8, 2022
In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and Tough-On-Crime Foes
Daniel Nichanian
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June 10, 2021
Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a “Symptom of Structural Racism”
Daniel Nichanian
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May 7, 2021
Nevada Prosecutors Are Standing in the Way of Abolishing the Death Penalty
Daniel Nichanian
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April 21, 2021
In Nation’s Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison
Katie Jane Fernelius
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April 19, 2021
This Public Defender Has Fought the Manhattan D.A.’s Office. Now She Wants To Lead It.
Daniel Nichanian
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March 11, 2021
‘Life Sentences Are Death Sentences.’ How This D.A. Candidate Wants to Decarcerate Manhattan
Daniel Nichanian
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December 9, 2020
Newly Elected Prosecutors Are Challenging the Death Penalty
Daniel Nichanian
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October 19, 2020
Your Guide to 30 Sheriff and Prosecutor Elections That Could Challenge Mass Incarceration
Daniel Nichanian
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September 22, 2020
How One Election Might Strike a Blow to Mass Incarceration in Arizona
Meg O'Connor
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September 15, 2020
Cincinnati Is an Epicenter for the Death Penalty. Its Prosecutor Race Could End That in November.
Rachel M. Cohen
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September 14, 2020
Charleston Prosecutor Candidate Wants to “Shut Off the Mass Incarceration Mindset”
Daniel Nichanian
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September 9, 2020
Why a Suburban Illinois Prosecutor Candidate Is Drawing Inspiration From Protests
Daniel Nichanian
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August 11, 2020
Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years. Will the Office Veer Left?
Jerry Iannelli
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August 11, 2020
Wisconsin is Voting For Its D.A.s, But Democracy Is Not On The Ballot
Daniel Nichanian
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August 7, 2020
Orlando Prosecutor Race Plays Out In The Shadow Of Florida’s Retaliation Against Reform
Samantha Schuyler
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August 5, 2020
Progressives Score New Wins in Prosecutor Elections, Adding to the Movement’s Breadth
Daniel Nichanian
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May 15, 2020
New Mexico D.A.s United to Torpedo Reforms. The 2020 Elections Could Breach That Unanimity.
Daniel Nichanian
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January 16, 2020
Where Are the (Reform) Candidates in Ohio?
Daniel Nichanian
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November 14, 2019
“This Is Where the Real Work Begins”: What Chesa Boudin’s Win Means for San Francisco
Daniel Nichanian
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September 18, 2019
Prosecutors Roll Out Reforms in Four States
Daniel Nichanian
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May 2, 2024
Your Guide to What’s on the Ballot on May 7 and 14
Daniel Nichanian
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March 13, 2024
Your Guide to Twenty Elections to Watch on March 19
Daniel Nichanian
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January 19, 2024
Who Is Running for Prosecutor and Sheriff in Ohio in 2024?
December 12, 2023
Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2024?
Daniel Nichanian
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July 29, 2023
Your Guide to the 15 Elections to Watch in August
Daniel Nichanian
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