Reformers Push for Progressive Judges on the Bench
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Criminal justice reformers in a small collection of cities around the country are organizing to get reform-minded judges elected to local benches, setting in motion a movement to “flip the bench” in favor of more progressive judges, reports Politico. The movement to flip the bench offers an alternative forward path for reform — albeit one that most challenges the left’s conventional view of elected judges as instruments of tough-on-crime policies.
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