Criminal Justice
April 20, 2022
Portland Plays the Bogeyman in Neighboring DA Race
Faced with a progressive challenger in the May election, the DA of Oregon’s suburban Washington County has taken to demonizing the state’s largest city.
April 15, 2022
Sentencing Reform Divides Charlotte DA Race
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March 14, 2022
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”
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Who Elects their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2022?
Our Bolts resource has the answers. Under the hood of the federal midterms, 2022 will shape criminal legal institutions around the nation with more than 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff.
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Rights Restoration
February 18, 2022
Voting Rights Package Derails in New Mexico
Gun Violence
February 24, 2022
Eric Adams’s Gun Violence Plan Looks a Lot Like Bill de Blasio’s
Upcoming Elections
Criminal Justice Elections
In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and Tough-On-Crime Foes
Eight big election questions that will shape the future of criminal punishment and mass incarceration