Texas law aims to punish prosecutors who refuse to pursue abortion cases
Texas law aims to punish prosecutors who refuse to pursue abortion cases
New law says prosecutors who adopt policy of refusing to go after people for violating abortion bans constitutes ‘official misconduct’
After the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year, district attorneys from major counties in Texas vowed not to vigorously prosecute people under the state’s anti-abortion laws.
Now, Texas has a plan to punish them if they don’t fall in line.
On Friday, Texas will enact Senate Bill 20, a law that forbids prosecutors from adopting a “policy” of refusing to prosecute particular types of crimes, such as abortion cases. Under the new law, these policies constitute “official misconduct” and could lead to prosecutors being removed from office.
This kind of legislation flies in the face of prosecutors’ normal ability to choose whether and how to pursue cases, said Miriam Krinsky, executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution, an organization that works to support local prosecutors. Krinsky called the new law “scare tactics”.
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Remember when conservative sheriff's around the country literally ran on platforms of not enforcing state covid mandates? And conservatives ate that shit up!
But this is different I guess. 🤷
Remember when conservatives didn't operate off pure cognitive dissonance?
Oh, I don't remember that either!
And gun control as well, lots of county sheriffs here vowed not to enforce gun laws.
I don't know why some people are surprised by this, they are perfectly consistent: if they agree with the law it's good and should be upheld, if they don't agree with the law it's evil and is destroying our country.
there's absolutely no point in listening to any of their rationale or arguments because that will just leave someone either confused or brainwashed. this is never about what's the best thing to do. instead, it's about power.