By Cristine Soto DeBerry and Greg Srolestar In the spring of 2020, the nation was roiled by protests as people reacted to disturbing video footage showing Minneapolis police officer Derek …
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By David Greenwald BERKELEY, Calif. — Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton on Thursday called for a broader and more humane understanding of accountability in the criminal legal system, …
By Avery Lotz More than 300 former federal prosecutors and civil rights attorneys are urging the Justice Department to allow state and local investigations into the killings of two Minnesota residents …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ8Gs1rif4k Survivors of domestic abuse and assault told their stories to Virginia prosecutors with the hope to increase understanding of how the criminal justice system has failed them and how …
The San Quentin News covers a Prosecutors Alliance prison visit.
“Today’s decision confirms what we’ve known from the very beginning: the case against Diana Teran was deeply flawed and legally baseless. It was an attempt to criminalize a public servant …
Once you enter the real world of legal practice, particularly as a prosecutor, you’ll discover there’s a lot more to the job than what you were taught in the classroom.
Taking time to review data—regularly and with an open mind—ensures that decisions are grounded in reality, not just in tradition.
“With each step of the legal process, the case against her is unraveling, as it should,” DeBerry told the LA Times.
The resentencing motions are the result of an ongoing review of death penalty cases that may have excluded Black and Jewish jurors.
