I don't care for Harris. However, since we live in a first-past-the-post two-party mess, I'll continue voting progressively (and for ranked-choice if it ever gets put to a vote) in all my local/primary elections and voting for whichever candidate is running against Trump.
The US is falling into despotism regardless of the wishes of Marxists, which is why we are seeing increased support for fascism from the far-right as a consequence.
I'll vote for someone who isn't a cop (sorry prosecutor as if that matters), that isn't complicit in genocide, that didn't put trans women in mens prisons, that isn't a total piece of fucking garbage. You voting for "lesser" evil isn't pragmatic, its selling out your values.
"While the San Francisco Police Department was responsible for running the lab, not Harris’s district attorney office, a court ruled in 2010 that the district attorney’s office violated defendants’ constitutional rights by not disclosing what it knew about the tainted drug evidence.
Judge Anne-Christine Masullo wrote in her decision that prosecutors “at the highest levels of the district attorney’s office knew that Madden was not a dependable witness at trial and that there were serious concerns regarding the crime lab.”
don't play this game bud nobody on Lemmy is supporting liberalism and shit but hexbear/ml types have stereotypes attributed to them and if you think I'm the one starting them or the only one saying that you're fooling.
maybe ask why these communities have such a bad label slapped on them and why most of us see Chinese/Russian propaganda flowing from these instances
Wow, a prosecutor who worked under the "hard on crime" US laws? Say it ain't so!
The laws are dumb. Corporal punishment is dumb. It's a fancy word for state sanctioned murder.
Every year US states executes people who have been put through kangaroo courts with circumstantial evidence.
This is a federal problem that has been part of US politics since the inception of CRT.
Bail and bonds were just ways of preventing Freeman to actually make any money or lives for them selves so they would end up in prison chain gangs.
Hey, here's a great idea. Lift old laws that stifle economic development "in certain areas", create more combined domestic and commercial areas, put money into public housing, and for the love of God
I feel like he would just make stuff up, say insulting things about him, and talk poorly and aggressively about his wife. Kinda like he did to the candidates in 2016 like Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush.
Cadet Bone Spurs insulting a high ranking military officer and astronaut isn't going to sit well with the undecideds, or those "Republicans" who have to hold their noses when they cast a vote.
Anything he says about Giffords is going to backfire spectacularly: she was severely injured; he scratched his ear.
Who decided that this campaign to suppress the vote was worth running? Imagine being this bad at your job. Worse yet… what donkeys are taking money to run this? I’ve worked some worthless jobs, but Christ… I’d feel awful about myself every day. Maybe it’s the same people that run the unending scams?
The only thing I can think of is the way in which her Back on Track policy functioned. From my understanding, it was created specifically with non-violent (drug) offenders in mind. This could be something as simple as possession with weed.
The Back on Track program, again from my understanding, would effectively have the convicted person admit to their felony, which would then be expunged in part of the program.
BOT participants are young adults, ages 18–30, who are facing charges for their
first felony offense1 for a low-level drug sale. At charging, prosecuting attorneys refer
potential participants to BOT.2 Candidates attend a program orientation and participate
in an intensive community service program for a 6-week probationary period. Only
defendants who complete 6 weeks of community service and decide to participate are
eligible for enrollment. They plead guilty to charges and have their formal sentencing
deferred and, after enrolling, start a rigorous, 12–18 month program with goals set
by an individualized personal responsibility plan (PRP). The PRP mandates concrete
achievements in employment, education, parenting, and child support and requires
participants to perform up to 220 hours of community service. In addition, enrollees
are closely supervised. They meet three times per week with a BOT case manager and
appear in BOT reentry court three times per month, at which a superior court judge and
prosecutor track their progress in meeting program requirements and completing the PRP.
To graduate from the program, participants must find employment, enroll in school full
time, and comply with all the terms of their PRPs. At graduation, the court dismisses the
original case, leaving the graduate with a clean record.3 If an individual still enrolled in
the program is charged with a new crime or fails to meet BOT requirements, he or she
is removed from BOT, and a judge can immediately impose a jail or prison sentence.
So some feel like it was pointed to force non-felons into a felony status. Which is true, if they didn't complete the program. But, the program also allowed for education in place of prison time. Which I'm sure happened, but I'm not sure if they would be considered in the image above. If anyone is curious, here's some bullet points on her timeline.
As San Francisco District Attorney (2004-2011):
Refused to seek the death penalty for a man who killed a police officer
Created "Back on Track," a program allowing first-time drug offenders to get education instead of prison time
Implemented a policy to only charge for a third strike if the felony was serious or violent
As California Attorney General (2011-2017):
Expanded "Back on Track" program statewide
Introduced police racial bias training
Made California DOJ the first statewide agency to require body cameras
Launched OpenJustice, a platform to track police killings
Controversies as Attorney General:
Fought to release fewer prisoners despite court orders on overcrowding
Argued against releasing some prisoners proven innocent by the Innocence Project
Appealed a judge's decision that deemed California's death penalty unconstitutional
Defended law enforcement officials accused of misconduct in some cases
Resisted some efforts to investigate police shootings
As U.S. Senator (2017-present):
Consistently supported criminal justice reforms
Introduced bail reform legislation
Co-sponsored bill to make lynching a federal crime
Voted for the First Step Act
Supported marijuana legalization efforts
For her 2020 presidential campaign:
Released a criminal justice reform plan to reduce incarceration and end the death penalty
Took responsibility for some controversial decisions made by her office as AG