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Piper French

@psfrench.bsky.social
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reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation piperstrehlowfrench@gmail.com -> psfrench.com en/es/fr

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 23h
I spoke to @psfrench.bsky.social for this great piece, flagging the tension inherent in the City Attorney’s charge to defend the City when it harms people while also seeking justice for residents. At the end of the day, you have to pick a side: LA deserves someone who will stand with its people.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 14/09/2026
Lost at Sea depicts the anchor-outs as the inheritors of an old tradition: the pilgrimage to the far edge of the country in pursuit of riches, a break with the past, or simply the unknown.” —@psfrench.bsky.social
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Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay | Piper French
Joe Kloc’s portrait of a group of outsiders living on boats in Marin County provides a record of a community many wish would quietly disappear.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For years, Alaska officials prosecuted (& persecuted) a community of American Samoans in the city of Whittier, threatening them with years in prison for the crime of voting. You may have read about this when we covered it in Bolts earlier this year. HUGE NEWS: Alaska just dropped all charges.
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After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts
Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 09/09/2026
“Against the politics of disappearance, [Joe Kloc] is writing to create a record. Though the anchor-outs may be gone, something of their strange community abides.” —@psfrench.bsky.social
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Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay | Piper French
Joe Kloc’s portrait of a group of outsiders living on boats in Marin County provides a record of a community many wish would quietly disappear.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 03/09/2026
Our 9/24 issue is now online, with @jacobweisberg.bsky.social on craven Dartmouth, Miranda Seymour on Gwendoline Riley, Jed Rakoff on the courts and the climate, @psfrench.bsky.social on houseboat living, @omerbartov.bsky.social on antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and much more.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Last yr, Newsom vetoed an initial bill forcing data centers to disclose water usage amid pressure from big tech, saying he was “reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements … without understanding the full impact on businesses & the consumers of their technology.” calmatters.org/environment/...
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Newsom already said no to data centers disclosing water use once. Now he has two more chances
California data centers guzzle billions of gallons of water to cool AI servers — and the public still doesn't know how much. Lawmakers want that to change. Newsom vetoed the idea last year. Now two ne...
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In February I wrote about 2 Bay Area cases (SF and Santa Clara) where DAs sought felony conspiracy charges vs. Palestine protesters. Update: Both juries deadlocked on the felony charges. Now SF DA Brooke Jenkins has decided to dismiss that case's felony charges. boltsmag.org/stanford-san...
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In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
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Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This new piece by @psfrench.bsky.social is a landmark article, many months in the making – the most comprehensive account to date of NYC-DSA’s ascension and the difficult strategic questions that its electoral success has posed www.thedriftmag.com/socialists-i...
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Socialists in Office
NYC-DSA Is Put to the Test
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Seriously, please support this platform.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Maine just told ICE to get out
Hundreds of the state's police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency.
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 08/07/2026
In our newsletter today, @tarpley.bsky.social revisits @psfrench.bsky.social’s Drift essay on RICO in light of the Trump administration’s intensifying criminalization of protest. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/more-atom-...
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More atom bomb than silver bullet
Piper French on RICO
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Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
After years of hunger strikes and litigation, survivors of solitary in California passed the Mandela Act to restrict isolation. But the governor vetoed it and told prison officials to make their own reforms. @psfrench.bsky.social reports how they’re now backtracking on even those minor reforms:
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Solitary Reforms in California - Bolts
California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, three years after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to rein in solitary confinement.
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Sam Schulz @sam-schulz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"The reversals have validated advocates’ earlier fears about Newsom’s decision to let the prison system handle its own reforms, rather than imposing legislative guardrails. They come at a time of reduced judicial oversight, too." Via @psfrench.bsky.social @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/california-d...
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Solitary Reforms in California - Bolts
California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, four years after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to rein in solitary confinement.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
To this day, one of the most unbelievable facts we’ve ever published in @boltsmag.org: Over a 40-year period, *80* percent of death row convictions in Louisiana have ended up getting reversed.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My colleague @psfrench.bsky.social spent a while reporting on this case before it was vacated, while Duncan was on death row. Read her incredible reporting. boltsmag.org/the-human-co...
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The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
❗SCOTUS ruled today a defendant can't just waive away their rights to an appeal if that'd be a miscarriage of justice. Gorsuch wrote a concurrence saying: If we don't limit this, prosecutors will keep pushing their luck. And he cited Bolts' article on waivers in Virginia to show how far they go:
If a defendant may prospectively waive the right to appeal his sentence, too, one might wonder what’s to stop
prosecutors from pushing their luck further yet. Might we
eventually face plea agreements that include prospective
waivers of the defendant’s right to complain about future
unreasonable searches and seizures of his home? See L.
Gill, Virginia Governor Vetoes a Ban on Plea Deals that
Waive People’s Constitutional Rights, Bolts (Apr. 14, 2026),
https://perma.cc/3FL2-LBNB.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
whoa apnews.com/article/deat...
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Republican Gov. Mike DeWine wants Ohio to abolish the death penalty, saying it is not a deterrent
Gov. Mike DeWine says he believes Ohio should abolish the death penalty. The term-limited governor, who has repeatedly postponed scheduled executions, said Tuesday that data shows the death penalty is...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The size of the reelection victory of Kenneth Mejia (LA's left-wing city auditor) is very striking. He leads his challenger (who was endorsed by many prominent Dem officials) by more than 20%. revisit @psfrench.bsky.social's great profile of him from years ago: boltsmag.org/los-angeles-...
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Auditing the Status Quo in Los Angeles - Bolts
Editor’s note (Nov. 11, 2022): Kenneth Mejia won the election for controller in the Nov. 8 election. Last summer, a billboard with an unexpected image graced the intersection of Olympic... Read More
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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How Bari Weiss's Free Press laundered MAGA talking points about refugees
As Weiss rebuilds CBS News and 60 Minutes in her own image, her flagship publication continues to whitewash some of Trump's cruelest policies
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 02/06/2026
Great feature from @boltsmag.org on how NYPD's civilian oversight board is...kinda not that.
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The NYPD Has Final Say on Civilian Oversight. Will That Change Under Mamdani? - Bolts
New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen brought 1 of the harshest cases vs. Palestine campus protesters–until a judge kicked him off the case for framing it as "fighting antisemitism" to his "AIPAC [email] list" in order to fundraise. Today, Rosen is up for reelection for a 5th term: boltsmag.org/santa-clara-...
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This DA Tried to Punish Stanford Protesters Again, Until Judge Pulled Him from Case - Bolts
Defendants had asked for Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen to be recused after evidence emerged that he was using the ongoing prosecution to fundraise for his reelection bid on June 2.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Also, I have a new piece on the ins and outs of New York's supposedly independent civilian review board – why the NYPD retains so much control over the process, and what Mamdani could do to demonstrate a real commitment to police accountability: boltsmag.org/nypd-civilia...
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The NYPD Has Final Say on Civilian Oversight. Will That Change Under Mamdani? - Bolts
New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
As war criminals like Bezalel Smotrich parade in NYC alongside US public officials, the Gaza flotilla's participants are recovering from the extreme violence inflicted on them at sea. I wrote about the history of the flotilla movement's efforts to break the blockade: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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To Break the Siege | Piper French
When a ship sends out a Mayday signal, nearby vessels have a duty to come to its aid. This is a core tenet of maritime law. But on Monday, May 18, when a
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
NEW: Civilian oversight of the NYPD in New York City has been continually overturned and weakened. And so far this year, there've been new setbacks. Can that possibly change? It'd take going after a history of police union running roughshod over civilian leaders, @psfrench.bsky.social writes:
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The NYPD Has Final Say on Civilian Oversight. Will That Change Under Mamdani? - Bolts
New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New York's legislature has passed a bill banning 287(g) agreements with ICE, @nysfocus.com reports: nysfocus.com/2026/05/22/h... If the bill is adopted, New York would be the 11th state with a 287(g) ban, and the 5th (NJ, MD, NM, ME) to enact a ban this year alone. @boltsmag.org map for reference:
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
NEW: A California DA was prosecuting Stanford students for felonies over pro-Palestine protests. Bolts reported back in February that he was fundraising off these cases. Learning this, defense attorneys dug more, & filed a motion to force Rosen off the case for bias. A judge just removed him:
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This DA Tried to Punish Stanford Protesters Again, Until Judge Pulled Him from Case - Bolts
Defendants had asked for Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen to be recused after evidence emerged that he was using the ongoing prosecution to fundraise for his reelection bid on June 2.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NEW: A former Phoenix PD officer whose company trained an ICE paramilitary unit was involved in six shootings while on duty, four of which resulted in death. @awinston.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/an-ice...
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An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings
David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a f***ing savage,” now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Security’s Special Response Teams.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
see also Piper's own reporting on this: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I tend to agree w people who say innocence cases are the low-hanging fruit of carceral reform, but it's remarkable - & deeply symptomatic - how far Louisiana officials will go to deny that these clear miscarriages of justice occur & even retaliate against their victims apnews.com/article/new-...
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Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmakers are racing to eliminate the position.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
NEW: A @wired.com investigation based on DHS records ID’d the paramilitary Border Patrol units involved in high-profile violent confrontations with civilians during Midway Blitz—and much more. @awinston.bsky.social & @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop www.wired.com/story/border...
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz laid out in the starkest terms yet that Israel plans to occupy nearly 10% of the country. ...Katz previously specified that Shiites would not be allowed to return and likened Israel’s strategy in Lebanon to that in Gaza." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...
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Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
www.startribune.com/minnesota-su... Interesting development as DAs and state AGs seeking to hold federal agents accountable for abuse navigate pretty uncharted waters
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... this is really so outrageous. one of the defendants wasn't even at the protest, was only charged w concealing a document (for "moving leftwing zines" !) and now faces up to 40 years in federal prison.
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Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas
Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Based on something I dug up for this piece – that Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen's campaign website has a "fighting Anti-Semitism" page where he boasts about prosecuting the Stanford students – the students' lawyers have moved to kick Rosen's office off its retrial. boltsmag.org/stanford-san...
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In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Based on something I dug up for this piece – that Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen's campaign website has a "fighting Anti-Semitism" page where he boasts about prosecuting the Stanford students – the students' lawyers have moved to kick Rosen's office off its retrial. boltsmag.org/stanford-san...
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In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today is the 1 year anniversary of Jessie Hoffman's execution. In the past yr, Louisiana has kept trying to kill its death row prisoners (thus far failing), restricted post conviction relief to expedite killings–& Chris Duncan's conviction was vacated, yet more proof of a fundamentally flawed system
A photo of former death row prisoner Jessie Hoffman, who was executed by the state of Louisiana in 2025
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Five years ago, @elizabethweill.bsky.social and I did a deep dive for @nysfocus.bsky.social on the many irregularities in the case against Anthony Sims. Now, 28 years after his conviction, he's finally getting a new trial! hellgatenyc.com/after-28-yea...
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After 28 Years Trapped in a Legal Nightmare, Anthony Sims Is No Longer 'Guilty'
A state appeals court judge overturned Sims' conviction for a 1998 murder after years of resistance from the Brooklyn DA's office.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The shadow of a felony conviction and prison time still hang over a lot of exonerees after their release, affecting their lives and circumscribing their opportunities in various ways, but this really takes the cake: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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She Spent Nearly 23 Years in Prison for a Crime She Didn’t Commit. Now She May Be Deported.
On Monday, Carmen Mejia was officially exonerated in the 2003 scalding death of an infant.
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Tim Pierce @unchi.org · 05/03/2026
This is an excellent, deep, deep report into a catastrophically flawed capital punishment case. Long but extremely worth your while.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Chris's conviction was overturned & he's been out of Angola since November, but the state is *still* trying to reinstate his guilty verdict & death sentence. The family of the girl he was accused of killing now believes deeply in his innocence & has filed a remarkable amicus brief:
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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 03/03/2026
Here's something I learned in researching this story: Since the death of George Floyd, 2/3rds of the private companies that provided liability insurance to law enforcement agencies pulled out, and those that remained have increased their rates and lowered caps. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/what-to-do...
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What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance
Counties get insurance policies to cover their costs in case someone sues the sheriff or his or her deputies. But what happens when the people who pay the bills can't tell the sheriff what to do?
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This should be a front-page scandal.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 26/02/2026
A record 129 press workers were killed worldwide in 2025, more in one year than in any of the previous three decades. The previous record was set in 2024. For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings.
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Committee to Protect Journalists Reports a Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025
For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings.
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jacob biba @jacobbiba.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
great reporting on the DA's race in Buncombe County. Living here for so long, I'm struck by the fact that there's only been 2 DAs over the last 35 years. Whoever wins will not only have to deal with Iryna's Law, etc. but will have to contend with the problematic legacies of their predecessors
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Support Lex and @lataco.bsky.social's invaluable contributions to investigative journalism in LA: givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
In MA, politicians & groups normally supportive of immigrants make exceptions for prisoners. "People are more willing to talk about banning a hypothetical 287(g) with a hypothetical police department than they are a real 287(g) with the MA Department of Correction." boltsmag.org/massachusett...
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Update: the judge in the Stanford case has declared a mistrial, with jurors "hopelessly deadlocked" on both felony counts – a big embarrassment for the Santa Clara DA, who has already said he'll retry the case.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The most serious charges against pro-Palestine student protestors in the country have come from a Democratic DA in a blue state. In San Francisco & San Jose, prosecutors are using *felony conspiracy* charges to go after activists who aren't accused of any violence boltsmag.org/stanford-san...
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In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
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