{"id":1941606,"date":"2023-06-01T03:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-hires-axed-san-francisco-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-to-train-california-law-students\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T03:59:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:59:36","slug":"berkeley-hires-axed-san-francisco-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-to-train-california-law-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-hires-axed-san-francisco-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-to-train-california-law-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley hires Chesa Boudin, former San Francisco prosecutor, to train CA law students."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fberkeley-hires-axed-san-francisco-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-to-train-california-law-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Disgraced Former San Francisco DA to Lead Criminal Law and Justice Center at UC Berkeley<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">district attorney<\/a> Chesa Boudin (D.) \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Chesa Boudin, the former district attorney of San Francisco, has been appointed to lead a new research and advocacy center at UC Berkeley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-right-to-homeschooling-under-attack\/\" title=\"Is The Right To Homeschooling Under Attack?\">prestigious law school<\/a>. The center aims to train the next generation of lawyers on criminal justice reform, as announced by the university <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/chesa-boudin-brings-lifetime-of-experience-to-lead-new-criminal-law-justice-center\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Boudin says the center offers a better pathway toward &#8220;lasting progress&#8221; for criminal justice reform than politics.<\/li>\n<li>He will not run to regain his position in 2024 due to &#8220;devastating&#8221; public discourse.<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/08\/chesa-boudin-san-francisco-district-attorney-recall-00038002\">recalled<\/a> Boudin from office last year after the city suffered a sharp uptick in burglary and theft during his tenure.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In his new role, Boudin plans to draw on networks of advocates, activists, judges, and legal practitioners to support reform and advance safety in ways that are rigorous, principled, and responsive to the lived experiences of directly impacted communities, as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opinion\/openforum\/article\/chesa-boudin-district-attorney-uc-berkeley-18127707.php\">wrote<\/a> in the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>The university-sponsored project in the heart of the Bay Area comes as the region reels from the soft-on-crime policies supported by Boudin. Violence and property crime in Berkeley is at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ParadiseLost_CrimeStudy2022_Final_Web.pdf\">10-year high<\/a>, and the college town\u2019s next-door neighbor, Oakland, is seeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwoodhouse\/status\/1663928705104896001\">groundswell of anger<\/a> from residents who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-hires-axed-san-francisco-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-to-train-california-law-students\/\" title=\"Berkeley hires Chesa Boudin, former San Francisco prosecutor, to train CA law students.\">blame city leaders\u2019 leniency<\/a> for a sharp uptick in violent assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Smith, a senior fellow at the conservative Pacific Research Institute and author of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ParadiseLost_CrimeStudy2022_Final_Web.pdf\">new study<\/a> on crime in California, said, &#8220;UC Berkeley law school continues the progressive strategy of gaslighting Californians\u2014as Boudin puts it\u2014dismissing the public\u2019s concerns as \u2018fear mongering\u2019 and \u2018scare tactics.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith noted that the project doesn\u2019t bode well for the future of prosecution in the Golden State. &#8220;The fears of California\u2019s more than one million crime victims are real and justified, and they don\u2019t want new prosecutors being trained to follow Boudin\u2019s reckless path in communities across the state,&#8221; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>The university does not list the center\u2019s funders. Neither Boudin nor Berkeley responded to a request for a list of donors for the new center.<\/p>\n<p>Boudin\u2019s political rise was bankrolled by groups funded by liberal megadonor George Soros, although the Democrat-aligned billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/soros-stiff-arms-chesa-boudin-after-san-francisco-voters-kick-him-to-curb\/\">distanced himself<\/a> from the prosecutor after the recall.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Boudin is not the only progressive prosecutor to face voter backlash in the Bay Area.<\/li>\n<li>Soros-backed Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, who presides over Berkeley, Oakland, and surrounding cities, is following in Boudin\u2019s footsteps after her 2022 election, much to the public\u2019s dismay.<\/li>\n<li>In the past few months, Price has tried to slash a triple-murderer\u2019s sentence, enraged the Asian community with her handling of the death of an Asian toddler slain by gangsters, and angered families of other murder victims who say they aren\u2019t seeing justice.<\/li>\n<li>Veteran prosecutors are resigning, accusing Price of using racial favoritism in deciding how to pursue cases and emboldening criminals.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chesa Boudin, the former San Francisco district attorney, will lead a research and advocacy center at UC Berkeley&#8217;s law school to train future lawyers on criminal justice. 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