NEW REPORT RELEASE: Unusual & Unequal: The unfinished business of ending life without parole for children in the United States.

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Elected prosecutors wield incredible power to shape people's lives – for better or worse. In American Bar Association's criminal justice magazine, Jim Hingeley & Miriam Krinsky discuss growing threats to democracy and what legal leaders can learn from past abuses of power.
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“The death penalty is morally repugnant and manifestly unjust, even without the long and ample record of racism in its application.” ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ editorial ⁦Death Penalty Information Center⁩ #EndtheDeathPenalty ⁦Robert Greene⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Ten states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief in SCOTUS urging the Court to “afford great weight” to the Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s confession of error in Oklahoma death-row prisoner Richard Glossip’s case. oag.dc.gov/sites/default/… Fair and Just Prosecution CCATDP Save Richard Glossip

Research has shown that off-ramps from the criminal legal system promote better outcomes for individuals & communities. In Alabama Reflector, experts including Miriam Krinsky & Rebecca Blair discuss the numerous benefits of investing in these alternatives.
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#CivilForfeiture is one of the most dangerous assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Police & prosecutors seize property every day without arresting anyone and may keep the property without convicting anyone of a crime.

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Obviously, the prospect of financial gain should have nothing to do with a D.A.’s decision to prosecute. Or a police decision to enforce the law.

“In any free society, respect for law & the justice system is essential—and is undermined by outdated prohibitions & punishment that strike a large swath of citizens as random and groundless.” Read more on why to decriminalize marijuana ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

1 in 10 chronically absent students and 1 in 8 youth in the delinquency system experienced homelessness. If we care about school attendance & public safety, we have to fund safe and stable housing. Stand with our kids & families. Make your voice heard: actionnetwork.org/letters/end-th…

Today fewer than half of our states have a death penalty. Now it’s time for others to join that growing consensus and #EndtheDeathPenalty . Listen to the inspiring words of longtime Death Penalty Focus leader Mike Farrell laprogressive.com/law-and-justic… via Sharon Kyle 🌹

If you care about justice in any sense of the word, it's worth your time to read the intro to 'Brief for Respondent in Support of Petitioner' in Glossip v. Oklahoma.
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Addressing the need for diversity in policing and recruitment, our Executive Director DianeGoldstein joins Miriam Krinsky in detailing the importance of rounded, representative communities and law enforcement.

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Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act aims to limit police officers' training by regulating training related to race or gender. In Law360, Miriam Krinsky & The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)'s DianeGoldstein explain how the bill would endanger public safety.
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Yesterday, 62 criminal justice leaders filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to affirm that Texas Senate Bill 12 – which is designed to criminalize drag performances – is unconstitutional, unenforceable, and an affront to our democracy.
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“Once a person is sent need are we done? Sometimes we find people were overincarcerated… people change in prison and often age out of crime.” Thanks to ⁦Bryan Widenhouse⁩ ⁦FAMM Foundation⁩ for joining us to talk about second chances

We need to “move from diversion as a paradigm to declination and diversion as our starting point.” ⁦Center for Justice Innovation⁩ Julian Adler offers important insights on how to avoid the revolving door of the criminal legal system