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My (limited) understanding of this career path (that I never pursued) is that given prosecutorial discretion a DA could also just decline to bring charges against most small-time offenders. - Amith On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Nick Fredman via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Here he comes across as a decent guy determined to prosecute the rich and > powerful who deserve it and cut back on the punitive force of the justice > system used against the oppressed: > > https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/marc-fliedner-for-da- > the-write-in-candidate-who-would-have-charged-harvey-weinstein > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > I am not sure I agree with this. I can understand objecting to a DSA > > member running for sheriff but is a DA in the same category? A leftist DA > > would have the power to instruct a jury to return a not guilty verdict. I > > have personal experience with a DA (not a leftist) who did exactly that. > > Furthermore, a DA might decide to go after Wall St. banksters with more > > zeal than is currently the case. Anyhow, it is not that simple. Or maybe > I > > am just a Menshevik. > > > > http://leftvoice.org/District-Attorney-No-Role-For-a-Socialist > > _________________________________________________________ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > > ions/marxism/nick.j.fredman%40gmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
