by Kent Scheidegger · Jul 11, 2022 10:44 am
Tab Berg has this article in the California Globe on last month’s district attorney elections in California. He notes some of the lesser known races in which “progressive” challengers were defeated. Continue reading . . .
by Kent Scheidegger · Jul 8, 2022 2:11 pm
SF Mayor London Breed has appointed Brooke Jenkins to be the San Francisco District Attorney, filling the vacancy created by the recall of Chesa Boudin. Eric Ting had this article yesterday in the SF Chronicle based on an insider tip, and the official announcement was made today, as reported in this article from Bay City News.
The appointment is a short one, as a special election will be held concurrently with the November general election to fill the seat until SF’s odd election cycle comes around again in 2023.
Ms. Jenkins was a prosecutor in the office until last year, when she quit over Mr. Boudin’s policies and joined the recall effort. Heather Knight had this article at the time on her departure. She considers herself a progressive (it is SF, after all), but what she means by “progressive” is clearly much different than what Mr. Boudin means.
by Michael Rushford · Jul 8, 2022 10:56 am
Progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged a 61-year-old bodega worker with second-degree murder for defending himself against a habitual felon who attacked him. Security video provided here by the New York Post shows 35-year-old parolee Austin Simon walk behind the counter and attack Jose Alba, knocking him down and threatening him. Alba then grabbed a knife kept under the counter and fatally stabbed Simon. Alba, who had no criminal record, was charged with murder and thrown in jail on $250,000 bail. Simon’s girlfriend, who stabbed Alba in the arm during the attack, was not charged.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jul 6, 2022 4:12 pm
Below is a list of decisions in criminal and related cases by the U.S. Supreme Court in the term just ended, the October 2021 Term. The capsule description for each case is from the Court’s website. It is the flyout that appears if you hover your mouse pointer over the case on the website’s decision list.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jul 6, 2022 12:24 pm
The committee working to recall LA DA George Gascón has this announcement:
For all the victims of George Gascon’s reckless policies. For all the families who have been robbed of justice. And for every law-abiding resident who just wants to feel safe.
George Gascon has got to go.
Today, we will take a major step towards making that a reality.
Join us TODAY at 1:45pm at the LA County Registrar of Voters. A large moving truck filled with all the signed petitions will be driven to the County Registrar, and delivered.
by Michael Rushford · Jul 6, 2022 9:59 am
California’s Second District Court of Appeal has held a 2021 law (SB 567) signed last October by Governor Newsom, cannot require a judge to re-sentence an offender to a lower term. The Metropolitan News Enterprise reports that the new law required trial courts to sentence a defendant to the the lower term if he/she “has experienced psychological, physical or childhood trauma,” that contributed to the commission of the offense. The case involved the 2021 conviction of habitual felon Norman Salazar for confining his ex-girlfriend in a motel room and beating and torturing her for nearly twenty hours. When Salazar took her to her bank to withdraw $3,000, the victim lifted her sunglasses to show the teller her black eye. The teller called the police and Salazar was arrested.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jul 6, 2022 8:53 am
Thomas Hogan has this article with the above title at the City Journal.
The headline is becoming more common: “Innocent Man Freed After Decades in Jail for Murder!” As a matter of statistical probabilities, it must be true that some innocent defendants are convicted. But experienced law enforcement officials are growing concerned that progressive prosecutors are freeing guilty murderers in their rush to enforce their own politics of decarceration and equity. A close look at how this exoneration hustle works is worth reviewing because the pattern becomes clear.
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