Tag: Prosecutor

Progressives Are Winning DA Races But Face Pushback Once in Office

Will these new progressive District Attorneys be helpful or hurtful to the quality of life in their communities?

Queens, N.Y., will soon join the list of places electing district attorneys who reject the tough-on-crime policies of the past. But their approach isn’t always well-received by governors.
— Read on www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-prosecutors-elections-district-attorney-races.html

Prosecutors, Police, and Communities Release Toolkit for Officer Involved Fatalities | John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Prosecutors, Police, and Communities Release Toolkit for Officer Involved Fatalities | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
— Read on www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/prosecutors-police-and-communities-release-toolkit-officer-involved-fatalities

The publication can be accessed HERE

After Stephon Clark shooting, California AG releases 49 suggestions to improve Sacramento police | The Sacramento Bee

After the incidents of police using force in 2014 and 2015 it became a popular for outside agencies to investigate incidents of police use of force.

Here is an example of the California AG Investigation on the Stephon Clark shooting.

With a $20 million lawsuit and two criminal probes into the Stephon Clark shooting looming, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released a report with 49 recommendations for improving Sacramento police. Police Chief Daniel Hahn asked for the report following Clark’s death at the hands of two officers last March.
— Read on amp.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article225242250.html

The report can also be accessed HERE

Charges To Be Declined | Rachael Rollins for Suffolk DA

Don’t District Attorneys swear an oath to uphold the laws of their state? Why are the rights of a criminal put before the rights of a victim?

So if you shoplift (steal from a store) get arrested the DA won’t prosecute?

This will make 2019 Christmas Shopping less painful.

Charges for which the Default is to Decline Prosecuting (unless supervisor permission is obtained).

— Read on rollins4da.com/policy/charges-to-be-declined/