Death penalty could go before California voters in November
Judge LaDoris Cordell (at podium) and other SAFE California members present the signatures needed for a vote on ending executionSteven T. JonesIt appears that California voters will get a chance to...
View ArticleGUEST OPINION: The Mirkarimi case -- is this justice?
The media madness has overwhelmed the question of justice. Photo by Luke Thomas, Fog City JournalI appreciate that everyone is doing his or her best to dialogue on the very complicated, nuanced and...
View ArticleGascon skips valuable reform panel
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and criminal justice expert David Onek discuss realignmentDistrict Attorney George Gascon didn't show up for the town hall meeting that Sen. Mark Leno held on criminal justice...
View ArticleChanging the metaphor
How I went from a Three Strikes lifer to participant in California's criminal justice reform movementEugene Alexander Dey advocates to improve California's criminal justice system at Stanford's three...
View ArticleCalifornia's refusal to reduce its prison population is a sign of deeper...
California has triple-bunked its prison gyms and common areas rather than reducing its population of inmates.CDCRCalifornia just doesn’t get it when it comes to criminal justice. We have among the...
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners end hunger strike after Bay Area legislators call hearings
The Secure Housing Units at Pelican Bay has kept hundreds of prisoners in solidary confinement for more than a decade each.KQEDBay Area legislators Tom Ammiano (D-SF) and Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) —...
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