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
Tag: Prosecutor
Justice 2020 an Action Plan for Brooklyn by Eric Gonzalez
Progressive Prosecutors??
www.brooklynda.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Justice2020-Report.pdf
The Kim Foxx effect: how prosecutions have changed in Cook County
An investigation on how Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is doing
— Read on
projects.chicagoreporter.com/kim-foxx-prosecutions-20191024/
Weather Underground Baby to Destroy Policing in San Francisco
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/
TIPPING THE SCALES Challengers Take On the Old Boys’ Club of Elected Prosecutors
Dozens of Philadelphia police were reinstated after top brass tried to fire them. Once-secret records show how it keeps happening
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
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution
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/
Did Arizona Send an Innocent Man to Death Row?
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/
NYS’s Top Court Gives Prosecutors Green Light to Conceal Evidence From Defendants | The Indypendent
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
Can Racist Algorithms Be Fixed? | The Marshall Project
A new study adds to the debate over racial bias in risk assessment tools widely used in courtrooms.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2019/07/01/can-racist-algorithms-be-fixed
Future of Policing 