Your Guide to Criminal Justice in Pennsylvania’s Elections Today
From a historic DA race to judge candidates against mass incarceration, these elections could reshape the criminal legal system.
Judicial election
Daniel Nichanian
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.
Two New Orleans Public Defenders Elected Judge in a Push to “Flip the Bench”
Angel Harris and Nandi Campbell will become criminal court judges, bucking the norm of former prosecutors filling the role.
New Orleans Public Defenders Are Mobilizing to “Flip the Bench”
These candidates are highlighting the power of judges to challenge mass incarceration.
Eviction Crisis Brings Urgency to Local Judge Elections
A heated race for New Orleans First City Court Judge highlighted the power judges have to limit evictions, as millions of Americans are at risk of losing their homes.
Courts Set Policy, and a Judicial Candidate in Illinois Wants to Finally Talk About It
“In some cases we need the Illinois Supreme Court to use its policy making powers to make criminal justice reform real,” said Daniel Epstein, a candidate in Tuesday’s election.
Massive Turnout Turns Important Texas Courts Blue
Beto O’Rourke may have lost his Senate bid, but among the down-ballot beneficiaries of historically high Democratic turnout were judicial candidates in the state’s big cities.