Californiaâs new budget makes it clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislatureâs dominant Democrats are favoring a cadre of local district attorneys who favor leniency and rehabilitation for lawbreakers in their political duel with traditional, punishment-oriented prosecutors.
The battle is being fought on several fronts, most prominently in a looming clash between newly appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta, an outspoken advocate of whatâs called the âcriminal justice reform,â and Anne Marie Schubert, the high-profile district attorney of Sacramento.
Newsom has long been a reform advocate, but swept away any doubt about where he stands by imposing a moratorium on executing murderers and naming Bonta, a former state assemblyman, to succeed Xavier Becerra after he joined the Biden administration.
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California budget favors left side of crime culture wars
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Californiaâs new budget makes it clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislatureâs dominant Democrats are favoring a cadre of local district attorneys who favor leniency and rehabilitation for lawbreakers in their political duel with traditional, punishment-oriented prosecutors.
The battle is being fought on several fronts, most prominently in a looming clash between newly appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta, an outspoken advocate of whatâs called the âcriminal justice reform,â and Anne Marie Schubert, the high-profile district attorney of Sacramento.
Newsom has long been a reform advocate, but swept away any doubt about where he stands by imposing a moratorium on executing murderers and naming Bonta, a former state assemblyman, to succeed Xavier Becerra after he joined the Biden administration.