OAKLAND — Calling for a recall and chanting “do your job,” scores of people rallied against District Attorney Pamela Price on Monday outside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse…
OAKLAND — Calling for a recall and chanting “do your job,” scores of people rallied against District Attorney Pamela Price on Monday outside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse, urging the county’s top prosecutor to end a series of controversial reforms and avoid cutting a plea deal with the men accused of killing a toddler during a freeway shootout.
The three men arrested in the killing — Johnny Jackson of Richmond; Trevor Green of Richmond; and Ivory Bivins of Vallejo — were arrested in late 2022, during the final weeks of former District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s administration. They were initially charged with special circumstances murder, making them eligible for sentences of life without parole, if convicted.
Jasper’s mother called for each suspect in her boy’s death to be “justly and severely” punished with the “maximum sentencing available under the law,” according to a text message from the boy’s mother that was read during the rally by Stewart Chen, president of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council.
The protest marked the largest sign of discontent with Price since she took office in January. It comes less than a week after she defended her handling of an unusual plea deal in the case of Delonzo Logwood, whose 15-year plea deal in three murder cases was thrown out by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Mark McCannon for being too lenient. Price has since moved to disqualify McCannon from any cases filed by her office.
In statement from her office after the protest, Price vowed to be transparent about the case and expressed empathy with Wu’s family about the “horrific” killing.
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