Challenges to Prosecutorial Independence and State-Level Policies

The chapter delves into interference in prosecutorial independence, targeting reform-minded prosecutors, focusing on black and brown communities. It discusses strategies used by progressives and conservatives to shape state courts for policy agendas, highlighting cases from various regions like Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. There is urgency to counter conservatives' efforts in reshaping state policies, touching on issues like judicial and form shopping, gerrymandering, and implications of politically manipulated systems.