San Francisco Recalls Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Supporters of criminal justice reform worried that a successful recall effort could lead to efforts to oust other progressive prosecutors across the country.
41% : In office, he expanded diversion programs, like drug or mental health treatment, as an alternative to incarceration; he refused to try juveniles as adults or seek the death penalty; and he forbade prosecutors in his office from seeking cash bail.

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