Upheaval in the San Francisco DA’s Office After Brooke Jenkins Appointment
Prosecutors worried that Jenkins was too close to the mayor and planned to bring back the war on drugs. Many were just fired.
Tana Ganeva
Tana Ganeva is a reporter covering criminal justice, drug policy, immigration, and politics. She's written for the Washington Post, RollingStone.com, Glamour, Gothamist, Vice, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Prior to that she was deputy editor of The Influence, a web magazine about drug policy and criminal justice. For years she served as the managing editor of AlterNet.org.
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Biden Has Said Pot Prisoners Should Be Free. Now He’s Poised to Send Some Back to Prison.
Reports that the Biden administration will end home confinement for people released during the pandemic have spurred a flurry of activism.
Fate Winslow, Freed in December From a One-Time Life Sentence for Pot, Has Been Murdered
Winslow was released after 12 years in prison following a change in Louisiana law.
NYPD Cops Accused of Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia Cost the City $500,000 Over Four Years
One lawsuit the city settled for $70,000 alleged that a cop said, “Shut the fuck up, you Black bitch,” while making an arrest.
How a Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Gained His Freedom
Innocence Project New Orleans lawyers relied on a July court ruling to make a case for Fate Winslow’s release. He’d been in prison for 12 years.
Despite Huge Number of Misconduct Complaints, Cops at NYPD's 75th Precinct Keep Getting Promotions
There has been little to no accountability for the staggering number of lawsuits and substantiated civilian complaints against the troubled precinct.
NYPD’s Culture of Impunity Sees an Officer Repeatedly Accused of Physical and Sexual Abuse Rising Through the Ranks
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pledge to discipline officers who commit violence does nothing to address NYPD’s culture of rewarding bad behavior.
America's Crowded Prisons Are About to Create a Coronavirus Crisis in Rural America
The prison economy has been a lifeline for rural communities for decades, but that lifeline has transformed into a vector for coronavirus.
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New York City Has Done Almost Nothing to Protect 70,000 People in its Homeless Shelters From Coronavirus Spread
“To treat us like the dregs of society is not nice. We all are equally important and I wish sometimes people would see that.”
In Michigan, Where Pot Is Legal, Will Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Take Up Case of Man Serving Decades for a Weed Offense?
Michael Thompson is serving 40-60 years for what is essentially a nonviolent pot offense. He's asking for clemency once again.