Rachael Rollins says she has seen the criminal justice system from “almost every angle.” Now, as Boston’s first female African-American district attorney, she’s setting the agenda. She explains her new approach of “services not sentences” as a response to low-level “crimes of poverty” and the urgency of changing the traditional role of the prosecutor.
<a href="https://www.courtinnovation.org/publications/rachael-rollins">Full show notes</a>

Rachael Rollins says she has seen the criminal justice system from “almost every angle.” Now, as Boston’s first female African-American district attorney, she’s setting the agenda. She explains her new approach of “services not sentences” as a response to low-level “crimes of poverty” and the urgency of changing the traditional role of the prosecutor. Full show notes

Rachael Rollins says she has seen the criminal justice system from “almost every angle.” Now, as Boston’s first female African-American district attorney, she’s setting the agenda. She explains her new approach of “services not sentences” as a response to low-level “crimes of poverty” and the urgency of changing the traditional role of the prosecutor.
<a href="https://www.courtinnovation.org/publications/rachael-rollins" rel="noopener noreferrer">Full show notes</a>

Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice

New Thinking is a podcast about justice—and injustice—in America. It’s about the people working to fix a justice system that falls so short of our ideals, and the people organizing to build something new in its place. It’s hosted by Matt Watkins and produced by the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly Center for Court Innovation).

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Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice

Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice