Nevada Prosecutors Are Standing in the Way of Abolishing the Death Penalty
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.
Daniel Nichanian May 07, 2021
Los Angeles D.A. George Gascón Leaves California’s Powerful D.A. Association
Gascón is battling a lawsuit, filed by his own line prosecutors and backed by the state DA association, against his criminal justice reforms.
Jerry Iannelli Feb 16, 2021
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.
Sam Mellins Feb 02, 2021
A New Association of Progressive D.A.s Could Overhaul California’s Reform Movement
Prosecutors across the country are rethinking their membership in professional organizations that oppose a meaningful reform agenda.
Jay Willis Sep 15, 2020
Eleven Prosecutors Form a Progressive Alliance in Virginia
Their move breaches expectations of a monolithic law enforcement perspective, which in the past has helped DA associations push a punitive agenda.
Daniel Nichanian Jul 28, 2020
A Powerful D.A. Fought New York’s Reforms. His Challenger Wants to Push Them Further.
Matt Toporowski, up against the former head of the DA’s association, says he would “walk down the halls with advocates and lobby for progressive reform.”
Daniel Nichanian Apr 30, 2020
D.A. Associations Should Own Up to the Splintering Politics of Prosecution
California’s DA association responded to a critic in a letter signed by nearly all prosecutors. But this may only exacerbate worries about DAs’ tendency to talk in a single political voice.
Daniel Nichanian Feb 14, 2020
Larry Krasner Quit Pennsylvania’s DA Association. What Does Group Stand For?
As a growing number of reformers run as prosecutors, the PDAA’s public role and rhetoric don’t bear significant traces of these changes.
Daniel Nichanian Dec 20, 2018
On the Challenges of Running As a Reform Prosecutor in Oklahoma
“Ninety percent of my campaign was actually an education about what a DA is, what a DA does,” said one candidate.
Daniel Nichanian Nov 15, 2018
Sent a Candidate Questionnaire, Vermont Incumbents Submit Joint Response
Questionnaires “should not have been perceived as controversial or adversarial,” says the executive director of the state ACLU. Daniel Nichanian The ACLU of Vermont has published responses to a policy questionnaire it sent to all candidates running for Vermont’s 14 state’s attorney positions, including the 14 incumbents who are all seeking re-election this year. To meet the […]
Daniel Nichanian Jul 23, 2018