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March 1, 2024
As Kim Foxx Exits, Chicago Is Choosing the Next “Gatekeeper” of Its Bail Reform
Pascal Sabino
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September 13, 2023
Court Watchers Prepare For the End of Cash Bail in Illinois
Bryce Covert
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June 20, 2023
Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby.
Maggie Duffy
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May 22, 2023
Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs
Daniel Nichanian
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February 14, 2023
With Illinois Cash Bail Case, Courts May Wall Themselves Off from Reform
Bryce Covert
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January 27, 2023
A Texas ‘Crime Stopper’ Targeting Reform Judges Could Gain More Power Over Them
Michael Barajas
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October 7, 2022
As Election Nears, Dallas Politicians Have Few Answers for Their Jail Crisis
Tyler Hicks
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April 9, 2022
How New York Just Rolled Back Criminal Justice Reforms
Chris Gelardi
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February 25, 2022
Judicial Elections Test Profound “Cultural Shift” in Houston
Maura Ewing
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May 17, 2021
The Battle for D.A. Is Testing Philadelphia’s Commitment to Reform
Maura Ewing
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March 19, 2021
Utah’s Hard-Won Bail Reforms Are in Jeopardy
Rachel M. Cohen
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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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January 4, 2021
Newly Elected Michigan Prosecutor Will Stop Seeking Cash Bail
Rachel M. Cohen
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December 21, 2020
How Public Defenders Rocked Las Vegas Judge Elections
Sam Mellins
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December 18, 2020
How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short
Daniel Nichanian
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November 4, 2020
Two New Orleans Public Defenders Elected Judge in a Push to “Flip the Bench”
Katie Jane Fernelius
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October 21, 2020
California Could End Cash Bail. But is This Alternative Any Better?
Lauren Lee White
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October 16, 2020
New Orleans Public Defenders Are Mobilizing to “Flip the Bench”
Katie Jane Fernelius
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April 9, 2020
“Unconscionable”: New York Senator Denounces State’s Medicaid Cuts and Criminal Justice Reform Rollbacks
Daniel Nichanian
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January 30, 2020
Chesa Boudin’s New Bail Policy is Nation’s Most Progressive. It Also Reveals Persistence of Tough-on-Crime Norms.
Colin Doyle
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January 24, 2020
When a Sheriff’s Jail Is Emptied
Jessica Pishko
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September 18, 2019
Prosecutors Roll Out Reforms in Four States
Daniel Nichanian
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