Wyatt Lim-Tepper

By Naomi Friedland Jason Baum, 49, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, mainly in San Mateo. He said that despite being college-educated and coming from a good family, he still found a path toward incarceration. When Baum was arrested in 2013, he was working as a recruiter in the tech space, an industry he had been in since 1999.  Baum utilized his time in prison to reflect and better himself. “I used this time as if I were in school,” he said.  Baum said his mother would tell his daughter,...

By: Wyatt Lim-Tepper A Curiae recently celebrated the Northern District of California’s Conviction Alternatives Program’s 10th anniversary and Reentry Court’s 15th anniversary—honoring the participants, stakeholders, and staff who have made these programs such a success. One of the judges I work with suggested I read the foreword of Questlove’s Hip Hop Is History,   where he describes planning the 50th anniversary celebration of Hip Hop , condensed into a 10-minute Grammy performance. The...

By: Naomi Friedland After spending his teen and early adult years involved with the criminal justice system, Jesse Agles has dedicated his career to helping youth going through similar struggles.  Agles, 28, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and was involved with the criminal justice system since he was 12 years old. He was arrested every year from then until the age of 21 and served his first term at age 19.  He got involved with A Curiae seven years ago while he was fighting his case....