California s progressive prosecutors are enhancing safety through reform
Cristine Soto DeBerry
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California has always been at the forefront of progress. From marriage equality to climate change, and the internet; as goes California, so goes the nation. California’s ability to lead, however, has not always resulted in positive change. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Golden State also led the way on implementing tough-on-crime policies. The nation followed, leading to our modern crisis of mass incarceration. Now it is time for us to lead by modeling progressive criminal justice policies and resisting the call from some to roll back recent progress.