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May 30, 2023
Sentencing Reforms for Domestic Abuse Survivors Derail in Oklahoma
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April 11, 2023
Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons
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April 15, 2022
Sentencing Reform Divides Charlotte DA Race
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March 17, 2022
Waiting for a Second Look
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February 10, 2022
Longstanding Grievances Between Prosecutor and Public Defender Boil Over in California DA Race
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April 28, 2021
Some Manhattan D.A. Candidates Draw A Line Against Life in Prison Sentences
Sam Mellins
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April 9, 2021
Oregon’s Tough-on-Crime D.A. Association Faces a Reckoning
Piper French
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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 18, 2020
How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short
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August 21, 2019
Governor’s Race Could Decide If Louisiana’s Prison Population Continues to Shrink
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February 28, 2019
Reformers Target Life Imprisonment and Sentences of Life Without Parole
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December 6, 2018
Looming Appointments Could Alter Florida Supreme Court’s Sentencing Outlook
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