14-year-old San Francisco girl steals once too often - Will she be held accountable?

[john3232]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

That DA will be re-elected to continue his DEI campaign to destroy San Francisco.

He's not running again..

San Francisco's polarizing former top prosecutor announced Wednesday he will not run for his old job, choosing instead to serve as executive director of a new criminal law research and advocacy center at University of California, Berkeley's law school.

Chesa Boudin was ousted as district attorney last year in a divisive recall election, driven by critics who said his progressive attitude toward crime was making the city less safe. He was replaced by Brooke Jenkins, who promised more consequences for criminal defendants.

Boudin is the son of leftist radicals who spent decades in prison for their role in a botched 1981 heist of a Brink's armored truck. Kathy Boudin died last year, soon after David Gilbert was granted parole.

Boudin said in an op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday that his new job “is still consistent with my lifelong commitment to fixing the criminal legal system, ending mass incarceration, and innovating data-driven solutions to public safety challenges.”

He said the Criminal Law & Justice Center will evaluate the outcomes of specific policies and communicate to the public just what is needed to make communities safe.
https://apnews.com/article/chesa-bou...d6775bfb62fdcd

[PureBoston]

Originally Posted by john3232

He's not running again..

If we can't trust this man to tell us "just what is needed to make communities safe"...........

[CorporateCowboy]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Normally I would agree with you 100%.

That being said, the track record of prosecution in some cities has\had? gotten so bad that the starting point that they'll do very little is the reasonable choice.

I think the reasonable choice is to let it play-out, particularly relative to multiple charges/persons in this case.

Originally Posted by Annandale_Man

Juvenile courts should be eliminated. All criminial acts are the same regardless the age of the accused.

All criminal acts are not the same relative to adults, yet alone in terms of a minor who is more likely to be under the control of others or a product of their immediate environment. Hence the reason our juvenile justice system speaks to treatment and rehabilitation. Also, relative to the science of adolescent development, it is common/‘normal’ for youth to engage in risky behavior or be prone to rebellion anyway.

That said, less than 4% of juveniles are tried as adults (relative to far more serious crimes); clearly, society strongly disagrees with you.