Governors Must Use Clemency Powers to Slow the Pandemic
Executive Summary Nearly 3 in 4 Americans have now been ordered to stay home and remain indoors, while many states have ordered non-essential businesses to shutter. These steps may seem drastic, but they are being taken in order to safeguard public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Government actors who are truly serious about protecting people […]
Disrupting and Re-imagining the Role of Prosecutors: A New Focus on Re-entry and Rehabilitation
George Gascon Shawn Calhoun [CC BY-SA 3.0] San Quentin State Prison is not the first place you’d expect to see San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon or any of the prosecutors who work in his office. But this is where they have quietly spent time over the last several years. In an effort to change […]