By appointing a reformer to replace the outgoing Xavier Becerra, Newsom has the chance to begin dismantling a sprawling, bloated system of prisons and jails that incarcerates nearly a quarter-million people. California Governor Gavin Newsom may soon be charged with …
Gavin Newsom’s High-Stakes Choice For California Attorney General More >
Because traffic stops all too often escalate into deadly incidents, calls have grown to disentangle traffic enforcement from police—and a measure to do so has already passed in Berkeley, California. Traffic stops are the most common way people come into …
What Traffic Enforcement Without Police Could Look Like More >
The D.C. Council is set to vote on a bill aimed at giving people who committed serious crimes before their 25th birthday an opportunity to petition a judge for resentencing. Where Halim Flowers grew up, drugs and violence were always …
D.C. May Give People Convicted As Young Adults A Chance At Resentencing More >
McAuliffe is running to become Virginia governor a second time. If he wins, he would be the only active Democratic governor to have carried out executions in office. On July 6, 2017, William Morva was killed by lethal injection in …
Terry McAuliffe’s Record on the Death Penalty Is Out of Step With National Trends More >
A concerted effort to review, resentence, and release is the right thing to do for those who have been unjustly sentenced. It is also the right thing to do for our community. This commentary is part of The Appeal’s collection …
Resentencing Units Can Rectify, Rehabilitate, and Restore More >
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman has jumpstarted the state’s pardons process, while Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s self-styled progressivism isn’t winning over advocates. Pennsylvania, the swing state that ultimately clinched Joe Biden’s victory, took center stage during the presidential election. Soon, the …
None of the Austin City Council members who voted to cut police funding lost their elections, but a police union vice president who fearmongered about the defund movement did. Austin police union vice president Justin Berry lost his bid to …
Some Texas Elections Suggest Voters Aren’t Afraid of Defunding Police More >
A growing body of evidence suggests that it’s possible to reduce or even eliminate the use of money bail without increasing crime. Amid a national debate over reducing or eliminating the use of money bail, critics of reform efforts have …
In North Carolina, Attorney General Josh Stein’s Republican opponent painted him as soft on crime. Voters re-elected him anyway. This commentary is part of The Appeal’s collection of opinion and analysis. More than 30 years ago, an infamous television ad …
Americans Are Getting Tired of Willie Horton-Style Fearmongering More >
Los Angeles County, with the country’s largest jail system and largest local prosecutor office, is considered a crown jewel in a nationwide push for criminal justice reform. George Gascón will be the next Los Angeles County district attorney, winning a …