Alameda DA’s new policy will reduce prison sentences through widespread elimination of sentencing enhancements
OAKLAND — In a new policy that will reduce the average prison and jail sentences for criminal defendants in Alameda County, District Attorney Pamela Price is requiring prosecutors to “generally” not file sentencing enhancements to charges, or require them as part of plea deals.
Price wrote that the policy has not been finalized and she’s open to feedback, referring to it as an “interim final directive” that will take effect later this week. It is scheduled to be finalized by the end of the month. In response to a request for comment, Price’s communications director issued a statement saying the reasons for the new interim policy are twofold: to offer a more “fair and balanced administration of justice” and improve communications between the administration and line prosecutors who were only given “verbal directives” from the previous administration.
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