[1]Real Justice

John,

I want to take a moment to tell you about two AMAZING leaders that we’ve
thrown our full support behind for upcoming elections — Ramin Fatehi and
Stephanie Morales.

But this will be a long email — I’m going to give you a full rundown on
who these candidates are and why we’re backing them. [ [link removed] ]So if you’re short
on time, you can make a split donation between these compassionate,
principled prosecutors here.

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I can’t stress enough how excited I am about these two candidates. Let me
tell you a bit more about them.

Stephanie Morales is running for re-election as the Commonwealth Attorney
in Portsmouth, Virginia. And our admiration of her goes back quite a ways.
She was one of our first-ever endorsements in 2017. But her work as the
Commonwealth Attorney actually predates us. Since first taking office in
2015, she has been on the frontlines, fighting to reimagine our racist
justice system. Some of that work includes:

* Spearheading the efforts to end mandatory minimum sentencing, the
death penalty, cash bail, and “three-strikes" sentence enhancements;
* Establishing a program to help convicted people navigate the pitfalls
of re-entry after their sentence is served;
* Fighting to hold police accountable for acts of violence — like
securing a conviction against a former Portsmouth police officer who
killed an unarmed, 18-year-old Black man;
* And working to restore the voting rights of formerly incarcerated
persons, and allowed the criminal records of many to be automatically
expunged.

Our second endorsement this week is Ramin Fatehi. He’s running for
Commonwealth Attorney in Norfolk, VA. And like Morales, his record as a
compassionate leader is strong:

* He is the ONLY candidate in this primary who has advanced people-first
policies as both a public defender and prosecutor.
* In 2020, he led the effort to abolish jury sentencing in Virginia — a
policy that repeatedly subjected people to longer sentences.
* In 2019, he lobbied the Norfolk Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to get
rid of cash bail and to dismiss all marijuana-possession cases.
* At a time when many prosecutors are unwilling to buck the status quo,
Ramin has repeatedly condemned the death penalty and vowed not to
pursue it when elected.

Thanks to you and thanks to candidates like Stephanie Morales and Ramin
Fatehi, our movement is STRONG. But that also means we have a huge target
on all our backs. We’ve never run into as much police union opposition and
spending before. We need to rally together and send a message that we’re
not backing down.



[ [link removed] ]Please make a split donation today between these two incredible
candidates and our Real Justice team. Together, we WILL win and continue
to transform the justice system — one city, district, and state at a time.

In solidarity,

Chris Lazare
Real Justice

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