The Rise of Progressive Prosecutors in the United States: Politics, Prospects, and Perils

O Mitchell, N Petersen - Annual Review of Criminology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Throughout much of the United States, progressive chief prosecutors (PCPs) have
campaigned for office by pledging to end mass incarceration and reduce disparities therein …

The pathological whiteness of prosecution

I Thusi - Cal. L. Rev., 2022 - HeinOnline
This Article examines the ways that Whiteness is the norm within the criminal legal system,
including within criminal law commentary. It does so by focusing on the burgeoning area of …

Transforming the progressive prosecutor movement

D Covert - Wis. L. REv., 2021 - HeinOnline
Law students interested in criminal practice are frequently asked whether they plan to be a
public defender or a prosecutor. In the last several years, many of these budding lawyers are …

Expanding the Reach of Progressive Prosecution

J Bellin - The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 2020 - JSTOR
This Symposium comes at a critical juncture for America's prosecutors. One important
question—“Is there room for a new kind of prosecutor?”—has already been answered. Self …

Prosecutors and their state and local polities

RF Wright - The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 2020 - JSTOR
Prosecutors routinely decline to file charges in individual cases; sometimes they also
announce general policies about declinations that apply prospectively to entire categories of …

Are progressive chief prosecutors effective in reducing prison use and cumulative racial/ethnic disadvantage? Evidence from Florida

O Mitchell, DO Mora, TL Sticco… - Criminology & Public …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Progressive chief prosecutors, campaigning on platforms
calling for reducing prison populations and racial/ethnic disparities, have been elected in …

Prosecutors and mass incarceration

SB Baughman, MS Wright - S. Cal. L. Rev., 2020 - HeinOnline
PROSECUTORS AND MASS INCARCERATION Page 1 PROSECUTORS AND MASS
INCARCERATION SHIMA BARADARAN BAUGHMAN* & MEGAN S. WRIGHTt It has long been …

A Fiduciary Theory of Prosecution

BA Green, R Roiphe - Am. UL Rev., 2019 - HeinOnline
Generations of scholars have failed to arrive at a unifying theory of prosecution, one that
explains the complex role that prosecutors play in our democratic system. This Article draws …

Inside the black box of prosecutor discretion

MS Wright, SB Baughman, C Robertson - UC Davis L. Rev., 2021 - HeinOnline
Inside the Black Box of Prosecutor Page 1 Inside the Black Box of Prosecutor Discretion
Megan S. Wright,t* Shima Baradaran Baughman* & Christopher Robertson*** In their charging …

Electoral Change and Progressive Prosecutors

RF Wright, JL Yates, CB Hessick - Ohio St. J. Crim. L., 2021 - HeinOnline
There is more than one way to be a prosecutor and therefore more than one way to
campaign for the office. Journalists have noticed this lately, devoting more attention to …