Prosecutor Elections Now a Front Line in the Justice Wars [themarshallproject.org]

Alicia Doktor 5/24/184:00 AM

In most district attorney elections, the campaign playbook is clear: Win over the local cops and talk tough on crime.

But in California this year, the strategy is being turned on its head.

Wealthy donors are spending millions of dollars to back would-be prosecutors who want to reduce incarceration, crack down on police misconduct and revamp a bail system they contend unfairly imprisons poor people before trial.

[For more on this story by PAIGE ST. JOHN and ABBIE VANSICKLE, go to https://www.themarshallproject...-in-the-justice-wars]

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