From Erick Erickson’s Substack:
“It’s so bad that local law enforcement has been trying to find ways to tie crimes to federal law so prosecutions will happen. Joe Biden’s United States Attorney takes crime more seriously than the locally elected District Attorney.
For those not from the area, Deborah Gonzalez, the District Attorney in Clarke County, Georgia, is a progressive prosecutor whose refusal to enforce the law and prosecute crimes caused the state legislature to pass a law making it easier to remove District Attorneys. Her office is so poorly managed by her that, though she is authorized to have 17 Assistant District Attorneys, she has just three. In 2023, her office dismissed 46% of cases and reduced over 130 felony prosecutions to misdemeanors. She also lost fourteen murder trials in a row. The Clarke County DA sued the state, challenging the law, and the State Supreme Court is forcing the legislature to rewrite the law.”
46% of cases dismissed. Unreal.
https://open.substack.com/pub/eweri...-fc9?r=7c6j0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
“It’s so bad that local law enforcement has been trying to find ways to tie crimes to federal law so prosecutions will happen. Joe Biden’s United States Attorney takes crime more seriously than the locally elected District Attorney.
For those not from the area, Deborah Gonzalez, the District Attorney in Clarke County, Georgia, is a progressive prosecutor whose refusal to enforce the law and prosecute crimes caused the state legislature to pass a law making it easier to remove District Attorneys. Her office is so poorly managed by her that, though she is authorized to have 17 Assistant District Attorneys, she has just three. In 2023, her office dismissed 46% of cases and reduced over 130 felony prosecutions to misdemeanors. She also lost fourteen murder trials in a row. The Clarke County DA sued the state, challenging the law, and the State Supreme Court is forcing the legislature to rewrite the law.”
46% of cases dismissed. Unreal.
https://open.substack.com/pub/eweri...-fc9?r=7c6j0&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post