New White Paper – 'Preempting Progress: States Take Aim at Local Prosecutors'
LSSC has co-published a new white paper examining the use of preemption to thwart criminal justice reform. Preempting Progress: States Take Aim at Local Prosecutorsexamines how as local communities have called on prosecutors to use their discretion to embrace reform and a less carceral approach to criminal justice, states have intervened in an attempt to force prosecutors to continue tough-on-crime policies.
In particular, as prosecutors in abortion-restrictive states are pledging not to prosecute people exercising their reproductive rights, states are beginning to intensify preemption of prosecutorial discretion. LSSC is dedicated to supporting advocates on the ground in states as they combat this emerging trend.
An additional supplement sets out a more detailed list of state legislative as well as executive, judicial, and private attempts to preempt prosecutorial discretion. Click here to read the supplement.
