Question for @chesaboudin: How is it #criminaljusticereform to allow a woman to shoplift 128 times before arresting? Now she’s facing 8 felonies and 120 misdemeanors. Might be wise to get involved earlier in the process so people’s lives aren’t destroyed with a record like that.
There is growing public resistance to spending $80K to imprison people for stealing three figures when that just results in contamination by more criminals and recidivism.
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We are not suggesting throwing people in prison for petty shoplifting one time. But there should be some kind of intervention. This is San Francisco — let’s get creative.
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For every 1000 people who are identified early, only 10 might proceed to prison. How can you justify spending that much money to intervene where it is not needed or useful
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