Press
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Gideon v. Wainwright Was a Landmark Decision, But Women Invented the Idea of the Public Defender
Teen Vogue
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The Critical Role of Public Defenders in a Post-Roe v. Wade World
TIME
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It’s Time to Make Smarter Choices on Small Crimes
The Hill
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How a New Approach to Public Defense Is Overcoming Mass Incarceration
The New Yorker
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Guest Post: Public Defenders Can Do More for Public Safety — If We Let Them
The Washington Post
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Why More Public Defenders Are Adopting a “Holistic” Model
KQED
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So You Don’t Want To Defund The Police? Here’s Why You Should Fund Public Defense.
Huffpost
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It’s Time We Relax Hiring Restrictions for People with Criminal Records
Fast Company
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Opinion: New York's Public Safety and Affordable Housing Crises are Inextricably Linked
City & State New York
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From University of Idaho to Tyre Nichols, Here's What We Get Wrong About Public Safety
USA Today
Justice 120
Dirty truths about the legal system in two minutes and change
It's the weekly video folks! This week: a new report out reveals that as many as 700,000 Americans per year might be wrongfully arrested on the basis of "field tests" for drugs that have a ~huge~ false positive rate. Watch, learn, get mad, tell your friends ⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/81wsrCieCe
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) January 10, 2024
Hey folks! It's your weekly video on the dirty secrets of the legal system from @PFJ_USA and EXTRA EXCITING...this week you get TWO videos.
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) September 28, 2023
Why two you say? Because this week we're talking about bail, and I couldn't resist telling you a little bit of bail's sordid history. pic.twitter.com/0CTzOlad1v
The weekly video is out! This week: felony murder, or how you could end up sentenced to life in prison for a murder you didn't commit, and weren't even near when it happened. pic.twitter.com/i9nQEWULta
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) December 14, 2023
Hey folks! It's your weekly video from @PFJ_USA . This week we're talking about what happens when police interrogate kids...and the summary version is that the info that comes out of accused kids should probably not be used, because they falsely confess ALL. THE. TIME. pic.twitter.com/3QHQxHKOqp
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) September 22, 2023
It's your weekly video from me and @PFJ_USA on dirty corners of the criminal system!
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) September 6, 2023
This week: mugshots. pic.twitter.com/OyQEkYlac9
I promised you that every week I would tell you something you don't know (but should) about criminal courts. Today, let's talk about #debt. pic.twitter.com/EzUhZeUqBf
— Emily Galvin-Almanza (@GalvinAlmanza) August 23, 2023