The only thing 'tough' about Kamala Harris' record as San Francisco district attorney was being on the receiving end of the consequences of her policies
Kamala Harris and her allies are highlighting her prior experience as San Francisco’s district attorney. She ran away from it during the 2020 primary as anti-police fervor swept the Democratic Party, but now it’s a selling point. They use it in ads to call her 'tough.' This couldn’t be further from the truth. The case of Steven Petrilli is instructive to see what type of District Attorney’s Office Kamala Harris ran.
As San Francisco Weekly reported in 2010, Harris’ overall conviction rate is 'based almost entirely on plea deals negotiated before defendants accused of serious crimes proceed to trial.' When serious criminals went to trial, Harris lost often. At one point, Harris' office was securing 'guilty verdicts in just 53% of its felony trials' when the statewide average was 83%.
The only thing 'tough' about Harris' record as district attorney was being on the receiving end of the consequences of her policies. Just days after San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinoza was murdered, Harris took the death penalty off the table for his killer. Isaac’s widow Renata said she felt like Harris, 'had just taken justice from us. From Isaac.' San Francisco has become something of a cautionary tale for the rest of the country due to prosecutors like Harris.
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