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December 23, 2024

A Michigan Sheriff and Prosecutor Join Forces to Implement Progressive Policy

November 8, 2024

Voters Dismiss Two of California’s Leading Progressive Prosecutors

November 5, 2024

Orlando Prosecutor Ousted by Governor Wins Her Job Back

October 18, 2024

The 33 Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections that Matter to Criminal Justice in November

Daniel Nichanian,

August 30, 2024

In Oakland, a DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides with a Recall Movement Leery of Second Chances

August 14, 2024

Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor

July 8, 2024

A New Boundary Sends Suburban Colorado Down Opposite Paths on Prosecution

June 21, 2024

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

Rebecca McCray,

June 18, 2024

For Wisconsin Prosecutors, Elections in Name Only

Daniel Nichanian,

May 9, 2024

“An Impossible Choice”: Virginians Asked to Waive Constitutional Rights to Get a Plea Deal

April 23, 2024

Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban

Daniel Nichanian,

March 30, 2024

O’Neill Burke Squeaks Out Win in Prosecutor Race, Breaking Chicago’s Progressive Streak

March 15, 2024

In Cleveland Prosecutor’s Office, a Long Trail of Death Sentences and Wrongful Convictions

March 5, 2024

“Playbook of Fear” Fails to Sway Voters in Austin and Houston DA Races

Daniel Nichanian,

March 1, 2024

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

February 14, 2024

The Texas Elections That Will Shape Policing and Punishment This Year

Michael Barajas,

January 24, 2024

Under the Shadow of the Extreme Case

January 19, 2024

In Ohio, Uncontested Elections Worsen a Breakdown in Accountability for Prosecutors

Daniel Nichanian,

December 12, 2023

The Thousands of Local Elections That Will Shape Criminal Justice Policy in 2024

Daniel Nichanian,

November 8, 2023

Anti-Reform DA Survives in Pittsburgh Region After Switching to GOP

October 24, 2023

In Pittsburgh Region, Criminal Justice Reformers Face Off Against Old Guard

August 14, 2023

In the South, Challenges to Democratic Prosecutors Headline November’s Elections

Daniel Nichanian,

June 30, 2023

Mississippi DA, Exposed for Striking Black Jurors, Leaves His Office On His Own Terms

June 21, 2023

Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries

June 20, 2023

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

May 22, 2023

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

Daniel Nichanian,

May 19, 2023

California AG Ends San Francisco’s First Prosecution for an On-Duty Police Killing

May 17, 2023

Reformers Soar in Pittsburgh Primaries, Opening New Chapter for Decarceral Efforts

May 5, 2023

“A Target on My Back”: New GOP Law Aims to Force Georgia Prosecutors’ Hands

Daniel Nichanian,

April 25, 2023

Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania

April 14, 2023

Pittsburgh’s Most Heavily Imprisoned Areas Want Change. Will the Suburbs Listen?

April 13, 2023

Minnesota’s Keith Ellison Thwarts a Reform Prosecutor He Endorsed

March 22, 2023

In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors

Daniel Nichanian,

March 9, 2023

Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold

Jessica Pishko,

February 10, 2023

Mississippi Power Grab Heightens Focus on State’s Punitive Court System

Daniel Nichanian,

February 9, 2023

The New DA of Memphis Wants to Break with the Past, to a Point

December 14, 2022

What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023

Daniel Nichanian,

November 21, 2022

With Oakland DA Win, Reformers Rebuild Strength in the Bay Area

November 15, 2022

Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights

November 9, 2022

Minneapolis Elects a Career Public Defender as Its New Prosecutor

Camille Squires, , Daniel Nichanian,

November 7, 2022

Omaha Prosecutor Seeks Re-Election, Two Years After His Party Accused Him of Racism

November 5, 2022

In San Francisco, “No Intention to Seek Justice”

November 3, 2022

The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week

Michael Barajas, , Daniel Nichanian,

November 1, 2022

The Anti-Carceral Feminist Who Wants to Be DA

October 24, 2022

Oklahoma DA Candidate Runs on Dropping Charges Against Officers Who Killed 15-Year-Old

October 21, 2022

How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas

Michael Barajas,

October 14, 2022

Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Who Will Be Minneapolis’s New Prosecutor?

October 6, 2022

Civil Rights Attorney Vies to Pick Up the Torch of Reform Prosecutors in Massachusetts

September 22, 2022

All the Governor’s Men

August 10, 2022

Reform Prosecutor Wins After Police Union Attacks in Vermont

August 5, 2022

Memphis Ousts DA and Judge Who Oversaw Its Notoriously Harsh Court System

Daniel Nichanian,

August 4, 2022

Florida Governor Suspends Tampa Prosecutor in Latest Attack on Abortion and Trans Rights

August 2, 2022

Tennessee DA Faces Voters, Months After Prosecuting Activist for Wanting to Vote

Daniel Nichanian,

July 28, 2022

Baltimore Ousts Its Embattled Prosecutor, Reshuffling Local Criminal Justice Policy

July 18, 2022

A Vermont Prosecutor Expanded Restorative Justice. Now She’s Defending It At the Polls.

July 14, 2022

Your Guide to Local Elections Where Abortion Is on the Line This Year

Daniel Nichanian,

July 8, 2022

With Abortion Bans, a Bewildering New Reality for Courts and Law Enforcement

June 14, 2022

Utah Prosecutor Tests GOP Appetite for Opposing the Death Penalty

June 9, 2022

Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs

June 8, 2022

San Francisco Ousts a Prominent Criminal Justice Reformer

June 8, 2022

Reformers Score a Prosecutor Win in Iowa

Daniel Nichanian,

June 6, 2022

California Prosecutions for Pregnancy Loss Spark Outrage, and a Bill to Stop Future Investigations

Jessica Pishko,

June 3, 2022

Meet the Other Two Northern California DAs Facing Law Enforcement Blowback

May 25, 2022

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Prosecutor’: Portland DA Seeks to Revive Broken Windows-Era Program

Alex Zielinski,

May 24, 2022

Ducking Racism Scandal, Orange County DA Turns to Dog Whistles

May 20, 2022

The Culture Warrior Prosecutor

Michael Barajas,

May 16, 2022

North Carolina Drivers Still Face “Debt Traps” Despite Some Local Reforms

Roshan Abraham,

May 3, 2022

What Will Your Local Prosecutor Do After Roe Falls?

Daniel Nichanian,

April 20, 2022

Portland Plays the Bogeyman in Neighboring DA Race

Alex Zielinski,

April 15, 2022

Sentencing Reform Divides Charlotte DA Race

March 29, 2022

California’s Midterms Bring Plenty of Forks in the Road for Criminal Justice Reforms

Daniel Nichanian,

March 14, 2022

“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”

Daniel Nichanian,

March 11, 2022

Public Defenders Shake Up Key Prosecutor Races from Arkansas to Oregon

Daniel Nichanian,

February 25, 2022

Judicial Elections Test Profound “Cultural Shift” in Houston

February 23, 2022

The DA Elections That Will Shape Prosecution in Texas This Year

Michael Barajas, , Daniel Nichanian,

February 14, 2022

DA Candidate Vows to End Death Sentences In Las Vegas, a Capital Punishment Stronghold

February 10, 2022

Longstanding Grievances Between Prosecutor and Public Defender Boil Over in California DA Race

February 8, 2022

In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and Tough-On-Crime Foes

Daniel Nichanian,

June 10, 2021

Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a “Symptom of Structural Racism”

Daniel Nichanian,

May 7, 2021

Nevada Prosecutors Are Standing in the Way of Abolishing the Death Penalty

Daniel Nichanian,

April 21, 2021

In Nation’s Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison

Katie Jane Fernelius,

April 19, 2021

This Public Defender Has Fought the Manhattan D.A.’s Office. Now She Wants To Lead It.

Daniel Nichanian,

March 11, 2021

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

Daniel Nichanian,

December 9, 2020

Newly Elected Prosecutors Are Challenging the Death Penalty

Daniel Nichanian,

October 19, 2020

Your Guide to 30 Sheriff and Prosecutor Elections That Could Challenge Mass Incarceration

Daniel Nichanian,

September 22, 2020

How One Election Might Strike a Blow to Mass Incarceration in Arizona

September 15, 2020

Cincinnati Is an Epicenter for the Death Penalty. Its Prosecutor Race Could End That in November.

Rachel M. Cohen,

September 14, 2020

Charleston Prosecutor Candidate Wants to “Shut Off the Mass Incarceration Mindset”

Daniel Nichanian,

September 9, 2020

Why a Suburban Illinois Prosecutor Candidate Is Drawing Inspiration From Protests

Daniel Nichanian,

August 11, 2020

Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years. Will the Office Veer Left?

Jerry Iannelli,

August 11, 2020

Wisconsin is Voting For Its D.A.s, But Democracy Is Not On The Ballot

Daniel Nichanian,

August 7, 2020

Orlando Prosecutor Race Plays Out In The Shadow Of Florida’s Retaliation Against Reform

Samantha Schuyler,

August 5, 2020

Progressives Score New Wins in Prosecutor Elections, Adding to the Movement’s Breadth

Daniel Nichanian,

May 15, 2020

New Mexico D.A.s United to Torpedo Reforms. The 2020 Elections Could Breach That Unanimity.

Daniel Nichanian,

January 16, 2020

Where Are the (Reform) Candidates in Ohio?

Daniel Nichanian,

November 14, 2019

“This Is Where the Real Work Begins”: What Chesa Boudin’s Win Means for San Francisco

Daniel Nichanian,

September 18, 2019

Prosecutors Roll Out Reforms in Four States

Daniel Nichanian,

May 2, 2024

Your Guide to What’s on the Ballot on May 7 and 14

Daniel Nichanian,

March 13, 2024

Your Guide to Twenty Elections to Watch on March 19

Daniel Nichanian,

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,

July 29, 2023

Your Guide to the 15 Elections to Watch in August

Daniel Nichanian,