Sarah Berger

former public defender, former chair and current member, Task Force on Mass Incarceration, Board member, @NYCBarAssn

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

@marshamcleod_ So sorry Marsha

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

@nycsouthpaw Family Man
Moonstruck

[David Brand @DavidFBrand]

Very insightful explainer on New York’s latest bail law changes by @chrisgelardi (who’s always on top of it for @nysfocus) https://t.co/ObiRF0vlFV

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

@TessMCohen Feel better soon!

[Rebecca Traister @rtraister]

Today is wretched and plain. And it is not the bottom. It will get worse; we will go lower. As the Court’s dissent insists, correctly, “Closing our eyes to the suffering today’s decision will impose will not make that suffering disappear.” https://t.co/f0cePYG9F0

[City Bar Policy @NYCBarPolicy]

#BailReform is being falsely vilified as increasing criminal behavior & reducing #publicsafety. Rhetoric is not fact, & the facts are clear: bail reform has been shown to reduce the number of people in jail without compromising public safety. (1/2)

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

Yes, thank you to our panelists for a really thoughtful discussion!

[City Bar Policy @NYCBarPolicy]

Coverage of the City Bar's program last night with @ManhattanDA @SenatorMyrie @CalvinJullian @JohnFPfaff on ending the era of #massincarceration in New York. Thanks to our amazing panel!

#CriminalJustice #criminaljusticereform

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

Please register for this exciting virtual event sponsored by @NYCBarAssn with @AlvinBraggNYC @SenatorMyrie @JohnFPfaff @CalvinJullian moderated by @TessMCohen February 16 at 6:00 p.m.

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

@TessMCohen https://t.co/ENL4I1ezDK

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

Please register for this exciting virtual event sponsored by @NYCBarAssn with @AlvinBraggNYC @SenatorMyrie @JohnFPfaff @CalvinJullian moderated by @TessMCohen February 16 at 6:00 p.m.

[New York City Bar @NYCBarAssn]

What would ending #MassIncarceration in NY look like? With new NYC & NYS leadership, which reforms should be prioritized & how best implemented? @ManhattanDA @SenatorMyrie @JohnFPfaff discuss w/Chairs of Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Ops Committees https://t.co/5VOPKapuMr

[Tess Cohen @TessMCohen]

Adams is falsely blaming the bail law for the release of a teenager whose gun *accidentally* fired and hit a police officer, whose charges were unaffected by bail reform, and who was released after family paid $17,500 and promised to pay $250k if he fled. https://t.co/UpeoTJuvLu

[New York City Bar @NYCBarAssn]

Leaders of our Mass Incarceration Task Force and Criminal Justice Operations Committee break down this report with the central question: “How can we reduce the footprint and the impact of the criminal justice system at every stage?” Listen here: https://t.co/EcFkRiyvPq

[New York City Bar @NYCBarAssn]

Forum will focus on #CriminalJusticeReform, including the #MassIncarceration crisis, decriminalization, & more. Register: https://t.co/hTxX7lnKWY @TahanieNYC @AlvinBraggNYC @LizCrotty2021 @DianaJFlorence @LucyLangNYC @elizaorlins @AMDanQuart @TaliFarhadian

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

The real question for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is what are they going to do about voting rights?

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

@rexparker then you can watch this pretty decent 1997 version of it:
https://t.co/HpAS96rRBz

[City Bar Policy @NYCBarPolicy]

Absent additional interventions, #COVID19 will continue spreading through jails, risking the lives of incarcerated people, corrections officers & their communities. See what we have been recommending to @NYCMayor @NYGovCuomo to #StopTheSpread https://t.co/yudT1O7x8v #FreeThemNow

[New York City Bar @NYCBarAssn]

5/12 leaders in #CriminalJusticeReform will highlight the lived experiences of people who have survived and perpetrated violence, the political dynamics of reform, and proposals for reconceptualizing the justice system's approach to violence. Register: https://t.co/2UiVxCEfWS

[Rachel Barkow @RachelBarkow]

“We find prosecutors and some policymakers are often opposed to revisiting sentences even if they are extreme and excessive,” he said. “Even in the context of this crisis, we still have an opposition to revisiting sentencing. I think that’s telling.”

[Sarah Berger @SarahJBerger95]

https://t.co/i0YtResMYk
officers are approaching social-distancing rules as police agencies typically do public-health crises, like mental illness and drug abuse, with a mix of misplaced strategic priorities and unnecessary violence.
good article by @zakcheneyrice