Is there a single example of a prosecutor getting voted out for being *too punitive*? (Not the case in recent Chicago, Cleveland DA races.)
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against her.
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Yes, communities, opposition candidate, legal elites, reporters, editorial boards, all cited over-carceral approach
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And Scott Colom in MS—didn’t even really have a scandal to run against: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/11/district_attorneys_scott_colom_proves_you_can_run_against_a_tough_on_crime.html …
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Forrest Allgood had plenty of scandals. And all widely-known in that district.
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Big race on horizon = Jacksonville. In 2 weeks.pic.twitter.com/nk1jGVy9s0
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Yes, that's the race that prompted my question. Thanks all for your answers!
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I think the answer is yes, but I am biased. I think punitive + ineffective.
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don't forget she also first got on the scene for being too lenient!
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That was probably the largest reason, but those who opposed her (candidate and activists) also cited AA's over-carceral policies
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No doubt, and that means something. But AA's failure to speedily indict VanDyke was not just biggest but the but-for cause, no?
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What about the Bklyn DA race in 2013? Thompson and Hynes
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Yes, while in some communities underpunishment of child rape was issue, in others overpunishment/Scarcella was issue
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She prosecuted young Black people at disproportionate rates. It was a case made by activists AND the candidate running
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The case made against her was more nuanced than that in communities. It was that she didn't prosecute cops+
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