New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes
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1. New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes
Critics are concerning that newly appointed San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins is reigniting the failed war on drugs.? On Wednesday, she announced a new policy that claims to hold drug dealers accountable by prohibiting dealers arrested with more than five grams of drugs from being referred to San Francisco’s community justice court (CJC).
2. In overdose deaths, should homicide charges be filed?
On Aug. 31, 2018, Heather Crimaldi asked her brother Christopher to buy her heroin in McHenry County, Illinois. While under the influence that night, Heather fell in the shower at his apartment and died. Christopher was taken into custody. Now, nearly four years later, he has been convicted of drug-induced homicide (DIH) and sentenced to six years in prison, despite having advanced cancer. He says he only has a few months to live.
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3. Oklahoma Pardon And Parole Board Recommends Clemency For James Coddington – Up to Governor Now
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to Wednesday to recommend death row prisoner James Coddington’s death sentence be commuted to life without the possibility of parole after a clemency hearing Wednesday.
4. Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat
A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this month “nearly one third of people killed by U.S. police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attempting to flee when the officer fatally shot or used lethal force against them,” according to a story in The Guardian
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