From Southern California Public Radio:

“Standing in courtrooms I’ve personally prosecuted homicide cases, some of the worst cases you can imagine,” San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris said.

Harris thinks the state’s attorney general should understand law enforcement from the ground up. Harris says she’d be tough on crime, but also dedicated to keeping non-violent criminals from heading back to prison time and again.

“We need to have leadership around ensuring consequences for serious and violent crime,” Harris said, “and also paying attention to one of the biggest challenges facing the state of California, which is the highest recidivism rate in the country.”

Some criminals in San Francisco ended up back on the street after the city’s crime lab botched some test results. Six hundred cases were dismissed; a judge reprimanded Harris for hiding the crime lab’s problems.

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