The Recorder has collaborated with students enrolled in Reimagining Criminal Justice, a seminar at Golden Gate University School of Law, to publish this series of student writings. This next generation of lawyers explore a broad range of topics touching on criminal and racial justice, and provide their perspectives and voices on myriad proposals for building a better, more just, system.

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Submissions from 2021

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: In Defense of Self-Defense, Jude Diebold

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: What Good Has Come From the 'Good' Faith Exception?, Yasamin Elahi-Shirazi

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: Open Source Data Key to Addressing Mental Health Crises, Brennan Gamwell

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: How We Traded Out Asylums for Prisons, Zaynah Zaman

Submissions from 2020

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: The Lasting Effects of the 3 Strikes Law and Proposition 20, Markie Flores

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: The Violence of Incarceration in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tammy Henson

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: A New System Is Required for Police Accountability, Thomas Johnson

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: Black and Brown Youthin Gang Database Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Irish Tapia

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Reimagining Criminal Justice: The Disparate Impact ofthe 'Castle' Doctrine, Carmen Wierenga