
Hillary Richard
Host: Central Minnesota Legal Services
Sponsor: Anonymous, Faegre Drinker, Target Corporation
Current Fellow
Faith will drive reform of prosecutorial oversight in targeted jurisdictions nationwide, by holding prosecutors accountable for misconduct and adopting best practices to prevent wrongful convictions.
The cumulative effect of prosecutorial misconduct is difficult to quantify because prosecutorial oversight is drastically under-enforced and understudied. Prosecutors have the greatest role in charging decisions, and this project will help—and incentivize—them to develop more sound and scientifically robust guidelines for criminal justice reform. This project provides direct legal assistance to victims of prosecutorial misconduct and drives systemic prosecutorial reform through legislative advocacy and policy collaboration.
Through exposure to social justice advocacy in many different capacities over the course of her career, Faith has come to believe that the criminal legal system is the nexus of social inequality. Given the paramount role that prosecutors play within the criminal legal system, reshaping the work of prosecutors’ offices is one of the most effective means of criminal legal reform.
So far during the Fellowship, Faith has:
In the next six months, Faith plans to:
Reshaping the work of prosecutors’ offices is one of the most effective means of criminal legal reform.
Faith Barksdale /
2020 Equal Justice Works Fellow
Host: Central Minnesota Legal Services
Sponsor: Anonymous, Faegre Drinker, Target Corporation
Current Fellow
Host: First Defense Legal Aid
Host: Georgia Justice Project
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig Fellowship Foundation
Host: The Legal Aid Society
Sponsor: Venture Justice Fund
Current Fellow