New D.A. Commits to Fixing Georgia’s ‘Backdoor to Incarceration’
The new DA of Athens wants to bring down Georgia’s sky-high probation rate. She also announced an end to marijuana prosecutions and the death penalty.
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Katie Jane Fernelius
How Immigrant Communities Beat Back ICE and Helped Flip Georgia
Now these organizers are tackling the January runoffs for the U.S. Senate.
ICE Suffered Blows in the South in Last Week’s Elections
Voters in populous Georgia and South Carolina counties elected sheriffs who ran on ending contracts with ICE.
When Electricity Shutoffs in a Pandemic Become an Election Issue
Affordable utilities and climate policy are on the line in Georgia’s Public Service Commission elections. Nine other states are voting on similar agencies.
Brian Kemp’s Sham Democracy in Georgia
The poster boy of Republican voter suppression is using loopholes in state law to cancel key Supreme Court and district attorney races in 2020.
2018 Election Preview: Marsy's Law (FL, GA, KY, NC, NV, OK)
In November, six states are holding referenda on whether to adopt “Marsy’s Law.”
Criminal Justice Reform is a Defining Issue in the Georgia Governor's Race
The Appeal: Political Report previews the governor’s race in Georgia. Daniel Nichanian Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s gubernatorial race, has made criminal justice reform central to her unusually progressive campaign. She has laid out a detailed platform with the stated goals of decreasing incarceration and facilitating the re-entry of people released from prison. The first priority she […]