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September 23, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) —

Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) today announced its first leadership transition since the organization’s inception eight years ago. Founder and former Executive Director, Miriam Krinsky, will be stepping away from the organization to spend more time with her family, including her two young grandchildren. Under Miriam’s visionary leadership, FJP has evolved from a small coalition of just 14 elected prosecutors in 2017 to one of the nation’s leading criminal justice reform organizations, now boasting a nationwide network of over 60 reform-minded prosecutors.

Miriam will be succeeded by Acting Co-Executive Directors Amy Fettig and Robin Olsen, both of whom bring decades of experience in leading transformative criminal justice reform campaigns, managing innovative reform programs, and leading progressive reform organizations.

“After nearly eight years of leading our organization, FJP Founder and Executive Director Miriam Krinsky, has decided to step away from FJP,” said FJP Acting Co-Executive Director Amy Fettig. “Under Miriam’s leadership, our network has grown to include over 60 elected prosecutors around the nation representing nearly 20 percent of the nation’s population. FJP has also supported prosecutors as they pushed for a more equitable, evidence-based approach to incarceration that prioritizes both public safety and equality. The two can and must exist hand-in-hand.”

“As we move into this next stage of FJP’s vital work, we want to thank Miriam for her contribution to this field and supporting critical reforms in the criminal legal system,” said FJP Acting Co-Executive Director Robin Olsen. “There is still so much work to do, and FJP will not pause in our work.  As we move into this next phase, we will remain unrelenting in our commitment to and partnership with prosecutors implementing smart, research-based, and just solutions to public safety.”

As FJP enters this new chapter, Amy Fettig and Robin Olsen will ensure that FJP continues to grow and innovate to fulfill the organization’s mission to be a driving force in criminal justice reform. In the coming weeks, they will be overseeing the roll-out of important research and legal analysis on issues related to protecting prosecutorial discretion, decriminalizing sex work, and bail reform.

About FJP Co-Executive Director Amy Fettig

Amy Fettig is a national expert on criminal justice reform with over two decades of experience as a civil rights litigator, campaign director, and movement leader. Amy previously served as the Executive Director of The Sentencing Project (TSP), a research and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw ground-breaking research on sentencing reform and jumpstarted national campaigns to roll back extreme sentences, expand voting rights, and promote youth justice. During her time at TSP, Amy tripled the organization’s budget and doubled its staff, and she was able to launch many innovative new programs. This includes Amy’s founding of the Second Look Network, a national network of attorneys and legal professionals working on post-conviction cases beyond direct appeal. Amy also served as Staff Counsel and then Deputy Director for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, where she garnered national recognition for her work challenging unconstitutional prison conditions. In this role, she founded and directed the ACLU’s Stop Solitary campaign seeking to end the practice of long-term isolation in our nation’s detention facilities which lead to local governments, states and the federal government taking action to reform the practice of solitary confinement. Amy has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Michigan. She holds a B.A. with distinction from Carleton College; a Master’s from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs; and a J.D. from Georgetown University.

About FJP Co-Executive Director Robin Olsen

Robin Olsen is a highly accomplished policy advisor, researcher, and leader whose work has been instrumental in driving transformative justice reform at every level of government. In her previous roles, Robin was a consultant to the Council on Criminal Justice’s Veterans Justice Commission, where she helped design a national policy framework for veterans’ diversion, and a Principal Policy Associate at the Urban Institute, where she directed multi-million-dollar projects that shaped prosecutorial practices and advanced reforms in diversion and data transparency. At The Pew Charitable Trusts, Robin led comprehensive juvenile justice reform programs in multiple states, contributing to a 16-50% reduction in juvenile populations and the reinvestment of millions into community services. Her bipartisan legislative work averted over $700 million in prison costs across several states. Additionally, Robin has served as a public safety policy advisor in Washington, DC, and Illinois, producing critical policy recommendations and driving budgetary strategies within multi-billion-dollar agencies. Robin holds an AB in Politics from Princeton University and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, bringing a formidable combination of policy expertise, research acumen, and strategic leadership to the criminal justice space.