Illustration by Adrià Fruitós.
“Politics is often defined or understood as the art of making a deal. But I think, at its best, it’s the art of making possible tomorrow that which we can’t even imagine today,” says Chesa Boudin, the district attorney of San Francisco County. The son of two members of the Weather Underground sentenced to long spells in prison, Boudin was narrowly elected in 2019 under San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting system. He talks of the pain of growing up with imprisoned parents; of the collect calls he still receives every Saturday from his incarcerated father; and of his belief, inculcated in him from childhood, that simply locking people up is a failure of the political imagination. “My personal experience shapes me my worldview, my fears and hopes, my dreams and aspirations,” he acknowledges.1
CALmatters Commentary: Showdown over crime, punishment looms
Dan Walters: CALmatters Commentary
Should California continue to reduce punishment for crimes large and small, or has it gone too far and implicitly allowed criminals to prey upon Californians without fear of imprisonment?
The question has reverberated throughout the state over the past half-decade, ever since former Gov. Jerry Brown lunched a personal crusade to scale back the lock-‘em-up laws that California enacted – including some that he signed – in the 1980s and 1990s.
California voters will answer it next year by either giving newly appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta, a fervent believer in the softer approach to crime, a full term or replacing him with someone with a tougher attitude toward lawbreakers.
Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert To Challenge Attorney General Rob Bonta For Job In 2022
Monday, April 26, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne-Marie Schubert at a press conference announcing her office s findings in the case of the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark.
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Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced on Monday that she is running for attorney general, challenging the recently appointed incumbent Rob Bonta.
Schubert made her official announcement while standing in front of families of violent crime victims, whose perpetrators she helped lock up during her 30 years as a career prosecutor. She didn’t take long to send shots at her opponent and other progressive prosecutors across California.
Golden State Killer DA seeks to unseat California Attorney General
By Don Thompson article Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert talks with the media after a press conference about the Golden State Killer in Santa Ana, CA, on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. The district attorneys told the media that Joseph DeAngelo will be tried in S
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SACRAMENTO - The prosecutor best known for pushing to unmask the mysterious Golden State Killer said Monday that she is running for state attorney general as advocate for victims and to right a criminal justice system she said is in chaos, days after California’s current top law enforcement officer was sworn in.
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