A profile in courage from the 'law and order' AG who never tires of lecturing reform prosecutors about 'law and order.'

That's right: Under President Biden, 'The nation is on track to see one of the lowest levels of violent crimes and homicides since President Obama was in office.' Sensing a pattern here? ;) bluevirginia.us/2024/04/tuesda… h/t Carl Quintanilla

“How do you say someone is avoiding the full consequences by expunging a record of something they were never convicted of,” our Executive Director, Rob Poggenklass, tells Radio IQ. wvtf.org/news/2024-04-1… 2/2 #VALeg

Gov. Youngkin vetoed reforms that would have brought VA's justice system in line with most states. In USA TODAY, Arlington & Falls Church Virginia CA Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Albemarle County CA Jim Hingeley, & Miriam Krinsky explain how these reforms advance public safety.
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Youngkin plays politics with public safety. His vetoes will hurt kids usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Politicians who say we should get 'tough on crime' are often the same who push for cuts to social services. But that has big effects on public safety & crime as well.

A new study shows how cutting Medicaid led the crime rate to rise:
boltsmag.org/medicaid-cover…

It’s always been obvious that Trump’s objection to current migrants is that they’re the wrong color, race, religion etc.

.Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed my bill w/ Marcus Simon protecting doctors + patients from extradition for abortions performed legally in Virginia.

We're the only Southern state w/out any post-Roe abortion restrictions. Our providers must be able to do their jobs w/out fear of prosecution.

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“a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery handed absolute power over to someone who could never claim a majority in an actual election & whom the entire conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following” newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

The FBI just released data showing that violent crime, including homicide, went down at a faster rate than any time in the last 40 years. The response in many quarters is that it can’t be true, but these same skeptics never question the data when the FBI reports crime is up.

My bill HB1252 passed the House w/62 votes. This would’ve fixed a loophole in our probation law that has resulted in increased jail time for nonviolent technical violations. Holding people in jail for months/years on nonviolent, technical violations does not improve public safety

One of the bills Youngkin vetoed is HB1515, which simply required CAs to provide electronic discovery. Makes no sense to me to veto a bill like this.

I was today’s old when I learned that anchors on a national tv channel offer Christian prayers on air - sponsored by an advertiser.

via @NYTimes Here’s a gift link to the article. nytimes.com/2024/03/16/us/…

via @NYTimes At a time “migrants” and “refugees” are constantly vilified and demonized, its good to be reminded that there are good people all around us. nytimes.com/2024/03/16/us/…

JUST IN: Man convicted of throwing woman out of moving SUV near Ballston arlnow.com/2024/03/14/jus…

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A fantastic evening celebrating Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri, Persian: چهارشنبه‌سوری, with friends. This Iranian festival centered around fire dancing, observed on the last Wednesday of the year, with roots in ancient Zoroastrian customs. It marks the beginning of…

You can’t replace public defenders. Private lawyers have a role to play but public defenders are irreplaceable - without them we don’t have a constitutional system of justice. And I say this as a chief prosecutor whose office has hard battles against public defenders everyday.