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CALIFORNIA DA'S POLICIES ON CRIME ARE DRIVING PROSECUTORS TO QUIT

By Anna Skinner On 4/28/23 at 3:47 PM EDT


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Prosecutors are leaving their positions in a California county after disagreeing
with the district attorney over her new policies on crime.

Crime remains a top issue for political candidates as well as citizens across
the nation, and local prosecutors often make it their mission to crack down on
crime. But California's new Alameda County DA, Pamela Price, has encountered an
outcry and disagreement after trying to massively reduce the prison sentence for
a suspect in a triple-murder case in March.

Price, who assumed her position in January, had sought a leadership position
since 2017. She ran for Alameda County DA in 2017 and lost with 42 percent of
the vote, compared with opponent Nancy O'Malley's 57 percent. The next year,
Price ran for Oakland mayor but lost again. This past November, her run for
Alameda's DA again was successful.



In the triple-murder case, she quickly turned heads when she brokered a plea
deal with the defendant's defense attorneys. If successful, the deal would have
resulted in a 15-year sentence. Such a case typically comes with a possible
prison sentence of 75 years to life.

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The judge rejected the deal, but discussion of it continues in the local legal
community. Meanwhile, some prosecutors in Price's office were so distressed by
her efforts that they chose to leave their jobs.


Pamela Price, then running for Alameda County district attorney in California,
speaks with a member of the audience during a presentation on September 13,
2017. Price was elected to the office last November. Since she took office in
January, three prosecutors have quit because they disagree with her policies on
crime. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty


Newsweek reached out to Price's office by email for comment.

Danielle Hilton, the most recent veteran prosecutor to announce that she was
leaving her position in Alameda County, sent a letter to Price earlier this week
informing the DA that she was resigning.

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"Victims deserve better," Hilton wrote. "I am leaving not because I want to; in
fact, I want nothing more than to be an African American woman continuing to
serve the citizens of Alameda County in a fair, unbiased and passionate manner.
Under your management, I do not feel I can ethically and adequately carry out my
duties as a prosecutor."

Hilton went on to say that she had tried multiple times to meet with Price, who,
she wrote, ignored her calls and emails.

"I have spent my career picking up the pieces and gathering the fragments of
lives shattered by violence," Hilton's letter went on. "I encourage you to look
at crime scene and autopsy photos, meet the victims of the robberies, sexual
assaults, home burglaries and other crimes from within the county. It is their
voices you were elected to empower."

Hilton's letter was shared by documentary filmmaker Dan Noyes on Twitter and
received a large response online. Some social media users called for Price to be
recalled from her position. Others said Hilton's resignation was a "great loss"
for Alameda County.



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Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek that Price was doing a
"disservice to career public servants" as well as victims of violent crime.

"Price's policies have demoralized the rank-and-file deputies in her office, a
number of whom have quit in frustration. It's tough enough to prosecute
criminals and even more difficult when your boss is a defense attorney in a
prosecutor's clothing," Rahmani said. "Our criminal justice system needs equal
adversaries to prosecute and defend the accused, not district attorneys who
won't do their job."

Before Hilton's resignation, prosecutors Jill Nerone and Charlynn Weissenbach
also announced they would be leaving the district attorney's office, according
to a Fox News report.



Michael McAuliffe, a former federal prosecutor and elected state attorney, told
Newsweek that Price is a reformer with institutional power.

"Notably, she was elected as a person with an agenda. Some of her reforms are
modest, while others are very significant, including changing the way sentencing
enhancements are sought in almost all cases," he said.

"She likely will realize that, while the district attorney has enormous power,
she needs the support of her staff of prosecutors, other office employees and
the law enforcement community to be successful in the long term," McAuliffe
said.

Price didn't have prosecutorial experience before her election, he continued,
and although she brings a new perspective, she must be ethical and appropriate
to be successful.



"There is room for both accountability and fairness. In the end, it's a mandate.
But Price will need the system's support, not the other way around, to make it a
working reality," McAuliffe said.

Update, 4/28/2023, 4:10 p.m. ET: This story was updated with comments from
former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani.

Update, 5/1/2023, 1:57 p.m. ET: This story was updated with a description of
Michael McAuliffe's former positions.

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