Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.

The twenty-second episode of the first looks broadly at the notion of progressive prosecutors. Since 2016, a new wave of prosecutors have won elected office. They promise to reform the criminal court process in order to rectify perceived biases and undue harshness. This episode explores who they are and what they believe.

https://www.nap.edu/read/10114/chapter/3
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/law-reviews/bclr/e-supp-online/taking-a-deeper-dive-into-progressive-prosecution-evaluating-the-trend-through-the-lens-of-geography-part-one-internal-constraints.html

https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=flro
https://www.texasobserver.org/kim-ogg-progressive-prosecutor-harris-county/
https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/americas-new-crop-of-progressive-prosecutors-are-getting-pushback/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/progressive-prosecutors-aim-change-criminal-justice-system-inside/story?id=73371317

https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/#:~:text=Fundamentally%2C%20progressive%20prosecutors%20seek%20to%20rebalance%20the%20use,those%20punitive%20measures%2C%20or%2C%20at%20least%2C%20divert%20them.
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/about-fjp/our-work-and-vision/
https://medium.com/fair-and-just-prosecution/21-principles-for-the-21st-century-prosecutor-dc1bf0f2732b
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FJP_21Principles_Interactive-w-destinations.pdf
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Immigration.9.25.pdf
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Police-Accountability.9.25.pdf
https://tjcinstitute.com/research/the-case-for-comprehensive-marijuana-reform-policies-public-opinion/
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Marijuana.9.25.pdf
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-19-Solutions-at-a-Glance-8-28-20.pdf
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/63-prosecutors-pledge-criminalize-abortion-roe-wade-overturned/story?id=73606211
https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Joint-Statement-from-Elected-Prosecutors-on-Abortion-Laws-10-14-20.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHbk5BR3cU
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/295/78
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-introbusiness/chapter/meaning-and-purposes-of-the-law/
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p6m3ntr/Define-compare-and-contrast-the-three-political-styles-of-prosecutors-Which/
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/nclr89&div=63&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clr108&div=11&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals

A special thank you goes to HPU’s Media Services Librarian Josh Harris for allowing us to use his outstanding recording equipment.

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