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In reply to the discussion: No 'good' time for this, but here it is: Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,735 posts)9. From that perspective,
She campaigned to expand her jail/fines for parents of truant kids statewide as a plank in her bid for AG. That troubles me.
And some of her decisions as a prosecutor are pretty indefensible, from my perspective. I get the realities of being a prosecutor, and the reality that doing your job will have a disproportionate impact on minorities and people without means. But that is different from being made aware of evidentiary issues that impact hundreds of cases and actively concealing that information from the people who were imprisoned on the basis of that evidence - or appealing a court decision abolishing the death penalties. Those are policies and postures that are inconsistent with some of my core beliefs.
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No 'good' time for this, but here it is: Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' [View all]
elleng
Feb 2019
OP
I'm not sure whether it was imprisoning them or not disclosing evidence that would release them.
Ms. Toad
Feb 2019
#16
That's why I went to the actual sources cited. Not only do they tell a more objective story,
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#21
A San Francisco resident, I've been seeing very serious allegations in Harris hit pieces & critiques
NBachers
Feb 2019
#29
There's no such thing as a "progressive prosecutor." Just ask the people prosecuted by
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#32
I don't know. You are right and that still makes my skin crawl. Does that mean you are willing to
JCanete
Feb 2019
#68
Like who? There is no perfect candidate...and the purity test is likely to make us choose an
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#58
Its always good to recognize that just about every piece is an opinion piece. Assuming neutrality in
JCanete
Feb 2019
#69
It is not true that the DA can't decide which cases to prosecute, nor which cases to captiulate on..
JCanete
Feb 2019
#71
I didn't say you claimed anything. I should have phrased differently, but my point was that the DA
JCanete
Feb 2019
#74