Wins for Larry Krasner and New Allies Signal Reformers’ Growing Reach
Progressive gains in Philadelphia’s primaries for judge and DA showcase a movement intent on taking over broader swaths of the criminal legal system.
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Daniel Nichanian
A Pittsburgh Judge Wants to Use the Bench To Fight Evictions and Mass Incarceration
Mik Pappas, elected judge in 2017 with the support of the local DSA, is now running for higher office as part of a slate that wants to change the legal system in Allegheny County.
Some Manhattan D.A. Candidates Draw A Line Against Life in Prison Sentences
Thousands of New Yorkers are in prison for life. Now candidates who are running in Manhattan’s June primary say they will help more people receive parole and stop seeking decades-long sentences.
This Public Defender Has Fought the Manhattan D.A.’s Office. Now She Wants To Lead It.
Eliza Orlins, who is running in the June 22 primary, lays out how she would overhaul the “prosecutorial-industrial complex.”
In Manhattan D.A. Race, Momentum Builds to Decriminalize Sex Work
Most candidates running in the June election for DA say they would not prosecute cases involving consensual sex work, a striking sign of local activists’ success.
Manhattan D.A. Candidate Explains Why She’ll Stop Prosecuting Drug Offenses And Sex Work
Tahanie Aboushi discusses her newly expanded proposal of not prosecuting offenses that criminalize poverty, mental health issues, and substance use, and reducing incarceration for all cases.
Will Manhattan’s Next D.A. Break Ranks With Tough-on-Crime Colleagues?
New York’s association of state DAs has fought measures such as bail reform, but three candidates in Manhattan’s DA election say they would not join it.
In 2021, Don’t Sleep on Criminal Justice Elections
DA, sheriff, and mayoral elections will present new openings to upend mass incarceration, from Manhattan and Philadelphia down to Virginia.
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.
Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections in 2021: A Masterlist and Calendar
New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, among other states, are electing many of their prosecutors and sheriffs in 2021. Here is a masterlist and calendar of what to expect.