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Defining the Progressive Prosecution Movement Defining the Progressive Prosecution Movement
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Identifying the Common Levers for Change Identifying the Common Levers for Change
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Cash Bail Cash Bail
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Charging Policies and Diversion Charging Policies and Diversion
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Wrongful Convictions Wrongful Convictions
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The Death Penalty The Death Penalty
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Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice
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Police Brutality and Other Police Misconduct Police Brutality and Other Police Misconduct
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Unpacking the Internal and External Challenges Facing Progressive Prosecutors Unpacking the Internal and External Challenges Facing Progressive Prosecutors
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Special Attacks Rooted in Racism and Misogyny Special Attacks Rooted in Racism and Misogyny
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Attacks on the Legitimate Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion Attacks on the Legitimate Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion
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Strategies for Overcoming the Challenges and for Transforming the Culture Strategies for Overcoming the Challenges and for Transforming the Culture
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Taking Steps to Enable Internal Transformation Taking Steps to Enable Internal Transformation
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The Executive Team The Executive Team
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Communication Communication
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Education Education
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Training Training
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Termination of Staff Termination of Staff
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Tapping National Resources Tapping National Resources
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Paving the Way for External Acceptance of Reforms Paving the Way for External Acceptance of Reforms
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Conclusion: The Need for a National Progressive District Attorney Organization Conclusion: The Need for a National Progressive District Attorney Organization
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Notes Notes
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3 Transforming the Culture: Internal and External Challenges to a New Vision of Prosecution
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Published:May 2022
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Abstract
Professor Angela J. Davis traces the recent history of the progressive prosecution effort, highlighting the issues that these prosecutors have begun to address in an effort to make the system fairer. But against that hopeful backdrop, Davis documents the extreme difficulties these prosecutors have encountered as they have worked to shift the culture away from one that feeds a mass incarceration model to one that is more race-conscious and less punitive. Her gritty account of the real-world challenges in changing the mindset of traditional prosecutors and navigating the often-competing pulls and priorities in maintaining relationships with law enforcement and community groups. The chapter also offers examples of the special race- and gender-based attacks that Black women district attorneys have faced, making the reform work all the more challenging and painful. Those examples also unearth hard-learned lessons about what it takes to transform the internal culture and the external environment to enable reforms in matters such as bail, diversion, discretion, and wrongful conviction to gain traction.
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