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She will present the District Attorneys Office on the review of San Francisco rates for Domestic Violence. We flipped a coin. Have you to be here this evening in front of of these commissions to talk a little bit about our work in the District Attorneys Office as it relates to Domestic Violence. As many of you know we have a vertical Domestic Violence unit as it relates to misdemeanor and felony prosecution. Domestic violence notoriously difficult to prosecute requires building meaningful, deep relationship with the victim so they will have the confidence in us to project them to the Court Pro...

For us, we know from having done this work with lowercase lows that when we have the opportunity to speak to generally the woman but the victim in the case and build that relationship through an advocate, an investigator or an attorney we see much higher interest in prosecution, and a much High Conviction rate as a result of that. Commissioner shorter. It in clarify for those watching from home who jean is . Not everyone knows. So you can be on tv too. Good evening my name is jean roland,managing attorney for stalking, Domestic Violence and physical elderly abuse. I do have a question for you ...

In Domestic Violence by its nature is committed by a person that they deeply loved. We are asked to navigate to personal relationships. One of the huge challenges we face are delays in bringing cases to trial. We have three attorneys. We have to finish one trial before we can begin the next. We have extended exposure to their batterer and maybe change your mind about wanting to proceed. With changes in the law it is extremely difficult for us to continue with the prosecution without evicting that is interested in proceeding. In the past with call Police Officer and the relay what information t...

Very difficult to maintain that. As we know it is not just the perpetrators who continue to have power and control over the victims but there are families and relatives out there for the defendants who also apply a lot of pressure on the victims. I think that one of the most crucial points in prosecuting dv cases is when the victim begins to turn away from us, the prosecution. I honestly believe t we need more resources because at that point in time it is not a matter of us letting these cases go. I think we have defined other means to be able to pursue these cases even when victims dont alway...