All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
Charges dropped against the man who attacked police with a glass bottle. WOW?!
San Francisco’s new district attorney Chesa Boudin has withdrawn charges against a man accused of attacking two police officers in the Mission District in December, a move that has drawn harsh criticism from the head of the police union.
— Read on www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/newly-elected-sf-da-boudin-withdraws-charges-against-cop-attack-suspect/2220998/
Every day in criminal courts across the country, thousands of people enter guilty pleas within hours of their arrest at their initial appearance or arraignment
— Read on papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
Progressive Prosecutors??
www.brooklynda.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Justice2020-Report.pdf
An investigation on how Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is doing
— Read on
projects.chicagoreporter.com/kim-foxx-prosecutions-20191024/
Chesa Boudin, the newly-elected district attorney of San Francisco, will reverse broken windows policing, allowing even public urination in the city. He was raised by Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
— Read on pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/weather-underground-baby-elected-san-fran-da-chaos-to-follow/
The records reveal how the police arbitration system overturned the firings or discipline of more than 100 questionable Philadelphia cops.
— Read on www.inquirer.com/news/a/philadelphia-police-problem-union-misconduct-secret-20190912.html
This is an interesting website tied in with John Jay College. It has position papers and policy briefs available.
Prosecutors And Officer-Involved Fatalities A Forced Evolution: A Forced Evolution From Tragedy To Advocacy
When Cops Kill Civilians Finding a Path to Justice
Every U.S. prosecutor should expect that an officer-involved shooting or death will occur “at some point” during her tenure, and have in place a plan to deal with it fairly and transparently, suggests a paper produced by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College.
— Read on http://www.prosecution.org/
What Happened to Rachel Gray 5 part series.
Death sentence A 4-year-old girl was killed in Tucson. Before the medical examiner had even determined a cause of death, Barry Jones became the sole suspect.
— Read on theintercept.com/2017/10/23/barry-jones-arizona-death-row-rachel-gray/
A Free Paper for Free People
— Read on indypendent.org/2019/07/nyss-top-court-gives-prosecutors-green-light-to-conceal-evidence-from-defendants/
The court opinion can be accessed HERE
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