The Alameda County District Attorney, Pamela Price, said Sunday that the DA’s role has little to do with crime. Price was criticized for not seeking any prison time for a man who deliberately set Asian students on fire with a blowtorch, resulting in his release. Price also has sought lenient sentences for serial killers.
Pamela Price, recently elected as Oakland, California’s Alameda County DA, hit back against critics and a recall effort in a recently aired interview, redirecting focus elsewhere and saying she understood the victims of crimes in the county, according to CBS News Bay Area. Price campaigned on progressive criminal justice reforms, including not charging juveniles as adults, alternatives to jailing and holding police accountable, which are now coming under fire.
Embattled Alameda County DA Pamela Price responds to recall effort, critics
“The DA’s role has really no impact on crime,” Price said.
Less than halfway into a 15-minute interview, Price’s PR person Patti Lee pressed me to ask about her accomplishments. https://t.co/ryxcFxCbHI pic.twitter.com/5XmxqKYCUo
— Betty Yu (@bett_yu) July 17, 2023
“Family members of victims are saying that the decisions you have made are unfair to them, that sentences that criminals have been given are excessively lenient, and that perpetrators are favored over victims. What’s your response to that?” (RELATED: Tucker Carlson Clobbers Chicago Mayor Over Crime Hurting The ‘Poorest People’)
“My heart goes out to the people who have lost loved ones in this community,” Price responded.
“The DA’s role has really no impact on crime,” Price said later.
The paperwork to launch a recall was filed last Monday by a group named “Save Alameda for Everyone,” which Price says is run by Republican Party special interest groups, according to CBS News Bay Area.
Halfway into the 15-minute interview, Price’s public relations officer, Patti Lee, interrupted and questioned why Yu had not asked about Pamela’s accomplishments. Yu then asks what metrics that the DA’s office has been using to measure their success.
“We’re beginning to create a baseline for the data that we have. Unfortunately, we got here, and the technology is pretty much outdated,” Price responded.
Soros-backed prosecutors have come under fire recently, with multiple cities experiencing crime waves after electing them. Billionaire George Soros’ California Justice and Public Safety Political Action Committee gave the Price campaign nearly $700,000.
The Alameda County DA’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
