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‘To some, guns are more important than children’: families testify at House hearing – as it happened

House oversight committee holds hearing on ‘urgent need to address gun violence epidemic’ while supreme court issues one ruling

The Guardian - US

San Francisco voters recall liberal district attorney Chesa Boudin

Recall proponents blame Boudin for a rise in crimes in the liberal enclave

The Independent UK

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recalled

Mayor London Breed will appoint a temporary replacement who will serve until a November election.

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San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform

Gavin Newsom easily advances to November election as Karen Bass and Rick Caruso head to mayoral runoff in Los Angeles

The Guardian - US

Progressive San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin headed toward recall

SAN FRANCISCO — In early returns from Tuesday’s recall election, beleaguered District Attorney Chesa Boudin appeared to be on the brink of losing his job.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Recalls Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin

Mayor London Breed, who has herself recently pivoted away from criminal justice reforms, will select Boudin's successor.

Reason

Bad Candidates Threaten Criminal Justice Reform in California

In Los Angeles and San Francisco, voters face candidates who promised criminal justice reforms but whose records have been disappointing.

Reason

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High-stakes California races will decide LA mayor and San Francisco recall

Analysts watch to see if voters in America’s more liberal cities will address police reform, homelessness and mass incarceration

The Guardian - US

"Trumpian": GOP pours money in SF recall

The effort to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has in large part been led by William Oberndorf

Salon

Voters weigh fate of liberal San Francisco district attorney

San Francisco voters fed up with brazen burglaries and auto smash-and-grabs could oust one of the most progressive prosecutors in the country in a rare recall election Tuesday

The Independent UK

Tempe Police Watch as Man Drowns

Plus: FIRE moves beyond campus, a 1,000 percent excise tax on semiautomatic rifles?, and more...

Reason

Daily Brew: June 6th, 2022 – Tomorrow’s battleground elections

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

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San Francisco’s bitter DA recall could set back national justice reform movement

SAN FRANCISCO — Hours after winning election as San Francisco district attorney in 2019, Chesa Boudin stood, beaming, inside a packed dive bar in the Mission District.

Los Angeles Times

Chesa Boudin, San Francisco prosecutor raised by radicals in Hyde Park, facing a recall vote Tuesday

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she and other “progressive prosecutors” have been “reelected even in these challenging times of rising violence,”

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Erika D. Smith: John Legend is on a mission to remind us why local politics matter so much

John Legend has a message that's as tailor-made as his suits for this political morass of a moment in American history.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: If criminal justice reform can’t survive in San Francisco, can it survive anywhere?

On its face, the effort to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a debate over how a relatively small, atypical city battles crime, a philosophical dispute over how often to lock up offenders and the relative success of efforts to divert nonviolent criminals into treatment programs that keep…

The Guardian - US

Bid to recall San Francisco DA could be bellwether for progressive prosecutors

Chesa Boudin says effort to oust him, backed by wealthy donors, is part of ‘Republican-led playbook’

The Independent UK

Kathy Boudin: Weather Underground radical who reformed behind bars

After being jailed for her role in a fatal robbery, Boudin emerged from prison as a newly transformed social activist

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The Independent UK

Kathy Boudin, radical imprisoned in fatal heist, dies at 78

A former Weather Underground radical who served more than two decades behind bars for her role in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery has died at age 78

Daily Record

Man locked up for 32 years over murder he didn't commit freed as police exposed

Joaquin Ciria was arrested for shooting and killing his friend, Felix Bastarrica, back in 1990.

Daily Mirror

Man who spent 32 YEARS in jail for murder he did not commit freed as cops exposed

Joaquin Ciria's conviction 32 years ago was based on false witness testimony and police misconduct, according to San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: How Sacramento’s mass shooting killed the myth of ‘tough-on-crime’ prosecutors

Anne Marie Schubert — the veteran district attorney for Sacramento County, covering California’s capital city — doesn’t quite fit the profile of the perfect guest for the right-wing Fox News Channel, after she ditched the GOP to become an independent during the presidency of Donald Trump. Yet she’s been on…

Los Angeles Times

Mayor London Breed is taking on San Francisco's far left. Can she prevail?

SAN FRANCISCO — When San Francisco Mayor London Breed arrived at the University of California, Davis for her freshman year, she saw her new classmates surrounded by family. Except for the friend who dropped her off — her belongings in two small bags — she came alone.

The Independent UK

Use of rape-kit DNA to probe other crimes shocks prosecutors

The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning disclosure that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to investigate unrelated crimes shocked prosecutors nationwide

The Guardian - US

San Francisco DA drops charges against woman whose rape kit DNA linked her to a property crime

District attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures

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