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I don't think this is a great gotcha. The DA's job is to prosecute based on the law as it is, not to pick and choose which laws matter. Too many democrat DAs do that now and it's causing havoc in their cities.
The DA's job is to prosecute based on the law as it is, not to pick and choose which laws matter.
ALVIN BRAGG HAS ENTERED THE CHAT
Larry Krasner slithers in behind him
Fatlock*
Itâs called âpulling up the ladder behind you.â
She made her mark prosecuting people for this, then hides behind feelings and says âOh golly, how outdated to think that way!â
Theyâre all like this. Some of the things Biden said in the 80s and 90s would make modern Democrats faint.
And believe that Trump said them when asked.
Like here in NYC, there's pretty much no repercussions for stealing a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff every day because they don't ever prosecute below $1000 and even then it's rare until it's a lot of money.
The problem is Democrats act like it never happened, you would think someone who cares that much would apologize or at least acknowledge that it happened.
No, see, that logic only applies to huge swathes of people on the basis of race, not individual politicians.
DAâs have a ton of discretion and leeway with most crimes, particularly low level non-person crimes such as this.
Wasn't she also heavily involved with writing the legislation for this as well?
Someone fact check this
Youâd think they but there are many loopholes around it. Prosecutorial discretion is very much a thing and DAs will happily reduce charges to get around laws they disagree with. Some offices flat out will not be involved with misdemeanor offenses and make the PDs do the prosecutorâs job.
Prosecutorial discretion is very much a thing and DAs will happily reduce charges to get around laws they disagree with.
And I believe that using discretion in this manner is wrong in most cases.
A girl attacked a friend of mine with a hammer and when that failed she pulled out a knife out of her bra (donât ask what he did to deserve it, thatâs another topic). She was not pressed charges, not even community service.Â
This was in SoCalÂ
So you're saying the job of the Executive Branch is not to pick & choose which laws they'd like to enforce, but to faithfully enforce those on the books, regardless of policy disagreements?
ELI5 why Mayorkas & Biden are allowed to not enforce existing immigration laws?
They should be enforcing the laws on the books. That's what I said. I don't have an explanation for you.
DAâs do have âprosecutorial discretionâ over the types of cases they want to pursue though - as X correctly points out Harris was never shy about going after weed smokers when she was DA.
Tell that to âTishâ James
Lol, dude DAs 100% pick and choose what gets prosecuted. Way it works is local LE will have to chum up to the DA if they want them to take charges from said agency on particular crimes, if they won't LE won't even bother hooking people up on those charges. Ideally, you're right. We all know how it really works though.
As DA she could have let them off or given them a little slap on the wrist