6 months later: Alameda County DA Pamela Price talks priorities, criticism

almost since the day district attorney Pamela price took office she's faced pointed attacks about many of the progressive policies that got her elected to office promises to reform the justice system expand alternative sentencing reduce enhancement and alter the juvenile system to focus on reform rather than punishment we're not going to be deterred by that the people who lost the election lost the election the people of Alameda County who were in The majority that voted for us to come and fix the broken system among the controversies a recent decision to release a group of eight pre-teens and teens arrested in connection with more than 35 robberies the D.A says the case locked evidence she explains that in her opinion there needs to be much more focus on creating alternatives for at-risk youth rather than incarcerating them we understand the consequences the impact that it has for them lifelong of being incarcerated that's generally The Last Resort and only the most serious offenders are placed under juvenile custody she also says she's moving forward with reform to the adult Justice including alternative sentencing models that rely on drug treatment and mental diversion programs rather than prison sentences price also defends her decision to drop so-called criminal enhancements in several cases including some enhancements and the widely publicized murder of 23-month-old Jasper Wu who was shot and killed in a rolling gunfight on 880 enhancements are at the heart of mass incarceration and those of us who have studied this problem and the remedies for it understand that the use of enhancements has devastated black and brown communities the Oakland police officers assist and the union who represents most Oakland Police say their members are struggling to keep up with widespread crime on the street and says many of the DA's proposed reforms are making a bad situation even worse her policies solely are not causing the significant crime we're seeing on the streets of Oakland but they're exacerbating and already very challenging crime situation that the residents in Oakland and you are facing the city of Oakland is approaching a 14 increase in robbery since last year hitting a 10-year record according to Sergeant Barry Donald we bring the perpetrator to Justice we need the other part of the Criminal Justice System the District Attorney's office to advocate for the very victims that we're trying to protect in Oakland velena Jones NBC Bay Area News

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Length: 2min 44sec (164 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 30 2023