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Mike Romano

@mromano

@StanfordLaw | @3StrikesProject | CA Penal Code Revision Committee | SF Ethics Commission | father, husband & dog-lover (tweets my own)

 California, USA
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1/4: In 2019, I wrote a @nytimes op-ed critical of Kamala Harris on criminal justice issues. In the last week every media outlet you can think of has asked me to "comment" on her candidacy. Here you go: Dems--all of us--need to make sure that Kamala Harris wins the presidency.
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Very proud to report: Over 200 clients freed—ZERO have returned to prison. Here’s how we did it: mailchi.mp/6df56abb9e3a/over…
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Endorsement: The Times' recommendation for L.A. District Attorney (via @latimesopinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
Endorsement: The Times' recommendation for L.A. District Attorney

Endorsement: The Times' recommendation for L.A. District Attorney

L.A. Dist. Atty. George Gascón is making the criminal justice reforms voters elected him to carry out. Ignore the law enforcement establishment's resistance and keep him on the job.

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Column: In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works (via @LAtimes) pulse.ly/xsypvxk5xl
Column: In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works

Column: In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works

California plans to remake San Quentin as a new kind of prison, modeled after Scandinavian ideals that value rehabilitation over punishment. An L.A. re-entry facility has already made the change.

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Sometimes solutions are already on the books. @POTUS can lead on criminal law reform & safely correct unfair sentences—w/o relying on Congress for new laws or the (intractable) clemency process. nytimes.com/2023/12/29/opini…
Opinion | How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration (Published 2023)

Opinion | How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration (Published 2023)

A little-used law could empower prison officials to recommend to judges that they release incarcerated people who have demonstrated rehabilitation.

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How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration, by @mromano @3strikesproject in @nytimes. nytimes.com/2023/12/29/opini…
Opinion | How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration (Published 2023)

Opinion | How Biden Can Tackle Mass Incarceration (Published 2023)

A little-used law could empower prison officials to recommend to judges that they release incarcerated people who have demonstrated rehabilitation.

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CA retail theft trends
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CA retail theft law relative to other states
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“Crime rates at historic lows..” sfchronicle.com/politics/art…
California should reduce prison sentences, panel recommends

California should reduce prison sentences, panel recommends

With crime rates in California at historic lows, the state should take steps to reduce prison sentences and limit or ban fines for low-income defendants, a state panel said Tuesday.

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My client was sentenced to life for shoplifting beer. He’s already served 24 yrs, has a distinguished prison record, and is about to turn 60. Why on earth are prosecutors fighting to keep him looked up?
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Another great win for our team @StanfordLaw @3strikesproject
3 Strikes Project (@3strikesproject) profile picture3 Strikes Project@3strikesproject13 Nov 2023
So incredibly happy for James (and his mom) as James' life term is thrown out -- with blessing of prosecutors, prison officials, and the judge -- after 19 long years!
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More skateboards, fewer cops. sfstandard.com/2023/11/01/un…
Here's When San Francisco's New Skate Park at UN Plaza Will Open

Here's When San Francisco's New Skate Park at UN Plaza Will Open

The project is on track to open on Nov. 8, according to city officials.

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Half of these students are about to graduate from an elite law school, the other half are serving life sentences. Teaching criminal law reform behind bars w @StanfordLaw and @MtTamCollege @ San Quentin State Prison. @SanQuentinNews @3strikesproject
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Violent crime rates in California cities going down, according to major city police chiefs.
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Inspiring approach to public defense: addressing root causes, telling full stories, finding genuine solutions. From the one & only @GalvinAlmanza + @PFJ_USA newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
How a New Approach to Public Defense Is Overcoming Mass Incarceration

How a New Approach to Public Defense Is Overcoming Mass Incarceration

Public defenders represent eighty per cent of all people charged with a crime in this country, and they typically work in offices that are underfunded and understaffed.

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@JuddLegum5 Oct 2023
3. Target is also closing its location on Folsom Street in San Fransisco. But according to SFDP data, there were fewer incidents of shoplifting in and around that store than other nearby stores that will remain open.
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As the President begins his big economic speech, a reminder that there is one party - the Democrats - who've repeatedly brought growth, higher incomes and lower deficits. And another - the GOP - who've brought recessions, higher deficits and decline.
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@SimonWDC14 Sep 2023
A reminder that 49m jobs have been created in America since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. 47m of those, 96%, have been created under Democratic Presidents. Essentially all of them.
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Welcome home Sophia! After decades of abuse and trauma, a life sentence for utterly nonviolent crime, 12 years of litigation, she’s finally free! Thx to an amazing team of students & staff @StanfordLaw @3strikesproject. More here: mailchi.mp/164706f4e198/gran…
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