2/ “A September report from the National Registry of Exonerations...found that prosecutorial misconduct...played a role in 30 percent of cases between 1989 and 2019 that later resulted in exonerations.” @exonerationlistlaw.umich.edu/special/exoner…
3/ “[R]eform-minded prosecutors across the country are establishing Conviction Integrity Units that work cooperatively with defense attorneys and innocence organizations...to determine whether prior convictions were, in fact, miscarriages of justice."
4/ "At a moment of national reckoning on racial injustice, reviewing past convictions is also critical to addressing the criminal legal system’s pervasive racial disparities. Sixty percent of the 375 people exonerated...by DNA evidence since 1989 were Black."
5/ “The job of a prosecutor is to pursue justice, not to win at all costs. One innocent person behind bars is too many.”
Thanks to @AndrewWarrenFL & other #21stCenturyProsecutors for modeling these principles.
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1/ 64 elected prosecutors issued a joint statement today affirming that they will not prosecute abortion decisions, even if the protections of Roe v. Wade are eroded or overtuned. Read the statement: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/upl…
2/ "[A]s prosecutors we should not and will not criminalize healthcare decisions such as these – and we believe it is our obligation as elected prosecutors charged with protecting the health and safety of all members of our community to make our views clear."
3/ “In our view, resources are better utilized to prevent and address serious crimes that impact our community rather than enforcing laws such as these that divide our community, create untenable choices for women and healthcare providers, and erode trust in the justice system.”
America is the only country to condemn children to die behind bars through juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. Read this new @JJIEnews op-ed from @miriamkrinsky, Buta Biberaj, and Carol Siemon on ending JLWOP: jjie.org/2020/10/12/pol…
“Our system is sadly predisposed to see the humanity in white children more than children of color; approximately 70% of children sentenced to life without parole have been Black since 2012.”
“By one estimate, as of 2018, 2,500 people were still serving life sentences imposed for grievous mistakes they made as children.”