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SUMMARY:Crime and Punishment in the Statehouse: New Data and a Conversation with Experts
DESCRIPTION:Listen to the results of a new report analyzing over 11\,000 bills proposed across all 50 states about how state legislatures have attempted to expand or contract laws on crime and punishment. Then\, an esteemed panel of experts will provide context and insight on the utility of these efforts. \nPanelists: \n\nRobert Hamill\, Project Manager\, Council of State Governments Justice Center\n\nGary Daniels\, Legislative Director\, ACLU of Ohio\n\nVikrant Reddy\, Senior Fellow\, Stand Together Trust\n\nJohn Roman\, Senior Fellow & Director\, Center on Public Safety and Justice\, University of Chicago NORC\n\n\nThe event will be moderated by: \nCarissa Byrne Hessick \nAnne Shea Ransdell and William Garland “Buck” Ransdell\, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law\nDirector of the Prosecutors and Politics Project
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/crime-and-punishment-in-the-statehouse-new-data-and-a-conversation-with-experts/
CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Prosecuting Cannabis: Approaches from States without Legalization
DESCRIPTION:Over the last decade\, a large number of states have adopted various forms of marijuana reform. To date\, 21 states have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes and 38 have legalized medical marijuana use. While public opinion polls suggest that the vast majority of people support marijuana legalization\, less is known about the opinions and policies of prosecuting attorneys in states that have not yet legalized marijuana for any purpose. \nJoin the Prosecutors and Politics Project at UNC School of Law and the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for a conversation with a panel of legal experts and academics. Panelists will discuss results from a recent study of marijuana enforcement and examine how different district attorney offices approach marijuana offenses.
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/prosecuting-cannabis-approaches-from-states-without-legalization/
CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Watch: Media Coverage of Prosecutors and Their Elections
DESCRIPTION:  \nWatch now: Play a recording of this event. \nA recent survey found that most Americans do not know that their local prosecutor is elected.  How could that be? \nOne possible answer to that question may lie in the media coverage that prosecutors receive.  Outside of large cities\, prosecutors do not receive much media coverage\, and the coverage that they do receive rarely mentions that they are an elected office—even in an election year. \nJoin the Prosecutors and Politics Project for an important discussion about media coverage of prosecutors and their elections\, featuring journalists and prosecutors! \nPanelists include: \nMark Dupree\, Sr.\, District Attorney in Wyandotte County\, Kansas \nDupree leads an office of over 60 employees. His administration has increased the felony trial conviction rate by 27%. Dupree has successfully created the first ever “Conviction Integrity Unit” in the state of Kansas\, since re-named “Community Integrity Unit” which is responsible for ensuring that convictions obtained previously still hold integrity today and holding law enforcement accountable with the establishment of a hotline for residents to register complaints. His efforts for transforming the traditional manner in which District Attorney’s Offices have operated has been recognized nationally\, with articles featured twice in the New York Times and interviewed on the nationally syndicated Roland Martin Show. Community involvement is the bedrock of the Dupree Administration. It builds community trust\, and that trust greatly assists in crime prevention and bringing justice. Dupree and his administration lead the way in speaking at schools\, neighborhood watch meetings\, church gatherings\, and civic organizations. \nJulie Gunnigle\, Legal Director\, Arizona NORML \nGunnigle is an attorney and former prosecutor who fights for justice in our criminal legal system\, for funding in our public schools\, and for reproductive justice for our families. She was the 2020 and 2022 Democratic nominee for Maricopa County Attorney\, coming closer than any reform candidate in 40 years to taking that office. Since that time\, Gunnigle has worked as the Legal Director for Arizona NORML where she helps individuals who have been directly impacted by the war on drugs expunge their convictions and get a true second chance. \nGeorge Joseph\, Senior Reporter for The City \nJoseph is a Senior Reporter for The City with a focus on criminal justice and courts. He previously worked for WNYC and Gothamist\, and has published stories with NPR\, ProPublica\, Esquire\, and The Intercept among other outlets. \nWill Knight\, Attorney\, Maricopa County\, Arizona\n \nKnight is a directly impacted Colombian-American attorney who practices criminal defense and civil rights litigation in Phoenix\, Arizona.  Knight has a background in both prosecution and indigent defense\, and he had the privilege of defending numerous protesters against false\, politically motivated gang prosecutions during the 2020 uprising\, leading to several high profile multi-plaintiff and class action lawsuits against local police and prosecutors.  Knight ran in a crowded field for Maricopa County Attorney in 2019 and 2020 following the appointment of the previous office-holder to the Supreme Court of Arizona. \nRyan Thornburg\, Associate Professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media \nThornburg is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an interest in social media\, data driven reporting and digital media economics. Before joining the school in 2007\, he spent a decade in leadership positions in online newsrooms\, mostly working on national and international news at The Washington Post.
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/media-coverage-of-prosecutors-and-their-elections/
CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Watch: Private Money in Prosecutor Elections: the Pros\, the Cons\, and the Facts
DESCRIPTION:Watch now: Play a recording of this panel discussion \n\nThe Prosecutors and Politics Project will host a lunchtime conversation and share the results of the first national study of campaign contributions in prosecutor elections. Attendees will also hear from experts about the promise and the peril of private financing in prosecutor campaigns. \nPanelists: \nJessica Brand\, Wren Collective\nJessica Brand is the founder of the Wren Collective\, which provides research\, policy\, and communications support to those who are trying to shrink the criminal legal system and implement policies that actually help communities thrive. She has helped run numerous political campaigns\, including the successful Larry Krasner and Kim Gardner reelections\, and works with progressive prosecutors across the country. “The Wreners” also advise grassroots and grasstop groups\, athletes\, and artists on their advocacy work. Previously\, Jessica was the legal director at The Justice Collaborative\, an attorney at the Texas Defender Service\, and an appellate attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Jessica has trained attorneys on forensic and mental health issues across the country. \nCiara Torres-Spelliscy\, Brennan Center Fellow\nCiara Torres-Spelliscy is a professor at Stetson University’s College of Law teaching courses in Election Law\, Corporate Governance\, Business Entities\, and Constitutional Law. Prior to joining Stetson’s faculty\, Professor Torres-Spelliscy was counsel in the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law where she provided guidance on the issues of money in politics and the judiciary to state and federal lawmakers. She was an associate at Arnold & Porter LLP and a staffer for Senator Richard Durbin. She is the author of the books Corporate Citizen (2016) and Political Brands (2019). \nWhitney Tymas\, Justice & Public Safety PAC\nWhitney Tymas is an attorney with over 30 years of experience in criminal law. She has led initiatives to promote fairness and accountability and has taught and presented widely across the nation. Whitney advises individuals\, organizations and political action committees\, such as Justice & Public Safety PAC\, Justice & Public Safety Action Fund and others\, about justice policy and strategy. In 2015\, Whitney launched a national initiative focused on electing progressive local prosecutors\, committed to equity and public safety. Since then\, she has overseen almost fifty campaigns in prosecutor races across the country. Before this\, Whitney served as director of the Prosecution and Racial Justice Program at the Vera Institute of Justice. This groundbreaking national program identified and sought to remedy patterns of racial injustice and ethnic disparity caused by prosecutors. Beginning in New York City as a public defender with the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem\, Whitney also practiced law at the Office of the Appellate Defender\, the Legal Aid Society Criminal Appeals Bureau\, as a prosecutor in Virginia\, and in private practice as a defense and civil rights attorney. Whitney has practiced in state and federal courts\, at the trial and appellate levels\, handling a wide range of criminal cases\, from misdemeanors to multiple defendant homicides. Whitney is a graduate of Barnard College and New York University School of Law\, where she was a Root-Tilden-Snow Scholar. She was born in Washington\, DC\, came to adulthood in Harlem\, and has devoted her life to public service and social justice. \n 
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/private-money-in-prosecutor-elections-the-pros-the-cons-and-the-facts/
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CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Watch: District Attorney Candidate Debate
DESCRIPTION:The Prosecutors and Politics Project hosted a debate for the candidates in the 2022 election for Orange/Chatham District Attorney. \nWatch now: Play a recording of this debate
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/district-attorney-candidate-debate/
CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Watch: The Rise of the Prosecutor Politician: A Cause of Mass Incarceration\, 1944-1992
DESCRIPTION:Watch now: Play a recording of this panel discussion \n\nThe Prosecutors and Politics Project hosts a lunchtime conversation with Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman on The Rise of the Prosecutor Politicians\, 1944-1992: A Cause of Mass Incarceration. \n 
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/rise-prosecutor-politician-mass-incarceration-1944-1992/
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CATEGORIES:Home Page Events,Prosecutors and Politics Project
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SUMMARY:Watch: "Politics at the Department of Justice"
DESCRIPTION:Watch Now: Play a recording of this panel discussion \n\nIn the wake of several controversial decisions and public statements by Attorney General William Barr\, people have begun to question what role politics should play at the Department of Justice. This panel of thoughtful experts will offer their accounts of the role of politics of DOJ and answer audience questions. \nThis event is hosted by the Prosecutors and Politics Project. \nPanelists: \n\nR. Joseph Burby ’96\, Alston & Bird (former ASUSA Northern District of Georgia)\nKate Klonick\, St. John’s School of Law (former journalist)\nJonathan Kravis\, Munger\, Tolles & Olson (former federal prosecutor and lead government attorney on U.S. v. Roger Stone)\nMarty Lederman\, Georgetown Law School (former DAAG Officeof Legal Counsel)\n\nModerator: Carissa Byrne Hessick\, UNC School of Law \n\nWatch Now: Play a recording of this panel discussion
URL:https://law.unc.edu/event/politics-at-the-department-of-justice/
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