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Write a 5 to 10 page paper concerning the role and power of prosecutors wherein you address the question of how prosecutorial policies and practices may have contributed to mass incarceration in the past but can help reduce mass incarceration today.
Research and listen to the Podcast Series The Power of Prosecutors: A Podcast Series from New Thinking
Google Matt Watkins, Senior Writer, host and producer of the Center for Court Innovation “new Thinking” podcast about criminal justice reform. You may go to https://www.courtinnovation.org/about/people/matt-watkins (Links to an external site.). Listen to the entire series of podcasts about prosecutors:
Prosecutor Power #1: John Pfaff on Mass Incarceration
Prosecutor Power #2: A Public Defender on the Urgency of Reform
Prosecutor Power #3: Reform From Within—The Brooklyn D.A.
Prosecutor Power #4: Kim Foxx, Rooted in Humanity
Prosecutor Power #5, Adam Foss: Use Your Power Well
Prosecutor Power #6: Larry Krasner, The Antagonist
Prosecutor Power #7: Strength in Numbers
Prosecutor Power #8: What's Next for Progressive Prosecutors?
The Power of Prosecutors – William & Mary Law School by Jeffery Bellin, May 4, 2019
The Perverse Power of the Prosecutor, How responsible are prosecutors for holding back aggressive criminal justice reform? By John Pfaff
The Changing political landscape for Elected Prosecutor, by David Alan Sklansky
Prosecutors Keep Their Jobs by Putting People in Jail. Can they Be Leaders in the Fight for Criminal-Justice Reform? By Collier Meyerson, November 14, 2017
Electing Progressive Prosecutors Isn’t Enough. Now Activists are Holding Them Accountable. By Adeshina Emmanuel.
America’s death penalty capital: can a black DA really change the system?
What if Prosecutors Wanted to Keep People Out of Prison? By Nick Tabor
Are prosecutors the key to criminal justice reform? By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, May 18, 2016