"When Pamela Price was sworn in as Alameda County District Attorney in 2023, she promised a " reckoning" with the criminal legal system's injustices, including police and prosecutorial misconduct. And she brought a new philosophy to the DA's office, focusing on rehabilitation instead of punishment for youth, and reducing the use of prosecutorial tools like enhancements - additional charges that add time to defendants' sentences."
"Price's agenda came to the fore last year when a federal judge overturned the death sentence of Curtis Ervin because Alameda County prosecutors had engaged in misconduct during his trial in 1991. Another man, Ernest Dykes, who was convicted of murder in 1995, was resentenced and freed from prison last year following the discovery of more evidence of prosecutorial misconduct."
Pamela Price, sworn in as Alameda County District Attorney in 2023, pursued reforms addressing police and prosecutorial misconduct. She prioritized rehabilitation over punishment for youth and reduced use of sentence-enhancing prosecutorial tools. Her office filed resentencing motions citing Chhabria's order, Batson, and the 2020 Racial Justice Act to challenge racial disparities and seek resentencing for affected defendants. The Racial Justice Act notes lower recidivism after age 40 and that lengthy terms do not reduce crime. A superior court granted some resentencings, producing releases and parole possibilities. Voters recalled Price in November less than two years into her term.
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