Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price sat down with ABC7 News to discuss her first few months in office and address criticism that she is soft on crime.
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela says she's being targeted by groups who want to recall her for the progressive policies she was elected on.Amid a recall effort and accusations of being soft on crime, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price sat down with ABC7 News to discuss her first few months in office."It's an adventure. It's a great adventure. We came into a situation that was highly unstable. I prepared for the change that was about to come.
"We have invested in prisons versus education in California. And we are seeing the results of that. Enhancements have been shown to be racially biased and applied in a racially biased way. And enhancements, nationally, as people who looked at enhancements, they do not find that the longer sentences actually deter crime," said Price. "What we find is that it increases the possibility of recidivism.
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