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elljay

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13. I used to work in that DA's office many years ago

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 01:12 AM

Mar 2016

I can't speak to how things are now in Richmond, but I can say that when I was a prosecutor there, the Contra Costa DA's office was focused on taking cases to trial, not on settling. In fact, we would get in big trouble for settling a case on the day of trial. I suspect an offer like this would have needed approval from the top and it would not have been made unless the case had evidentiary problems. I'm guessing that they needed to prove intent and had a very weak case.

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I used to work in that DA's office many years ago elljay Mar 2016 #13