It's far too easy for prosecutors to mask race-based decisions by identifying other reasons, when asked, for excluding jurors, write Miriam Krinsky, Chris Kemmitt and Adam Murphy. cnn.com/2024/06/15/opi…

Check out Center Director Chesa Boudin recent discussion with @publicdefenselesspodcast instagram.com/reel/C8r1m3Jp5…

New podcast ep live: Why do we put people behind bars and are #prisons working? What should #police be doing? Will reforming the #criminaljustice system make us safer? Feat Rafael A. Mangual Manhattan Institute City Journal and Chesa Boudin Criminal Law & Justice Center thedisagreement.substack.com/p/episode-13-c…

“The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy.” – Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Mary Moriarty Regardless of what the candidates say during tonight’s presidential debate, elected prosecutors across the country are working overtime to protect our #Democracy & the fundamental right to vote.

BREAKING! 🚨 The FCC just released proposed rules in response to the Martha Wright Reed Act of 2022 for just and reasonable rates for prison and jails calls. Due largely to an argument we’ve been making for years to exclude surveillance services, rates have been more than halved.

1/ Today, SCOTUS issued a decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, overturning the Ninth Circuit Court, thereby continuing to allow local governments to arrest and fine people for being unhoused even when adequate shelter is not available. l.threads.net/?u=https%3A%2F…

2/ In Salon, Chesa Boudin, Ret Police Chief Brendan Cox & Miriam Krinsky explained why this misguided approach to homelessness will further devastate local communities, drain valuable public resources, and exacerbate underlying challenges. salon.com/2024/04/20/the…

Excited to share UC Berkeley's new cluster hire in AI, Inequality, and Society including five T/TT positions UC Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley EECS, UC Berkeley Sociology, Berkeley School of Information,UC Berkeley CDSS. Please consider applying / spread the word! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04498

The Union-Tribune wouldn’t trust Kevin Faulconer to run a lemonade stand 🍋 — let alone our County. With disasters like 101 Ash Street costing taxpayers $264 million 💸 and the Hepatitis A outbreak that killed dozens on his watch, we cannot let Faulconer screw up the County too.

Brooke Jenkins campaigned on centering victims of crime, & said a loss of victim services staff during Chesa Boudin's tenure mandated his recall. Now, 2 years into her tenure, Jenkins has lost more than half of her victim services staff. via Joe Rivano Barros missionlocal.org/2024/11/da-bro…

OPINION: "Charging decisions closer to home in California can’t be ignored. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s prosecution of public servant Diana Teran is one such case." trib.al/98HHfmN

DA Brooke Jenkins, in her years atop the office, has moved drastically away from the diversionary programs championed by her ousted predecessor, Chesa Boudin. Now, to borrow the line from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” *she’s in one.* missionlocal.org/2025/04/brooke… From @esksf

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.

In an appeal, DA Brooke Jenkins is accused of "lying to the State Bar." A retired judge and a former SF prosecutor have appealed the Bar's placement of Jenkins into an ethics diversionary program, arguing more severe discipline is necessary. From @esksf missionlocal.org/2025/05/da-jen…

80% of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caretakers of their children. Mass incarceration has a ripple effect, causing trauma that can last generations within a single family.