Progressive Prosecutors Play Coy With Evidence To Sell Plea Deals. Judges Aren’t Happy About It.

Left-leaning prosecutors who are at the forefront a radical criminal justice movement often get flak for refusing cash bail laws enforcement and sentencing enhancements to violent felons. Now, elected officials are attacking them for subverting another standard legal: providing evidence.

A judge Scolded John Creuzot, Dallas district attorney (D.), last week for his “widespread” Inability to share evidence with defense attorneys Virginia has left-leaning prosecutor. kicked Cases and Accessories sued To conceal or withhold evidence “sell” plea deals. Pennsylvania legislators Impeached Larry Krasner, a radical Philadelphia prosecutor (D.), for routinely withholding evidence in court proceedings.

These blunders often have deadly consequences, as prosecutors may be forced to downgrade charges or enter into lesser plea deals when evidentiary standards aren’t met. In Fairfax County, Va., prosecutor Steve Descano (D.) has set loose dangerous offenders after not being forthcoming with evidence—one of whom A shooting spree Following his release.

Charles Stimson is a former federal prosecutor who was also a senior legal fellow at Heritage Foundation. Washington Free Beacon This is more a feature of the progressive prosecutor movement than a bug. Typically these attorneys—many of whom received sizable donations from the liberal billionaire George Soros—lack prosecutorial experience and have fired dozens of career prosecutors after taking office, often replacing them with a staff of ill-trained public defenders.

“They’re incompetent at being prosecutors because most of them have never been a prosecutor,” Stimson stated. “They’re hiring defense-oriented public defenders who aren’t used to turning over any evidence to the other side … They see the cops as the bad guys, the victims as invisible, and the defendants as the victims.”

Statements and actions by prosecutors like Krasner support this notion, who has spoken out to refer to himself as “a public defender with power.” He was elected in 2017 and dismissed 31 of the prosecutors he had appointed, including several veteran lawyers who were charged with handling cases involving homicide. Krasner later staffed his office by scores of lawyers without trial experience.

Two years ago, Philadelphia was the scene of murders Hit an all-time high under Krasner’s leadership.

David Soares, Albany District Attorney (D.), told the Free Beacon He has provided guidance to other prosecutors. “steer clear of making those wholesale changes in the office” Laying off staff and career opportunities.

“That institutional knowledge about those cases is so important,” Soares said. “To clear the house because you