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Apr. 30, 2024

Two wrongs don’t make a right but do stoke the fire behind the effort to recall DA Pamela Price

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has placed all 35 of her county's death sentences on hold due to evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in excluding Jewish and Black people from the jury in a 30-year-old case. Opponents of Price are skeptical about the evidence and accuse her of being soft on crime.

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Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price (Price) has placed all 35 of her county’s death sentences on hold. Price noted the discovery of evidence that prosecutors in a 30-year-old case had removed all Jewish and Black people from the jury.

Price noted at a news conference that the Equal Protection Clause prohibits a prosecutor from excluding a potential juror based on their race, religion, gender, or any protected class. Subscribe

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