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{{ping|Spintendo}} thanks for reviewing this so quickly and for the helpful resources. I'll correct the citations. Should I do this in a new section, or edit the section I've already posted? Thanks again, [[User:Catguy55|Catguy55]] ([[User talk:Catguy55|talk]]) 21:55, 14 January 2019 (UTC)User:catguy55
{{ping|Spintendo}} thanks for reviewing this so quickly and for the helpful resources. I'll correct the citations. Should I do this in a new section, or edit the section I've already posted? Thanks again, [[User:Catguy55|Catguy55]] ([[User talk:Catguy55|talk]]) 21:55, 14 January 2019 (UTC)User:catguy55

== Proposed Edits — revised with citations corrected ==

{{request edit}}

I’ve resubmitted this request after correcting the citations according to Spintendo’s feedback (thanks again, Spintendo). I’d also suggest removing the maintenance templates given that, if these edits are accepted, the maintenance issues will have all been resolved (on my reading, anyway--I think the sourcing issues will be taken care of and the contributor issues seem to have been resolved already through edits that have taken place since the templates were put in place in 2013). I've also incorporated edits made since I initially proposed these edits (I think I caught them all).

My original post, including revisions, follows:

Hi all -- After spending a lot of time very carefully reading through the COI guidelines and related material, I believe that because I work at the same office as the subject it would be best for me to suggest edits rather than edit this article myself. My proposed edits, though, are not offered at the direction of or in coordination with the subject. I take very seriously the commitment to NPOV and the project more broadly (particularly as expressed in [https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/12/toward-the-wiki-society this] excellent article) and I seek only to improve this page in accordance with Wikipedia's standards.

That said, I would like to help get this article cleaned up. I've broken my proposed edits up into sections. In each section I (1) summarize the changes, (2) offer the rationale for the changes, and (3) post the proposed changes which, if agreed upon, can be adopted. I have also added citations throughout, and substituted some citations that were used in the original (either because the citation in the original led to a broken link, or because I found a better source).

Thanks for taking the time to read through this. I look forward to any discussion.
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=== DA election (intro) ===

'''Summary/Rationale:''' I propose editing the intro paragraph to reflect that as of January 15, 2019, Boudin is a candidate in the 2019 election for San Francisco District Attorney.

'''Proposed Change:'''
'''Chesa Boudin''' (born August 21, 1980) is an American lawyer, writer, and lecturer specializing in the U.S. criminal justice system and Latin American policy. He is a candidate in the 2019 election for San Francisco District Attorney.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gira Grant |first=Melissa |date=January 15, 2019 |title=San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Chesa Boudin Announces Run for District Attorney |url=https://theappeal.org/san-francisco-deputy-public-defender-chesa-boudin-announces-run-for-district-attorney/ |work=The Appeal |access-date=January 15, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=candidate>{{cite news |author=Evan Sernoffsky |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chesa-Boudin-son-of-imprisoned-radicals-looks-13533584.php?t=67e4cc8973 |title=Chesa Boudin, son of imprisoned radicals, looks to become SF district attorney |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 15, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Nuala |date=January 15, 2009 |title=Public Defender Chesa Boudin Joins District Attorney Race |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/news/public-defender-chesa-boudin-joins-district-attorney-race/ |work=SF Weekly |access-date=January 15, 2019 }}</ref>

=== His Parents (section: early life and family history) ===

'''Summary/Rationale:'''
Most of these edits are for clarity. I cleaned up the prose, broke up a paragraph, and offered a clearer explanation of his parents' convictions. The original said they were convicted of "the felony murders of two police officers and a security guard." The average reader doesn't know what that means (and it isn't how a lawyer would say it either), so I edited to briefly explain the felony murder rule and how it is that they could have been convicted of murder having been getaway drivers. I also added "Daniel Ellsberg" to the list of clients represented by his grandfather Leonard.

'''Proposed change:'''
Boudin was born in New York City to [[Kathy Boudin]] and [[David Gilbert (activist)|David Gilbert]], former members of the radical leftist organization the [[Weather Underground]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilgoren |first=Jodi |date=December 9, 2002 |title=From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref>

When Boudin was 14 months old, his parents were arrested for their role as getaway car drivers<ref>{{cite news |last=McKinley |first=James |date=August 23, 2003 |title=Parole Officials Won’t Appeal Decision to Free Kathy Boudin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/23/nyregion/parole-officials-won-t-appeal-decision-to-free-kathy-boudin.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=January 14, 2019 }}</ref> in the [[Brink's robbery (1981)|1981 armed robbery]] of a Brink's armored car in Rockland County, New York.<ref name=candidate>{{cite news |author=Evan Sernoffsky |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chesa-Boudin-son-of-imprisoned-radicals-looks-13533584.php?t=67e4cc8973 |title=Chesa Boudin, son of imprisoned radicals, looks to become SF district attorney |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 15, 2019 }}</ref> Because two police officers and a security guard were killed in the robbery, Boudin’s parents were convicted of murder under the [[felony murder rule]], which allows under some circumstances for a person to be convicted of murder even though they were not directly responsible for a person’s death. Boudin’s mother was sentenced to 20 years to life and released in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa |date=September 18, 2003 |title=With Bouquet And a Wave, Boudin is Free 22 Years Later |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/with-bouquet-and-a-wave-boudin-is-free-22-years-later.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref> His father was sentenced to 75 years to life and remains incarcerated.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa |date=September 18, 2003 |title=With Bouquet And a Wave, Boudin is Free 22 Years Later |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/with-bouquet-and-a-wave-boudin-is-free-22-years-later.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref>

As a result of his biological parents’ incarceration, Boudin was raised by adoptive parents [[Bill Ayers]] and [[Bernardine Dohrn]], who, like his parents, are former members of the Weather Underground.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilgoren |first=Jodi |date=December 9, 2002 |title=From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref>

Boudin descends from a long left-wing lineage. His great-great-uncle, [[Louis B. Boudin]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Margolick |first=David |date=April 24, 1992 |title=An Unusual Court Nominee, Judging by His Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=April 14, 2013 }}</ref> was a [[Theoretician (Marxism)|Marxist theoretician]] and author of a two-volume history of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court's]] influence on American government. His grandfather, [[Leonard Boudin]], was a civil rights attorney who represented several high-profile and sometimes controversial clients including [[Daniel Ellsberg]], [[Fidel Castro]], and [[Paul Robeson]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ravo |first=Nick |date=November 26, 1989 |title=Leonard Boudin, Civil Liberties Lawyer, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/26/obituaries/leonard-boudin-civil-liberties-lawyer-dies-at-77.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=January 14, 2013 }}</ref> Boudin’s other notable family members include [[Michael Boudin]],<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html</ref> a judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit]], and [[I.F. Stone]], an independent journalist.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Feinstein |first=Jessica |date=September 18, 2003 |title=Boudin ’03 greets mother after 22 years |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/09/18/boudin-03-greets-mother-after-22-years/ |work=The Yale Daily News |location= |access-date=January 10, 2014 }}</ref>

=== Work in Venezuela (section: career) ===

'''Summary/Rationale:'''
The main issue here seems to be the "Support for Hugo Chavez" section, added in December 2018. First, does this warrant its own section? It doesn't seem like the time serving as a translator constitutes enough of a piece of his career to be on its own. I propose either removing this entirely or folding a version of it into the "writer" section. The second issue is that the section appears to be biased, so if it is kept and moved, I propose editing to adhere to NPOV.

As for the bias, I see two main problems, both relating to a misleading use of quotations:

(1) The article states: "There [in Venezuela], Boudin began a "period of infatuation with Chavez's redistributionist agenda.”[17]" But in the source material, immediately following the passage quoted in the article, the source author writes that, as to the "period of infatuation", "Boudin reconsiders a few years later, finding the caudillo coming up short as a democrat and populist)." I don't think any of this warrants inclusion, but if the first part of the quote does, surely the second part of the quote does too. Omitting it is misleading.

(2) The next sentence — "Boudin has since written numerous articles praising Chávez[18] as "wildly popular and widely loved,"[19] and endorsing Chávez as president for life.[20]" — is inaccurate and misleading as well. First, it is framed to suggest that because Chavez was widely popular and loved, he was popular with Boudin as well. The quote suggests that Boudin endorses the view he quotes, but that does not follow from his mere quotation of that view. More importantly, the very articles the editor cites include Boudin's criticisms of Chavez. It is not balanced to present Boudin’s characterization of Chavez's popularity as Boudin’s personal endorsement without at least also presenting his criticisms of Chavez. But because none of it seems significant, I propose removing it all.

And the last phrase, asserting that Boudin endorsed Chavez for life, is disproved by the article the editor cites for support. That article, if read in its entirety, demonstrates that Boudin was not endorsing Chavez for life, and pointed out that he still must be elected. The last two paragraphs of the article offer reasons why he might not be. Even the article's title uses a question mark, suggesting that it isn't an endorsement but a description.

I think this section undermines not just NPOV but also the spirit of Wikipedia, and that accordingly it should be stripped of bias as suggested below and folded into the "writing" section.

'''Proposed Change:'''
[move to beginning of "writing" section]: Before law school, Boudin traveled to [[Venezuela]] and served as a translator for the administration of then-president [[Hugo Chávez]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Gonzales |first=Richard |date=April 26, 2009 |title=’Gringo,’ by Chesa Boudin |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Gringo-by-Chesa-Boudin-3243747.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |location= |access-date=January 10, 2014 }}</ref> Boudin has since written numerous articles about Chávez.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boudin |first=Chesa |date=December 7, 2007 |title=A Silver Lining for the Bolivarian Revolution |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/silver-lining-bolivarian-revolution/ |work=The Nation |location= |access-date=January 14, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Boudin |first=Chesa |date=November 16, 2006 |title=Letter from Venezuela: The Land of Chavismo |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/letter-venezuela-land-chavismo/ |work=The Nation |location= |access-date=January 14, 2019 }}</ref> In 2007, Boudin described himself as "critically supportive" of Chavez noting that "the Chávez administration may be fairly criticized on a range of fronts–from widespread corruption to undiplomatic rhetoric, from high crime rates to food shortages."<ref>{{cite news |last=Boudin |first=Chesa |date=November 16, 2006 |title=Chavez for Life? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/chavez-life/ |work=The Nation |location= |access-date=January 14, 2019 }}</ref>

=== Law (section: career) ===

'''Summary/Rationale:'''
First, I cleaned up the copy throughout. I edited the first paragraph to make it more clear when he served in each role, and also added a position that was missing (clerk to J. Breyer on the U.S. District Court for Northern California).

Second, I spun the next paragraph off into its own subsection titled "bail reform". This seems warranted given the extent of Boudin's involvement in bail reform in California (as evidenced by the numerous citations throughout the current version of this page). To that subsection, I added info about what is described in cited sources as a "[https://www.kqed.org/news/11666269/s-f-man-whose-case-upended-californias-bail-system-wins-release landmark]" case challenging San Francisco's money bail system in California state courts (a Google search for "humphrey boudin" or "boudin bail" will produced numerous articles about this case).

Finally, I added an additional board position (with citation) and more info to the board position that was already there. And I added some additional citations to support the assertion in the current page that he writes widely on criminal justice reform, particularly bail.

'''Proposed change:'''
==== Law ====
After law school, from 2011-2012, Boudin served as a law clerk to the Honorable [[M. Margaret McKeown]] on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/department/cdo/document/2012_Fellow_Bios.pdf |title=Biographies for the Recipients of YLS Fellowships and Fellowships Sponsored by Other Institutions |publisher=Yale Law School |access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> He was a 2012–2013 Liman Fellow at the [[San Francisco Public Defender's Office]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/upload_documents/Sheinberg%20Brochure%20Kathy%20Boudin%202013.pdf |title=Hope, Illusion, and Imagination: The Politics of Parole and Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration (Panel Presentation) |publisher=The Rose Sheinberg Scholar-in-Residence Program |format=PDF |access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> and in 2013-2014 he served as a clerk to the Honorable [[Charles Breyer]] on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Blackwell |first=Savannah |date=May 14, 2014 |title=Criminal Injustice” |url=http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/5832/criminal-injustice/ |work=Fog City Journal |location= |access-date=January 14, 2019 }}</ref> In 2015, Boudin began working full-time at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office as a deputy public defender.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civilrightscorps.org/chesa-boudin |title=Chesa Boudin |website=Civil Rights Corps |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> He serves on the board of [http://www.civilrightscorps.org/ Civil Rights Corps],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civilrightscorps.org/team/board |title=Our Board |website=Civil Rights Corps |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> a national non-profit that challenges systemic injustice in the American legal system,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civilrightscorps.org/ |title= Homepage |website=Civil Rights Corps |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> and on the board of [https://restorecal.org/ RE:STORE JUSTICE],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://restorecal.org/whoweare/ |title=Who We Are |website=RE:STORE JUSTICE |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> a non-profit based in California that uses restorative justice principles to reform the criminal justice system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://restorecal.org/ |title= Homepage |website=RE:STORE JUSTICE |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> In January 2019 Boudin announced his candidacy for [[San Francisco District Attorney's Office|San Francisco District Attorney]].<ref name=candidate/>

==== Bail reform ====
Boudin has been a leader of [[bail reform]] efforts in California, having served on an ACLU advisory committee to help draft statewide bail reform legislation<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Vic |date=April 5, 2017 |title=California bail reform bill clears first hurdle |url=https://abc7news.com/news/california-bail-reform-bill-clears-first-hurdle/1840640/ |work=ABC 7 News |location= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> and initiated a 2015 federal class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of San Francisco's use of money bail to determine pretrial custody status.<ref>{{cite news |last=Emslie |first=Alex |date=October 29, 2015 |title=Class-Action Suit Against San Francisco Seeks to End Use of Cash Bail System |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/10738577/class-action-suit-against-san-francisco-seeks-to-end-use-of-cash-bail-system |work=KQED News |location= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> The lawsuit led the City of San Francisco to concede that the practice of jailing indigent defendants based on inability to pay money bail is unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title= San Francisco city attorney: State's bail system 'unconstitutional' | url= http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/214958727-story | work= Fox 2 KTVU | date= November 1, 2016 | access-date = April 13, 2017}}</ref> Boudin also litigated the constitutionality of money bail in California state courts, resulting in a ruling by the California Court of Appeal declaring that the bail system as practiced in San Francisco violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.<ref>{{cite news |author=KQED News Staff and Wires |date=May 4, 2018 |title=S.F. Man Whose Case Upended California’s Bail System Wins Release |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11666269/s-f-man-whose-case-upended-californias-bail-system-wins-release |work=KQED News |location= |access-date= January 13, 2019}}</ref> That case is pending review by the California Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Sukey |date=September 21, 2018 |title=State Supreme Court Case to Weigh Constitutionality of Bail Reform Law |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11693624/state-supreme-court-case-to-weigh-constitutionality-of-bail-reform-law |work=KQED News |location= |access-date= January 14, 2019}}</ref>

=== Writer (section: writer) ===
'''Summary/Rationale:''' This I have mostly left as is, except for reordering (and moving the bit about speaking and publishing on criminal justice reform issues down here). But here too I think there is bias infecting the original. The original quotes especially unfavorable parts of reviews and omits any positive ones. I propose simply deleting the quotes—it doesn't seem that a few lines from a couple reviews of one of the many things he has written warrants such significant space in the article. However, if the consensus is that these quotes should stay, then I propose adding additional quotes from other reviews (the San Francisco Chronicle, for example, wrote that "Anyone embarking for Latin America would do well to prepare with Boudin's memoir. [https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Gringo-by-Chesa-Boudin-3243747.php].

'''Proposed change:'''
==== Writer ====
Boudin speaks<ref>{{cite news |last=Bartfai |first=Lisa |date=March 2, 2019 |title=San Francisco’s bail system on the stand |url=http://kalw.org/post/san-franciscos-bail-system-stand#stream/0 |work=KALW Local Public Radio |location= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Krasny |first=Michael |date=January 27, 2016 |title=Lawsuit Against San Francisco Bail System Hits Major Roadblock |url=https://www.kqed.org/forum/201601270900/lawsuit-against-san-francisco-bail-system-hits-major-roadblock |work=KQED News |location= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> and publishes frequently on criminal justice issues,<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/It-is-misguided-to-condemn-Mayor-London-Breed-s-13489610.php</ref> particularly bail reform.<ref>{{cite news |last= Boudin |first= Chesa |date= September 27, 2016 |title= Setting Bail in San Francisco |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/opinion/setting-bail-in-san-francisco.html |work= New York times |department= Letter to the Editor |access-date= April 13, 2017 }}</ref>

Prior to his career in the law, Boudin translated ''Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chavez Speaks with [[Marta Harnecker]]'' into English (Monthly Review Press, 2005),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chávez |first1=Hugo |last2=Harnecker |first2=Marta |date= November 2005 |title=Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution |url=https://monthlyreview.org/product/understanding_the_venezuelan_revolution/ |location= |publisher=[[Monthly Review]] }}</ref> co-edited ''Letters From Young Activists: Today's Young Rebels Speak Out'', (Nation Books, 2005),<ref>[http://www.nationbooks.org/book/43/Letters%20from%20Young%20Activists The Nation Books] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511221455/http://www.nationbooks.org/book/43/Letters%20from%20Young%20Activists |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> co-wrote ''The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions – 100 Answers'' (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boudin |first1=Chesa |last2=Gonzalez |first2=Gabriel |last3=Rumbos |first3=Wilmer |date=2006 |title=The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions-100 Answers |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1560257733 |access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> and wrote ''Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America'' (Scribner's, 2009).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boudin |first1=Chesa |date= 2009 |title=Gringo: A Coming-of-Age in Latin America
|url=https://www.amazon.com/Gringo-Coming-Age-Latin-America/dp/1416559124 |location= |publisher=[[Scribner’s]] }}</ref>

Boudin has authored numerous scholarly articles published in various law journals, such as the Yale Law Journal and the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology on subjects including the rights of children with incarcerated parents,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Boudin |first1= Chesa |date= 2013 |title= Children of Incarcerated Parents: The Child’s Constitutional Right to the Family Relationship |url= https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol101/iss1/3/ |journal= The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology |volume= 101|issue= 77–118 |pages= |doi= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> prison visitation policies, <ref>{{cite journal |last1= Boudin |first1= Chesa |last2= Stutz |first2= Trevor |last3= Littman |first3= Aaron date= February 17, 2014 |title= Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey |url= https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2171412 |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> disclosure in elections under the First Amendment,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Boudin |first1= Chesa |date=2013 |title= Publius and the Petition: ‘’Doe v. Reed’’ and the History of Anonymous Speech |url= https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol101/iss1/3/ |journal= The Yale Law Journal |volume= 120 |issue= |pages=2140–2181 |doi= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> immigrant labor organizing,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Boudin |first1= Chesa |last2= Scholtz |first2= Rebecca|date= 2010 |title= Strategic Options for Development of a Worker Center |url= https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/hllr13&div=1&id=&page= |journal= Harvard Latino Law Review |volume= 13 |issue= Spring 2010 |pages= 91–127 |doi= |access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> election observing,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Boudin |first1= Chesa ||date= 2010 |title= Institutional Design and International Electoral Observers: Kicking the Habit? |url= https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nwilr3&div=7&id=&page= |journal= Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review |volume= 3 |issue= |pages= 39 |doi= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marlise |first1=Richter |last2=Boudin |first2=Chesa |date= April 7, 2017 |title= Adult, Consensual Sex Work in South Africa – the cautionary message of criminal law and sexual morality |url= https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19962126.2009.11865199 |journal= Harvard Latino Law Review |volume= 25 |issue= 2 |pages= 179–197 |doi= |access-date= April 13, 2017}}</ref>

Best, [[User:Catguy55|Catguy55]] ([[User talk:Catguy55|talk]]) 01:24, 16 January 2019 (UTC)User:Catguy55

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[Trying to get this cleaned up!]

OK. I've put about 2 hours of effort into this page. In my opinion, it would be better if the current page is binned and a new one is published. I'm trying to work from top to bottom and yet two issues arise for each one I fix. A large one is there is nothing on the Wikipedia page to support his long-lost uncle is "author of a two-volume history of the Supreme Court's influence on American government". The 2-volume work is about his "uncle's" opinions, etc. about the JUDICIAL BRANCH'S overreaching, not just SCOTUS. I'll work on this more but would appreciate "creative direction". (FYI...I've been reviewing and editing documents of various types (legal, instructional, directive, editorial, etc.) for over 20 years. As this is my first foray into the world of Wikipedia, I don't want to screw the pooch.) Cheers! User:DBLAlabama 05:34, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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why is this page still here, again? clearly created by the "author and scholar" himself. the references alone (not to mention his lack of notoriety) a dead giveaway. Funandgun (talk) 19:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)FunandGun[reply]

I have to agree with the above comment. This entry reads like a press release. And I think to call this young man a "scholar" is to really stretch the meaning of that word. Come on, Wiki people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.63.172 (talk) 18:35, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion delcined twice

This has now been declined for speedy deletion by me and another admin. While I cannot guarantee it would survive an AFD, it not eligible for speedy deletion-- it asserts notability, it does not meet G11 criteria, it has sources. Dlohcierekim 01:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While it was deleted in 2007 under AFD, it is substantially improved with content and references. Dlohcierekim 01:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not certain what "an AFD" is nor am I familiar with the history of this page. I am also unfamiliar with "speedy deletion" and the process (see Dlohcierekim comment above). I do agree with the overall (lack of) quality of the Chesa Boudin page and agree that it appears to have been originated by Mr. Boudin or one of his associates. Yet, I am endeavouring to clean up this mess. I have started by adding a reference for the information regarding Mr. Gilbert's sentencing. Please advise on how it looks and I will continue to clean up this tripe. Truth wins and facts are correct. Cheers! User:DBLAlabama 04:47, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed Edits

Hi all -- After spending a lot of time very carefully reading through the COI guidelines and related material, I believe that because I work at the same office as the subject it would be best for me to suggest edits rather than edit this article myself. My proposed edits, though, are not offered at the direction of or in coordination with the subject. I take very seriously the commitment to NPOV and the project more broadly (particularly as expressed in this excellent article) and I seek only to improve this page in accordance with Wikipedia's standards.

That said, I would like to help get this article cleaned up. I've broken my proposed edits up into sections. In each section I (1) summarize the changes, (2) offer the rationale for the changes, and (3) post the proposed changes which, if agreed upon, can be adopted. I have also added citations throughout, and substituted some citations that were used in the original (either because the citation in the original led to a broken link, or because I found a better source).

Thanks for taking the time to read through this. I look forward to any discussion.

Extended content

His Parents (section: early life and family history)

Summary/Rationale: Most of these edits are for clarity. I cleaned up the prose, broke up a paragraph, and offered a clearer explanation of his parents' convictions. The original said they were convicted of "the felony murders of two police officers and a security guard." The average reader doesn't know what that means (and it isn't how a lawyer would say it either), so I edited to briefly explain the felony murder rule and how it is that they could have been convicted of murder having been getaway drivers. I also added "Daniel Ellsberg" to the list of clients represented by his grandfather Leonard.

Proposed change: Boudin was born in New York City to Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, former members of the radical leftist organization the Weather Underground.[1]

When Boudin was 14 months old, his parents were arrested for their role as getaway car drivers[2] in the 1981 armed robbery of a Brink's armored car in Rockland County, New York. Because two police officers and a security guard were killed in the robbery, Boudin’s parents were convicted of murder under the felony murder rule, which allows under some circumstances for a person to be convicted of murder even though they were not directly responsible for a person’s death. Boudin’s mother was sentenced to 20 years to life[3] and released in 2003.[4] His father was sentenced to 75 years to life and remains incarcerated.[5]

As a result of his biological parents’ incarceration, Boudin was raised by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who, like his parents, are former members of the Weather Underground.[6]

Boudin descends from a long left-wing lineage. His great-great-uncle, Louis B. Boudin,[7] was a Marxist theoretician and author of a two-volume history of the Supreme Court's influence on American government. His grandfather, Leonard Boudin, was a civil rights attorney who represented several high-profile and sometimes clients including Daniel Ellsberg, Fidel Castro, and Paul Robeson.[8][9] Boudin’s other notable family members include Michael Boudin,[10] a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and I.F. Stone, an independent journalist.[11][12]

Work in Venezuela (section: career)

Summary/Rationale: The main issue here seems to be the "Support for Hugo Chavez" section, which appears to be biased. Does this warrant its own section? It doesn't seem like the time serving as a translator constitutes enough of a piece of his career to be on its own. I propose either removing this entirely or folding a version of it into the "writer" section (after removing the biased passages).

As for the bias, I see two main problems, both relating to a misleading use of quotations:

(1) The article states: "There [in Venezuela], Boudin began a "period of infatuation with Chavez's redistributionist agenda.”[17]" But in the source material, immediately following the quoted passage, the source author says that as to the "period of infatuation" "Boudin reconsiders a few years later, finding the caudillo coming up short as a democrat and populist)." I don't think any of this warrants inclusion, but if the first part of the quote does, surely the second part of the quote does too.

(2) The next sentence — "Boudin has since written numerous articles praising Chávez[18] as "wildly popular and widely loved,"[19] and endorsing Chávez as president for life.[20]" — is inaccurate and misleading as well. First, it is framed to suggest that because Chavez was widely popular and loved, he was popular with Boudin as well. The quote suggests that Boudin endorses the view he quotes, but that does not follow. More importantly, the very articles the editor cites include Boudin's criticisms of Chavez. It is not balanced to present his characterization of Chavez's popularity in this way without also presenting his criticisms of Chavez. But because none of it seems significant, I propose removing it. And the last phrase, asserting that Boudin endorsed Chavez for life, is disproved by the article the editor cites for support. That article, if read in its entirety, demonstrates that Boudin was not endorsing Chavez for life, and pointed out that he still must be elected. The last two paragraphs of the article offer reasons why he might not be. Even the article's title uses a question mark, suggesting that it isn't an endorsement but a description.

Again, this section appears to have been written by someone who, for whatever reason, was seeking to impugn Boudin's character by association with someone generally regarded in the U.S. to have been problematic (at best). I think it's inclusion violates NPOV and the spirit of Wikipedia, and that accordingly it should be stripped of bias and folded into the "writing" section.

Proposed Change: [move to beginning of "writing" section]: Before law school, Boudin traveled to Venezuela and served as a translator for the administration of then-president Hugo Chávez[13][14] Boudin has since written numerous articles about Chávez.[15][16] In 2007, Boudin described himself as "critically supportive" of Chavez noting that "the Chávez administration may be fairly criticized on a range of fronts–from widespread corruption to undiplomatic rhetoric, from high crime rates to food shortages."[17]

Law (section: career)

Summary/Rationale: First, I cleaned up prose throughout. I edited the first paragraph to make it more clear when he served in each role, and also added a position that was missing (clerk to J. Breyer on the U.S. District Court for Northern California).

Second, I spun the next paragraph off into its own subsection titled "bail reform". This seems warranted given the extent of Boudin's involvement in bail reform in California (as evidenced by the numerous citations throughout the current version of this page). To that subsection, I added info about what is described in cited sources as a "landmark" case challenging San Francisco's money bail system in California state courts (a Google search for "humphrey boudin" or "boudin bail" will produced numerous articles about this case).

Finally, I added an additional board position (with citation) and more info to the board position that was already there. And I added some additional citations to support the assertion in the current page that he writes widely on criminal justice reform, particularly bail.

Proposed change:

Law

After law school, from 2011-2012, Boudin served as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[1][18] He was a 2012–2013 Liman Fellow at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office,[19] and in 2013-2014 he served as a clerk to the Honorable Charles Breyer on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[20] In 2015, Boudin began working full-time at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office as a deputy public defender.[21] He serves on the board of Civil Rights Corps,[22] a national non-profit that challenges systemic injustice in the American legal system,[23] and on the board of RE:STORE JUSTICE,[24] a non-profit based in California that uses restorative justice principles to reform the criminal justice system.[25].

Bail reform

Boudin has been a leader of bail reform efforts in California, having served on an ACLU advisory committee to help draft statewide bail reform legislation[26] and initiated a 2015 federal class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of San Francisco's use of money bail to determine pretrial custody status.[27] The lawsuit led the City of San Francisco to concede that the practice of jailing indigent defendants based on inability to pay money bail is unconstitutional.[28] Boudin also litigated the constitutionality of money bail in California state courts, resulting in a ruling by the California Court of Appeal declaring that the bail system as practiced in San Francisco violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.[29] That case is pending review by the California Supreme Court.[30]

Writing (section: writing)

Summary/Rationale: This I have mostly left as is, except for reordering (and moving the bit about speaking and publishing on criminal justice reform issues down here). But here too I think there is bias infecting the original. The original quotes especially unfavorable parts of reviews and omits any positive ones. I propose simply deleting the quotes—it doesn't seem that a few lines of a couple reviews of one of the many things he has written warrants such space in the page. However, if the consensus is that these quotes should stay, then I propose adding additional quotes from other reviews (the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Anyone embarking for Latin America would do well to prepare with Boudin's memoir. [1].

Proposed change:

Writer

Boudin speaks[31][32] and publishes frequently on criminal justice issues,[33]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). particularly bail reform.[34]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

Prior to his career in the law, Boudin translated Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chavez Speaks with Marta Harnecker into English (Monthly Review Press, 2005),[35] co-edited Letters From Young Activists: Today's Young Rebels Speak Out, (Nation Books, 2005),[36] co-wrote The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions – 100 Answers (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006),[37] and wrote Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America (Scribner's, 2009).[38]

Boudin has authored numerous scholarly articles published in various law journals, such as the Yale Law Journal and the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology on subjects including the rights of children with incarcerated parents,[39] prison visitation policies, [40]disclosure in elections under the First Amendment,[41] immigrant labor organizing,[42] and others.Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).[43][44]

References

  1. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/23/nyregion/parole-officials-won-t-appeal-decision-to-free-kathy-boudin.html
  3. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/with-bouquet-and-a-wave-boudin-is-free-22-years-later.html
  4. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/with-bouquet-and-a-wave-boudin-is-free-22-years-later.html
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/with-bouquet-and-a-wave-boudin-is-free-22-years-later.html
  6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/from-a-radical-background-a-rhodes-scholar-emerges.html
  7. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html
  8. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/books/underground-woman.html
  9. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/26/obituaries/leonard-boudin-civil-liberties-lawyer-dies-at-77.html
  10. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html
  11. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html
  12. ^ http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/09/18/boudin-03-greets-mother-after-22-years/
  13. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052201115.html
  14. ^ https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Gringo-by-Chesa-Boudin-3243747.php
  15. ^ https://www.thenation.com/article/silver-lining-bolivarian-revolution/
  16. ^ https://www.thenation.com/article/letter-venezuela-land-chavismo/
  17. ^ https://www.thenation.com/article/chavez-life/
  18. ^ https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/department/cdo/document/2012_Fellow_Bios.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/upload_documents/Sheinberg%20Brochure%20Kathy%20Boudin%202013.pdf
  20. ^ http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/5832/criminal-injustice/
  21. ^ http://www.civilrightscorps.org/team/board
  22. ^ http://www.civilrightscorps.org/team/board
  23. ^ http://www.civilrightscorps.org/
  24. ^ https://restorecal.org/whoweare/
  25. ^ https://restorecal.org/
  26. ^ https://abc7news.com/news/california-bail-reform-bill-clears-first-hurdle/1840640/
  27. ^ https://www.kqed.org/news/10738577/class-action-suit-against-san-francisco-seeks-to-end-use-of-cash-bail-system
  28. ^ http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/214958727-story
  29. ^ https://www.kqed.org/news/11666269/s-f-man-whose-case-upended-californias-bail-system-wins-release
  30. ^ https://www.kqed.org/news/11693624/state-supreme-court-case-to-weigh-constitutionality-of-bail-reform-law
  31. ^ http://kalw.org/post/san-franciscos-bail-system-stand#stream/0
  32. ^ https://www.kqed.org/forum/201601270900/lawsuit-against-san-francisco-bail-system-hits-major-roadblock
  33. ^ https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/It-is-misguided-to-condemn-Mayor-London-Breed-s-13489610.php
  34. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/opinion/setting-bail-in-san-francisco.html
  35. ^ https://monthlyreview.org/product/understanding_the_venezuelan_revolution/
  36. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080511221455/http://www.nationbooks.org/book/43/Letters%20from%20Young%20Activists
  37. ^ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1560257733
  38. ^ https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Gringo-by-Chesa-Boudin-3243747.php
  39. ^ https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol101/iss1/3/
  40. ^ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2171412
  41. ^ https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/publius-and-the-petition-doe-v-reed-and-the-history-of-anonymous-speech
  42. ^ https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/hllr13&div=1&id=&page=
  43. ^ https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nwilr3&div=7&id=&page=
  44. ^ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19962126.2009.11865199

Cheers -- Catguy55 (talk) 07:48, 14 January 2019 (UTC)User:Catguy55[reply]

Reply 13-JAN-2019

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The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles,[1] while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.[2] The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.[3]


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The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sjöblad|first1=Tristan|title=The Sun|url=http://www.booksource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2018|page=1}}</ref> while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Duvalier|first1=Gabrielle|title=Size of the Moon|journal=Scientific American|issue=78|volume=51|url=http://www.journalsource.com|date=2018|page=46}}</ref> The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uemura|first1=Shu|title=The Sun's Heat|url=http://www.websource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2018|page=2}}</ref>

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The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles,[1] while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.[2] The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Duvalier, Gabrielle. "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 51(78):46.
  3. ^ Uemura, Shū. The Sun's Heat. Academic Press, 2018, p. 2.

In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc., all information which is lost when only the links are provided. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, larger edit requests such yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

Kindly rewrite your edit request so that it aligns more with the second example shown in the collapsed section above, and feel free to re-submit that edit request at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor. Regards,  Spintendo  10:38, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. ^ "WP:CITEVAR - Wikipedia:Citing sources". Wikipedia. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018. It is normal practice to defer to the style used by the first major contributor or adopted by the consensus of editors already working on the page, unless a change in consensus has been achieved. If the article you are editing is already using a particular citation style, you should follow it.

Reply 14-JAN-2019

@Spintendo: thanks for reviewing this so quickly and for the helpful resources. I'll correct the citations. Should I do this in a new section, or edit the section I've already posted? Thanks again, Catguy55 (talk) 21:55, 14 January 2019 (UTC)User:catguy55[reply]

Proposed Edits — revised with citations corrected

I’ve resubmitted this request after correcting the citations according to Spintendo’s feedback (thanks again, Spintendo). I’d also suggest removing the maintenance templates given that, if these edits are accepted, the maintenance issues will have all been resolved (on my reading, anyway--I think the sourcing issues will be taken care of and the contributor issues seem to have been resolved already through edits that have taken place since the templates were put in place in 2013). I've also incorporated edits made since I initially proposed these edits (I think I caught them all).

My original post, including revisions, follows:

Hi all -- After spending a lot of time very carefully reading through the COI guidelines and related material, I believe that because I work at the same office as the subject it would be best for me to suggest edits rather than edit this article myself. My proposed edits, though, are not offered at the direction of or in coordination with the subject. I take very seriously the commitment to NPOV and the project more broadly (particularly as expressed in this excellent article) and I seek only to improve this page in accordance with Wikipedia's standards.

That said, I would like to help get this article cleaned up. I've broken my proposed edits up into sections. In each section I (1) summarize the changes, (2) offer the rationale for the changes, and (3) post the proposed changes which, if agreed upon, can be adopted. I have also added citations throughout, and substituted some citations that were used in the original (either because the citation in the original led to a broken link, or because I found a better source).

Thanks for taking the time to read through this. I look forward to any discussion.

Extended content

DA election (intro)

Summary/Rationale: I propose editing the intro paragraph to reflect that as of January 15, 2019, Boudin is a candidate in the 2019 election for San Francisco District Attorney.

Proposed Change: Chesa Boudin (born August 21, 1980) is an American lawyer, writer, and lecturer specializing in the U.S. criminal justice system and Latin American policy. He is a candidate in the 2019 election for San Francisco District Attorney.[1][2][3]

His Parents (section: early life and family history)

Summary/Rationale: Most of these edits are for clarity. I cleaned up the prose, broke up a paragraph, and offered a clearer explanation of his parents' convictions. The original said they were convicted of "the felony murders of two police officers and a security guard." The average reader doesn't know what that means (and it isn't how a lawyer would say it either), so I edited to briefly explain the felony murder rule and how it is that they could have been convicted of murder having been getaway drivers. I also added "Daniel Ellsberg" to the list of clients represented by his grandfather Leonard.

Proposed change: Boudin was born in New York City to Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, former members of the radical leftist organization the Weather Underground.[4]

When Boudin was 14 months old, his parents were arrested for their role as getaway car drivers[5] in the 1981 armed robbery of a Brink's armored car in Rockland County, New York.[2] Because two police officers and a security guard were killed in the robbery, Boudin’s parents were convicted of murder under the felony murder rule, which allows under some circumstances for a person to be convicted of murder even though they were not directly responsible for a person’s death. Boudin’s mother was sentenced to 20 years to life and released in 2003.[6] His father was sentenced to 75 years to life and remains incarcerated.[7]

As a result of his biological parents’ incarceration, Boudin was raised by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who, like his parents, are former members of the Weather Underground.[8]

Boudin descends from a long left-wing lineage. His great-great-uncle, Louis B. Boudin,[9] was a Marxist theoretician and author of a two-volume history of the Supreme Court's influence on American government. His grandfather, Leonard Boudin, was a civil rights attorney who represented several high-profile and sometimes controversial clients including Daniel Ellsberg, Fidel Castro, and Paul Robeson.[10] Boudin’s other notable family members include Michael Boudin,[11] a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and I.F. Stone, an independent journalist.[12][13]

Work in Venezuela (section: career)

Summary/Rationale: The main issue here seems to be the "Support for Hugo Chavez" section, added in December 2018. First, does this warrant its own section? It doesn't seem like the time serving as a translator constitutes enough of a piece of his career to be on its own. I propose either removing this entirely or folding a version of it into the "writer" section. The second issue is that the section appears to be biased, so if it is kept and moved, I propose editing to adhere to NPOV.

As for the bias, I see two main problems, both relating to a misleading use of quotations:

(1) The article states: "There [in Venezuela], Boudin began a "period of infatuation with Chavez's redistributionist agenda.”[17]" But in the source material, immediately following the passage quoted in the article, the source author writes that, as to the "period of infatuation", "Boudin reconsiders a few years later, finding the caudillo coming up short as a democrat and populist)." I don't think any of this warrants inclusion, but if the first part of the quote does, surely the second part of the quote does too. Omitting it is misleading.

(2) The next sentence — "Boudin has since written numerous articles praising Chávez[18] as "wildly popular and widely loved,"[19] and endorsing Chávez as president for life.[20]" — is inaccurate and misleading as well. First, it is framed to suggest that because Chavez was widely popular and loved, he was popular with Boudin as well. The quote suggests that Boudin endorses the view he quotes, but that does not follow from his mere quotation of that view. More importantly, the very articles the editor cites include Boudin's criticisms of Chavez. It is not balanced to present Boudin’s characterization of Chavez's popularity as Boudin’s personal endorsement without at least also presenting his criticisms of Chavez. But because none of it seems significant, I propose removing it all.

And the last phrase, asserting that Boudin endorsed Chavez for life, is disproved by the article the editor cites for support. That article, if read in its entirety, demonstrates that Boudin was not endorsing Chavez for life, and pointed out that he still must be elected. The last two paragraphs of the article offer reasons why he might not be. Even the article's title uses a question mark, suggesting that it isn't an endorsement but a description.

I think this section undermines not just NPOV but also the spirit of Wikipedia, and that accordingly it should be stripped of bias as suggested below and folded into the "writing" section.

Proposed Change: [move to beginning of "writing" section]: Before law school, Boudin traveled to Venezuela and served as a translator for the administration of then-president Hugo Chávez[14] Boudin has since written numerous articles about Chávez.[15][16] In 2007, Boudin described himself as "critically supportive" of Chavez noting that "the Chávez administration may be fairly criticized on a range of fronts–from widespread corruption to undiplomatic rhetoric, from high crime rates to food shortages."[17]

Law (section: career)

Summary/Rationale: First, I cleaned up the copy throughout. I edited the first paragraph to make it more clear when he served in each role, and also added a position that was missing (clerk to J. Breyer on the U.S. District Court for Northern California).

Second, I spun the next paragraph off into its own subsection titled "bail reform". This seems warranted given the extent of Boudin's involvement in bail reform in California (as evidenced by the numerous citations throughout the current version of this page). To that subsection, I added info about what is described in cited sources as a "landmark" case challenging San Francisco's money bail system in California state courts (a Google search for "humphrey boudin" or "boudin bail" will produced numerous articles about this case).

Finally, I added an additional board position (with citation) and more info to the board position that was already there. And I added some additional citations to support the assertion in the current page that he writes widely on criminal justice reform, particularly bail.

Proposed change:

Law

After law school, from 2011-2012, Boudin served as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[18] He was a 2012–2013 Liman Fellow at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office,[19] and in 2013-2014 he served as a clerk to the Honorable Charles Breyer on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[20] In 2015, Boudin began working full-time at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office as a deputy public defender.[21] He serves on the board of Civil Rights Corps,[22] a national non-profit that challenges systemic injustice in the American legal system,[23] and on the board of RE:STORE JUSTICE,[24] a non-profit based in California that uses restorative justice principles to reform the criminal justice system.[25] In January 2019 Boudin announced his candidacy for San Francisco District Attorney.[2]

Bail reform

Boudin has been a leader of bail reform efforts in California, having served on an ACLU advisory committee to help draft statewide bail reform legislation[26] and initiated a 2015 federal class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of San Francisco's use of money bail to determine pretrial custody status.[27] The lawsuit led the City of San Francisco to concede that the practice of jailing indigent defendants based on inability to pay money bail is unconstitutional.[28] Boudin also litigated the constitutionality of money bail in California state courts, resulting in a ruling by the California Court of Appeal declaring that the bail system as practiced in San Francisco violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.[29] That case is pending review by the California Supreme Court.[30]

Writer (section: writer)

Summary/Rationale: This I have mostly left as is, except for reordering (and moving the bit about speaking and publishing on criminal justice reform issues down here). But here too I think there is bias infecting the original. The original quotes especially unfavorable parts of reviews and omits any positive ones. I propose simply deleting the quotes—it doesn't seem that a few lines from a couple reviews of one of the many things he has written warrants such significant space in the article. However, if the consensus is that these quotes should stay, then I propose adding additional quotes from other reviews (the San Francisco Chronicle, for example, wrote that "Anyone embarking for Latin America would do well to prepare with Boudin's memoir. [2].

Proposed change:

Writer

Boudin speaks[31][32] and publishes frequently on criminal justice issues,[33] particularly bail reform.[34]

Prior to his career in the law, Boudin translated Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chavez Speaks with Marta Harnecker into English (Monthly Review Press, 2005),[35] co-edited Letters From Young Activists: Today's Young Rebels Speak Out, (Nation Books, 2005),[36] co-wrote The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions – 100 Answers (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006),[37] and wrote Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America (Scribner's, 2009).[38]

Boudin has authored numerous scholarly articles published in various law journals, such as the Yale Law Journal and the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology on subjects including the rights of children with incarcerated parents,[39] prison visitation policies, [40] disclosure in elections under the First Amendment,[41] immigrant labor organizing,[42] election observing,[43] and others.[44]

Best, Catguy55 (talk) 01:24, 16 January 2019 (UTC)User:Catguy55[reply]

  1. ^ Gira Grant, Melissa (January 15, 2019). "San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Chesa Boudin Announces Run for District Attorney". The Appeal. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Evan Sernoffsky (January 15, 2019). "Chesa Boudin, son of imprisoned radicals, looks to become SF district attorney". San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^ Sawyer, Nuala (January 15, 2009). "Public Defender Chesa Boudin Joins District Attorney Race". SF Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (December 9, 2002). "From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  5. ^ McKinley, James (August 23, 2003). "Parole Officials Won't Appeal Decision to Free Kathy Boudin". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Foderaro, Lisa (September 18, 2003). "With Bouquet And a Wave, Boudin is Free 22 Years Later". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  7. ^ Foderaro, Lisa (September 18, 2003). "With Bouquet And a Wave, Boudin is Free 22 Years Later". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  8. ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (December 9, 2002). "From a Radical Background, A Rhodes Scholar Emerges". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  9. ^ Margolick, David (April 24, 1992). "An Unusual Court Nominee, Judging by His Family". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  10. ^ Ravo, Nick (November 26, 1989). "Leonard Boudin, Civil Liberties Lawyer, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  11. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html
  12. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/news/an-unusual-court-nominee-judging-by-his-family.html
  13. ^ Feinstein, Jessica (September 18, 2003). "Boudin '03 greets mother after 22 years". The Yale Daily News. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  14. ^ Gonzales, Richard (April 26, 2009). "'Gringo,' by Chesa Boudin". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  15. ^ Boudin, Chesa (December 7, 2007). "A Silver Lining for the Bolivarian Revolution". The Nation. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  16. ^ Boudin, Chesa (November 16, 2006). "Letter from Venezuela: The Land of Chavismo". The Nation. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  17. ^ Boudin, Chesa (November 16, 2006). "Chavez for Life?". The Nation. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  18. ^ "Biographies for the Recipients of YLS Fellowships and Fellowships Sponsored by Other Institutions" (PDF). Yale Law School. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  19. ^ "Hope, Illusion, and Imagination: The Politics of Parole and Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration (Panel Presentation)" (PDF). The Rose Sheinberg Scholar-in-Residence Program. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  20. ^ Blackwell, Savannah (May 14, 2014). "Criminal Injustice"". Fog City Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  21. ^ "Chesa Boudin". Civil Rights Corps. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  22. ^ "Our Board". Civil Rights Corps. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  23. ^ "Homepage". Civil Rights Corps. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  24. ^ "Who We Are". RE:STORE JUSTICE. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  25. ^ "Homepage". RE:STORE JUSTICE. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  26. ^ Lee, Vic (April 5, 2017). "California bail reform bill clears first hurdle". ABC 7 News. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  27. ^ Emslie, Alex (October 29, 2015). "Class-Action Suit Against San Francisco Seeks to End Use of Cash Bail System". KQED News. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  28. ^ "San Francisco city attorney: State's bail system 'unconstitutional'". Fox 2 KTVU. November 1, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  29. ^ KQED News Staff and Wires (May 4, 2018). "S.F. Man Whose Case Upended California's Bail System Wins Release". KQED News. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  30. ^ Lewis, Sukey (September 21, 2018). "State Supreme Court Case to Weigh Constitutionality of Bail Reform Law". KQED News. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  31. ^ Bartfai, Lisa (March 2, 2019). "San Francisco's bail system on the stand". KALW Local Public Radio. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  32. ^ Krasny, Michael (January 27, 2016). "Lawsuit Against San Francisco Bail System Hits Major Roadblock". KQED News. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  33. ^ https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/It-is-misguided-to-condemn-Mayor-London-Breed-s-13489610.php
  34. ^ Boudin, Chesa (September 27, 2016). "Setting Bail in San Francisco". Letter to the Editor. New York times. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  35. ^ Chávez, Hugo; Harnecker, Marta (November 2005). Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution. Monthly Review.
  36. ^ The Nation Books Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ Boudin, Chesa; Gonzalez, Gabriel; Rumbos, Wilmer (2006). The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions-100 Answers. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  38. ^ Boudin, Chesa (2009). Gringo: A Coming-of-Age in Latin America. Scribner’s.
  39. ^ Boudin, Chesa (2013). "Children of Incarcerated Parents: The Child's Constitutional Right to the Family Relationship". The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 101 (77–118). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  40. ^ Boudin, Chesa; Stutz, Trevor; Littman, Aaron date= February 17, 2014. "Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey". Retrieved April 13, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing pipe in: |first3= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  41. ^ Boudin, Chesa (2013). "Publius and the Petition: Doe v. Reed and the History of Anonymous Speech". The Yale Law Journal. 120: 2140–2181. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  42. ^ Boudin, Chesa; Scholtz, Rebecca (2010). "Strategic Options for Development of a Worker Center". Harvard Latino Law Review. 13 (Spring 2010): 91–127. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  43. ^ Boudin, Chesa (2010). "Institutional Design and International Electoral Observers: Kicking the Habit?". Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review. 3: 39. Retrieved April 13, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  44. ^ Marlise, Richter; Boudin, Chesa (April 7, 2017). "Adult, Consensual Sex Work in South Africa – the cautionary message of criminal law and sexual morality". Harvard Latino Law Review. 25 (2): 179–197. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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