In summary While San Francisco voters recalled progressive DA Chesa Boudin, other criminal justice reform proponents did well in the California primary. The message sent by voters was far more nuanced than the national narrative. After making significant gains in recent years across California and the country, a movement to […]
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San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform | San Francisco
San Francisco residents have voted to recall the district attorney, Chesa Boudin, who was elected on an agenda of criminal justice reform but faced intensifying backlash from law enforcement, conservatives and residents concerned about crime. Boudin’s removal as the city’s top prosecutor in the middle of his first term is […]
Mayor Adams calls NYC’s criminal justice system ‘laughingstock’
Mayor Eric Adams lashed out at prosecutors and judges Monday for cutting loose suspected shooters to unleash more gunfire on the Big Apple’s streets — saying the “bad guys no longer take them seriously.” The clearly frustrated mayor also fumed that soft-on-crime policies were turning the city’s criminal justice system […]
Editorial: Ignore the early reviews. California’s criminal justice reform movement fared well on election day
Despite what you may have heard, Tuesday was a fairly good day for criminal justice reform in California. Of course, it may not seem so to Chesa Boudin, the soon-to-be-ex-San Francisco district attorney, who was recalled by a wide margin by the same impatient voters who ousted the previous D.A. […]
East Bay voters showed an appetite for criminal justice reform
The recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Tuesday produced a flurry of reporting claiming Democratic voters have sent a message that they’re veering away from candidates who want to reform the criminal justice system. Instead, the story went, the Golden State is embracing a more law-and-order politics. In […]
Criminal justice reform isn’t dead, but has lessons to heed
Would you like to see more Black and Latino men locked up in prison? How about a shoutout for giving cops more leeway to use force as they see fit, without repercussions? What about that homeless crisis — why not build really big jails and prisons and clean our sidewalks […]
This neighborhood attorney has a heart for kids caught up in the criminal justice system
“They did the crime,” it has been said, “they do the time.” In this case, “they” are incarcerated or previously incarcerated women, specifically mothers either expecting a baby or with one or more children. And while the mothers have colored outside the lines enough to warrant imprisonment, their children have […]
Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: Section 1. Policy. Our criminal justice system must respect the dignity and rights of all persons and adhere to our fundamental obligation to ensure fair and […]
Labour should focus on policy instead of ‘tough on crime’ messaging, charity says | UK criminal justice
The Labour party is indulging in “cheap politics” by accusing the Conservatives repeatedly of being soft on crime, the head of a leading prison reform charity has claimed. Andrea Coomber QC, the chief executive of the Howard League, said the opposition is trying to outflank Boris Johnson’s government on law […]
Scott vetoes 2 criminal justice reform bills, citing public safety concerns
Gov. Phil Scott, seen on May 5 at the Statehouse, has now vetoed 32 pieces of legislation, a Vermont record. File photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed two criminal justice reform bills, one to expand eligibility to wipe out criminal histories and the other to study reforming […]