Virginia’s primaries on Tuesday saw Ramin Fatehi clinch the Democratic nomination for Commonwealth Attorney in Norfolk, the site of a major showdown over reform in 2019. He is unchallenged in November.
Time is running out for the state Senate to advance a bill repealing the death penalty. Two influential Democratic senators also work as prosecutors, and the state’s DA association is fighting the reform.
Abolition advocates are celebrating a milestone for racial justice.
Two more anti-death penalty DAs were elected last week, and the new Los Angeles DA confirmed he would review past sentences.
In Hamilton County, Joe Deters has sent more people to death row than any other prosecutor in Ohio. His challenger, Fanon Rucker, promises to stop that practice.
Nationwide efforts against the death penalty and against prison gerrymandering have gained considerable momentum just over the past two years.
Senate Bill 1013 is not retroactive, but Governor Kate Brown has the power to commute death sentences.
New Hampshire becomes the 21st state to abolish the death penalty.
Colorado requires free menstrual hygiene products in jails and restricts pretrial detention, Louisiana takes a step against incarcerating witness, and more
Montana close to protecting driver’s licenses; Oklahoma package moves forward; and more
The New York legislature overhauled discovery and bail, adopting a budget deal that contains reforms that state organizers have long worked toward.
California imposes a moratorium and the New Hampshire House votes to abolish it. But in Iowa, lawmakers mull reinstating it.
Arkansas lawmaker wants to make it a felony to identify makers of its execution drugs.
The Wyoming Senate votes down abolition weeks after it cleared the House, while repeal bills advance in Washington & New Hampshire
Court issued a series of major youth sentencing and death penatly rulings in 2016. But its politics could soon swing dramatically.
Case seemed to many like a second chance at McCleskey v. Kemp, a U.S. Supreme Court case that severely restricted the ability for minority plaintiffs to succeed on equal protection claims.
Daniel Nichanian Delaware is a rare state that does not elect prosecutors, instead entrusting its attorney general to appoint them. This year’s incumbentless attorney general race is thus crucial for the state’s criminal justice system. In the Sept. 6 Democratic primary—the first contested primary in 20 years—the four candidates are Kathy Jennings, Chris Johnson, Tim […]
Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis divided on criminal justice reform
This article is part of the Political Report’s coverage of the 2018 criminal justice elections. The Democratic primary for attorney general of Colorado pitted state Representative Joe Salazar against Phil Weiser, a law professor at the University of Colorado. Both articulated a series of reform-oriented positions: support for the state’s marijuana legalization and bail reform, opposition […]