The office of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said its progressive policies that have come under fire and have since become the catalyst for a do-over recall attempt are based on science and research data.
justice reforms. The research webpage has been live since last year but the reminder comes amid growing skepticism and backlash from his own prosecutors, law enforcement leaders and crime victims.
In arguing in favor of the reforms, Gascon's office cited studies that said alternatives to cash bail like supervised release programs don't have negative impacts on public safety and increase rates at which defendants return to court. He noted that bail allows defendants with greater financial means to buy their freedom while defendants of color often have bail set in higher amounts than White defendants.
"Enhancements are also the primary driver of a system of mass incarceration that needlessly siphons billions into jails and prisons, and away from our communities and the investments victims of crime want us to make," he wrote in a letter days after taking office.
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