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Progressive Prosecutors
30 published works
Criminal
Contrasting perspectives on progressive prosecutors
There has been a lot of notable discussions of (the potential demise of) the "progressive prosecutor movement" in the weeks since Election Day. In the last couple days I have…
Criminal
“Can Prosecutorial Declination End Overincarceration?”
The title of this post is the title of this recent article available via SSRN authored by Shima Baradaran Baughman. Here is its abstract:We know very little about why prosecutors…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Do progressive prosecutors increase crime? A quasi-experimental analysis of crime rates in the 100 largest counties, 2000–2020"
The title of this post is the title of this new research paper authored by Nick Petersen, Ojmarrh Mitchell and Shi Yan just published in the journal of Criminology and…
Grits for Breakfast
What was that guy's name again? Attacks on a progressive DA by a philistine
By Scott Henson
An old-school tough-on-crime campaign has been launched in the Travis County Democratic primary by Some Guy I've Never Heard Of named Jeremy Silverbelly, or Silverspoon, or something. To be honest.…
Other
“Pitfalls of Progressive Prosecution”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Carissa Byrne Hessick now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:So-called progressive prosecutors have come…
Simple Justice
Blame The Line Prosecutors
Is it true that progressive prosecutors have failed to create the change they promised? That’s almost impossible to say, both because some have been far more successful than others and…
The Right Coast
Abortion, Crime Spur New Red-State Laws Against Progressive DAs
Sherry Boston ousted a Democratic incumbent in the 2016 primary to clinch her first election as district attorney for DeKalb County, Ga., in the Atlanta metro area.Boston didn t run…
Simple Justice
Don’t Blame Larry Krasner
In what can only be described as a move of laughable cynicism, the Republicans in the Pennsylvania House voted to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. They formed a committee…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Are progressive chief prosecutors effective in reducing prison use and cumulative racial/ethnic disadvantage? Evidence from Florida"
The title of this post is the title of this new article recently published in the journal Criminology & Public Policy and authored by Ojmarrh Mitchell, Daniela Oramas Mora, Tracey…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up some rough headlines for the progressive prosecutor movement
I have blogged a fair bit about, and seen a lot of interesting academic and other writings about, the so-called progressive prosecutor movement. It is certainly been a hot topic…