By Monica Naranjo 2021 FJP Summer Fellow Boston University School of Law, Class of 2023 As I write this, it is my last day as an FJP Summer Fellow at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (SCDAO). It seems like it was only yesterday when DA Rachael Rollins had all…

By Anthony Hernandez 2021 FJP Summer Fellow Stanford Law School, Class of 2023 The path to my 2021 summer fellowship with the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office in Ann Arbor, Mich., started a few years ago in a different Midwestern state. I stepped away from my job as a teacher to…

By Victoria Sheber 2021 FJP Summer Fellow Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2023 I’ve always suffered from what I call “star-struck syndrome” — the inability to speak, or even think, around people whom I admire. I’ve been embarrassed countless times as I stumble over words, thinking of a way…

FJP joined the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) in a joint statement underscoring the importance of specialization, training, and experience for judges, prosecutors, and defenders assigned to the all-important juvenile delinquency practice area, so they can better address the…

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Because excessive and extreme sentences have remained a staple of the US approach to criminal justice, we continue to incarcerate hundreds of thousands of people who no longer pose a safety risk. …

Today, the United States has more people serving life sentences than the total number of individuals who were incarcerated in 1970. This figure is alarming and puts in perspective the United States’ world-leading incarceration rates. In early April, 64 criminal justice leaders joined together in a statement urging elected prosecutors…

Four years ago, many thought of reform-minded elected prosecutors as a flash in the pan. Yet, what started out as a handful of change agents has grown into a movement and become the new normal in prosecution. Every year, more visionary leaders like Rachael Rollins, Larry Krasner, Eli Savit…

One out of every four people entering prison is incarcerated for a technical violation, a starting point that has fueled mass incarceration and cost taxpayers billions without making communities any safer. “What we know is that mass supervision does not keep us safe.” – JustLeadershipUSA President DeAnna Hoskins In…

By Kevin Shang 2020 FJP Summer Fellow UCLA School of Law, Class of 2022 I first read about Mark Gonzalez in 2018 while killing time at my office job. Back then, I was on a constant cycle of working during the day and studying for the Law School Admission Test…