It was clear before, and it's abundantly clear after the past few days: State’s Attorneys in Connecticut remain among the most powerful yet least accountable actors in the criminal legal system.
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State’s Attorneys hold people’s lives & fates in their hands. Yet they're appointed to 8-year terms with little interim oversight. And they're not measured based on data-driven performance evaluations regarding whether they have improved community well-being in their districts.
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The hard truth remains that Connecticut still needs a way to evaluate State’s Attorneys based on whether they have measurably: - pursued police accountability, - reduced racism in the criminal legal system, - and reduced incarceration.https://www.acluct.org/en/press-releases/reaction-conclusion-criminal-justice-commission-meeting-regarding-reappointments …
