Tuesday, December 08, 2020

'Success' Has Many Fathers

 New Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, seeking to revamp the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office with progressive policies, said Monday after taking office that cash bail will be ended for many offenses and sentences in thousands of cases will be reevaluated. Gascón, in remarks after taking his oath of office, took aim at his predecessors in recent decades — calling Los Angeles “a poster child for the failed tough-on-crime approach.” [More]

So going soft on crime is the "successful" approach? Genius!

Any bets on the mean number of "catch and release" arrests and convictions on the affected rap sheets?

[Via Geordan]

1 comment:

Henry said...

The case of Nikolas Cruz already shows us how they have that covered -- they just don't make entries on the rap sheet.