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Connick v. Thompson Encore

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Is the Progressive Prosecutor Movement a Disadvantage?

There's a trend of so-called progressive prosecutors, which are prosecutors who will take progressive stances in terms of what they prosecute. They're not going to be prosecuting simple drug possession and things like that. A truly progressive prosecutor's office would commit 100% of its resources into actual services for people of color and the poor,. Not just diversionary courts over prison, right? But actually divert them away with criminal punishment.

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