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“This Election Is a Whole Lot Bigger Than What Happens in Philadelphia”

Last November, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a characteristically blunt warning to anyone hatching plans to “play militia,” threaten voters, or otherwise interfere in the upcoming election: “F around and find out.” “You can have your fun in a jail cell, ’cause that’s what’s coming,” he said in a press conference that went viral […]


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Trump’s “Opening Salvo” in His War Against Criminal Justice Reform Starts With This One Nonprofit

Earlier this month, the Vera Institute of Justice, a national criminal justice reform nonprofit, was notified that all five of its federal grants had been abruptly canceled by the Department of Justice. The lost funding, totaling approximately $5 million, had supported ongoing programs to improve prison conditions and mental health crisis response, as well as […]


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