On January 27th, 2022, NACDL partnered with the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), Gideon’s Promise and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) to host a conversation about public defense, elected prosecutors, and the power to transform the criminal legal system. The discussion featured Professor Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; Jonathan Rapping, Founder & President, Gideon’s Promise; and Manohar Raju, San Francisco Public Defender; and Akhi Johnson, Acting Director, Reshaping Prosecution, Vera Institute for Justice.
Webinar Resources
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Transforming America’s Criminal Justice Landscape Must Include Public Defender Overhaul, WDET, May 26, 2021.
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A New Generation of Prosecutors is Leading the Charge to Reimagine Public Safety, Data for Progress, November 2021.
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For the People: A Conversation with Larry Krasner, Brennan Center for Justice and John Brademas Center of NYU, May 25, 2021.
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Johnson, Akhi, What’s in a Name? A Small Step Prosecutors Can Take to Build a More Humane System,Vera Institute of Justice, July 24, 2020.
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Davis, Angela J., Reimagining Prosecution: In Search of the True Progressive, 3(1) UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review (2019).
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Davis, Angela J., The Progressive Prosecutor: An Imperative for Criminal Justice Reform, Fordham Law Review Online 87, 8 (2018).
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Rapping, Jonathan, The Power to Transform is Stronger than the Power to Punish: Public Defenders are the Key to Equal Justice, Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal, Vol. 6 (2017).
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Rapping, Jonathan, Who’s Guarding the Henhouse? How the American Prosecutor Came to Devour Those He is Sworn to Protect, Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 51 (2012).
