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Sam Mellins

Articles by Sam Mellins

How Public Defenders Rocked Las Vegas Judge Elections

Community organizing in Nevada’s Clark County helped judicial candidates "flip the bench" to challenge cash bail and mass incarceration.

Sam Mellins Dec 21, 2020

The Election That Could Thwart New York City’s War On Drugs

The office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor is on the chopping block in Manhattan’s 2021 DA race.

Sam Mellins Dec 17, 2020