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Those who have committed heinous crimes and are a danger to the community should remain in custody pending trial. We must work to ensure that it is not just the wealthy who are allowed to be released when they are not a danger to the community. Although we cannot set bail ourselves, we will use an analysis to recommend bail to the Judges who make the final determination.  We will not consider a person who is an attendance risk, meaning they have missed court in the past but have not attempted to evade the police, a flight risk.  For anyone charged with a State Jail Felony, there will be a presumption of release with no conditions if it is determined that the person poses no threat to community safety or risk of flight. For anyone charged with a higher-level felony, there will be a presumption of release with the least restrictive condition necessary to ensure that the person is not a risk to the community or a risk of flight. Anyone who poses a future risk of harm to our community or a risk of a flight that cannot be addressed by conditions other than pre-trial incarceration should remain in custody.

The District Attorney is rising to the challenge of preventing gun violence by taking a collaborative, modernized, evidence-based approach to prosecution. The DA’s Office has taken seriously holding accountable people who commit acts of violence in our community, and over the last eighteen months has created a Major Crimes and Homicides Unit, has secured indictments for over 4,504 acts of violence and has secured convictions for over 1,439 acts of violence with a 94% prosecution rate for all firearm-related offenses.

In the past, many people who were accepted into pre-trial diversion programs through the District Attorney’s Office were accepted because they had hired an attorney and could afford to pay the fees associated with diversion. Many were also excluded based solely on their criminal history. However, pre-trial diversion should recognize that all people are capable of change, and that helping a person through treatment or counseling makes our community safer than jail or prison. We have greatly expanded our pre-trial diversion program so that more people will be eligible and have structured the program so that our prosecutors can seek to find eligible people instead of waiting on defense counsel to ask. We will also be asking stakeholders to work with us to expand services that we can offer. At this moment, a team of experienced prosecutors is reviewing cases to determine if the person is eligible for diversion. In order to fulfill our promise of transparency to you, we will update the community regularly on the number of people who have been accepted for diversion, and the number of people who have successfully completed it.

Those who have committed heinous crimes and are a danger to the community should remain in custody pending trial. We must work to ensure that it is not just the wealthy who are allowed to be released when they are not a danger to the community. Although we cannot set bail ourselves, we will use an analysis to recommend bail to the Judges who make the final determination.  We will not consider a person who is an attendance risk, meaning they have missed court in the past but have not attempted to evade the police, a flight risk.  For anyone charged with a State Jail Felony, there will be a presumption of release with no conditions if it is determined that the person poses no threat to community safety or risk of flight. For anyone charged with a higher-level felony, there will be a presumption of release with the least restrictive condition necessary to ensure that the person is not a risk to the community or a risk of flight. Anyone who poses a future risk of harm to our community or a risk of a flight that cannot be addressed by conditions other than pre-trial incarceration should remain in custody.

The District Attorney is rising to the challenge of preventing gun violence by taking a collaborative, modernized, evidence-based approach to prosecution. The DA’s Office has taken seriously holding accountable people who commit acts of violence in our community, and over the last eighteen months has created a Major Crimes and Homicides Unit, has secured indictments for over 4,504 acts of violence and has secured convictions for over 1,439 acts of violence with a 94% prosecution rate for all firearm-related offenses.

In the past, many people who were accepted into pre-trial diversion programs through the District Attorney’s Office were accepted because they had hired an attorney and could afford to pay the fees associated with diversion. Many were also excluded based solely on their criminal history. However, pre-trial diversion should recognize that all people are capable of change, and that helping a person through treatment or counseling makes our community safer than jail or prison. We have greatly expanded our pre-trial diversion program so that more people will be eligible and have structured the program so that our prosecutors can seek to find eligible people instead of waiting on defense counsel to ask. We will also be asking stakeholders to work with us to expand services that we can offer. At this moment, a team of experienced prosecutors is reviewing cases to determine if the person is eligible for diversion. In order to fulfill our promise of transparency to you, we will update the community regularly on the number of people who have been accepted for diversion, and the number of people who have successfully completed it.

Those who have committed heinous crimes and are a danger to the community should remain in custody pending trial. We must work to ensure that it is not just the wealthy who are allowed to be released when they are not a danger to the community. Although we cannot set bail ourselves, we will use an analysis to recommend bail to the Judges who make the final determination.  We will not consider a person who is an attendance risk, meaning they have missed court in the past but have not attempted to evade the police, a flight risk.  For anyone charged with a State Jail Felony, there will be a presumption of release with no conditions if it is determined that the person poses no threat to community safety or risk of flight. For anyone charged with a higher-level felony, there will be a presumption of release with the least restrictive condition necessary to ensure that the person is not a risk to the community or a risk of flight. Anyone who poses a future risk of harm to our community or a risk of a flight that cannot be addressed by conditions other than pre-trial incarceration should remain in custody.

The District Attorney is rising to the challenge of preventing gun violence by taking a collaborative, modernized, evidence-based approach to prosecution. The DA’s Office has taken seriously holding accountable people who commit acts of violence in our community, and over the last eighteen months has created a Major Crimes and Homicides Unit, has secured indictments for over 4,504 acts of violence and has secured convictions for over 1,439 acts of violence with a 94% prosecution rate for all firearm-related offenses.

In the past, many people who were accepted into pre-trial diversion programs through the District Attorney’s Office were accepted because they had hired an attorney and could afford to pay the fees associated with diversion. Many were also excluded based solely on their criminal history. However, pre-trial diversion should recognize that all people are capable of change, and that helping a person through treatment or counseling makes our community safer than jail or prison. We have greatly expanded our pre-trial diversion program so that more people will be eligible and have structured the program so that our prosecutors can seek to find eligible people instead of waiting on defense counsel to ask. We will also be asking stakeholders to work with us to expand services that we can offer. At this moment, a team of experienced prosecutors is reviewing cases to determine if the person is eligible for diversion. In order to fulfill our promise of transparency to you, we will update the community regularly on the number of people who have been accepted for diversion, and the number of people who have successfully completed it.