JonathanJan 20, 2023
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Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY11) would require public report on how much progressive district attorneys decline to charge certain crimes. https://govtrackinsider.com/prosecutors-need-to-prosecute-act-would-require-public-report-on-how-much-progressive-district-8df5bfc2791a (Our first toot had Rep. Malliotakis in the wrong party. We regret the error.)
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act would require public report on how much progressive district attorneys decline to charge certain crimes

The bill was introduced on the first day of the newly Republican House, taking on some of the country’s biggest blue cities. The progressive left says certain offenses have been historically…

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Show threadLeaBugJan 20, 2023
@GovTrack prosecute equally. For example, drug possession prosecute whites and blacks alike and sentence alike. Asians shouldn't be prosecuted more than Hispanics. Let's get to that place.
Show threadDave LandJan 20, 2023
@GovTrack Malliotakis is not a Democrat. How are we expected to trust your reporting if you get something this fundamental wrong?
Show threadGovTrack.usJan 20, 2023
@dland because we're human and therefore fallible. We've corrected the error and updated the toot.
Show threadDave LandJan 20, 2023
@GovTrack thank you. We all need each other: to inform and correct.
Show threadDave LandJan 20, 2023
@GovTrack Please don't get me wrong: I appreciate the work you do.
Show threadSean GJan 20, 2023
@GovTrack Sounds like a bunch of waste and overbearing top-down government
Show threadDaniel ShinkleJan 26, 2023
@GovTrack A little sunlight isn't a bad idea and disclosure of what prosecutors (progressive or otherwise) prosecute or decline could be interesting. But what it would miss are the crimes that don't make it to the prosecutor. The vast majority of crimes are not prosecuted. This is a feature, not a bug, but failure to recognize it means people assume that only some subset of prosecutors are refusing the prosecute many crimes