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Sep 3, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Six weeks into #OperationLegend DOJ has arrested 2,000+ people but has only filed charges in 476 cases.

In other words, they are "declining" to file federal charges in the vast majority of cases (76%).

FYI: That's more than triple the normal federal declination rate for 2019.
Data from USAO Annual Statistical Report, in tbl. 1 (cases filed) & tbl. 14 (cases declined).

I'm calculating declination rate as (filed) / (filed + declined)
justice.gov/usao/page/file… Image
Reminds me of the federal "surge" in #PDX to suppress what the administration called "violent mobs," which led to maybe two dozen federal charges over the course of a three week operation? So, like, a charge a day? (Not sure the latest count.) justice.gov/usao-or/pr/18-…
As I told @pbump in the @washingtonpost back then, there's a perhaps counterintuitive problem here: Arresting people without charging them insulates the arrest itself from any sort of judicial (or often public) scrutiny. Increases risk of lawless arrests. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/… Image
It's a tricky problem to solve:
Well, not *that* tricky. Not arresting people illegally in the first place would take care of it. But...
Sorry, to clarify, the calculation above is the "filed rate." The declination rate is (declined) / (filed + declined), which is what I did to get the declination rate in the initial tweet. Typing too fast when explaining it in the tweet immediately above.🤦🏾‍♂️
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Aug 8, 2021
It's a real New England kind of irony that Walden Pond, of all places, causes regular cortisol spikes in Boston area parents.

Just tell us in advance when you are going to reopen!
We timed our arrival for 11:30, after studying weeks' worth of tweets to predict the reopening time.

Got there at 11:35. 'Twas Closed.

Asked the ranger out front when it'd reopen. "In 45 minutes or an hour."

We drive off. Twelve minutes later, this:
🤯
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Jul 26, 2021
Today we are publicly launching the Institute to End Mass Incarceration. I hope you'll take some time to read about our mission, our approach to our work, and our incredible (and growing) team.
We're here to work with, strategize with, brainstorm with, and support the many existing communities and leaders already deep in the essential work of decarceration. endmassincarceration.org
We're also thrilled to have amazing fellows on our team:

Organizing Fellow @MzBrittBMW
Research Fellow @rachaelbedard &
@cristianafarias, a senior fellow and founding editor of @_inquest_

Read more about their amazing work! endmassincarceration.org/fellows-and-st…
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Jul 22, 2021
Next week, we are launching @_inquest_, a platform for bold, decarceral ideas. We're kicking it off with a series of panels from folks with a wide range of experience and expertise (see thread). Come learn more about Inquest and join our “decarceral brainstorm.”
First, on Tuesday, @premaldharia, @cristianafarias and I will share how Inquest came to be, what we hope it will do, & how it will bridge disciplines & experiences to create a catalytic space for idea-sharing & change. Reg: bit.ly/3BviUFO
Also Tuesday, @rachaelbedard, @dawnrHarrington, Adeola Ogunkeyede & @premaldharia discuss how people from across fields — organizers, lawyers, medical doctors — must work together to understand and address mass incarceration, root and branch. Register: bit.ly/3iDpAJB
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May 19, 2021
This morning we went to court to challenge the Biden administration's continuation of a widely condemned policy fueling mass incarceration in Washington, DC.

Hours earlier, 87 former federal prosecutors wrote to AG Garland to demand that he end this racially unjust tactic.
👀👇🏾
You can read their powerful letter here. drive.google.com/file/d/10JN4ki…
It echoes points made by two former AUSAs in DC, @hodge_jamila and Akhi Johnson, earlier this week in the Washington Post.
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May 16, 2021
In three days, we'll be in court challenging an awful Trump-era policy that doubles prison sentences for Black men in DC.

Civil rights groups and local leaders have spent months urging DOJ to abandon the policy, but no dice.

Looks like it's an awful Biden-era policy now.
Here's @DanielJHemel in today's @washingtonpost describing other criminal and immigration cases "in which the Biden administration’s position seems to be at odds with Biden’s campaign-trail vows." washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
sensing a pattern....

“I’m shocked that more than 100 days in we’re still in an active appeal on something that is so opposed to what the Biden administration claims it’s about.” @tobmer, Dir. of @Harvard_Law Project on Predatory Student Lending
washingtonpost.com/education/2021…
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Apr 10, 2021
This is a really thoughtful and well written piece from @teamtrace on the Biden administration's hugely disappointing decision to continue a Trump-era policy that is fueling mass incarceration in DC. Well worth a read! Some highlights include...
thetrace.org/2021/04/channi…
Calling out the DOJ's misguided and hypocritical argument that longer sentences will deter crime:

"According to the Justice Department’s own research...prison sentences, particularly long ones, are unlikely to deter crime and in some cases may have an opposite effect."
Noting that the policy is unsurprisingly NOT reducing crime in the District:

"In 2019, D.C.’s homicides rose another 4 percent despite the new initiative, according to Washington Metropolitan Police statistics, surpassing a recent high in 2015."
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