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The prosecutor: the most powerful person in the room

As Multnomah County grapples with widespread inequities in its criminal justice system, heads turn toward the D.A.

by Emily Green | 21 Apr 2016

Prosecutors wield a tremendous amount of power in the courtroom, and in an effort to keep it that way, they systematically block attempts to make meaningful reforms to the criminal justice system, states an American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon report released Wednesday.

Their commitment to the status quo contradicts widespread consensus across party lines that mass incarceration is unsustainable and the drug war has failed, argues the report.

In each of Oregon’s 36 counties, an elected district attorney oversees a team of lawyers who decide whether and how to prosecute alleged criminal offenders on behalf of the state…

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