Progressive Prosecuting: Chesa Boudin and Kim Foxx
City Arts & Lectures
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Are You Refusing to Detain Most People Pre Trial?
A lot of people believe, because you have been arrested a charged, that you are guilty. And therefore, many people believe that pre trial incarceration is basically pre punishment. This isn't pre punishment. The people maintain their presumption of innocence. What we know is that people who are released pre trial, there is a percentage of folks who are going to be arrested again. That percentage is small. We're not punishing people before trial. We want to make sure they come back to court. I think my biggest frustration as an elected leader of and as someone who grew up in the neighborhood who was impacted by violence and wanted to believe in their leaders, is the willingness that we have to lie about
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