Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Jul. 27, 2020
Ethics rule could reduce conflicts of interest for prosecutors
In the wake of the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others in California and beyond, the State Bar of California should implement a new rule of professional responsibility to reduce the possibility of political influence from law enforcement unions over prosecutorial decision making.
Diana Becton
District Attorney
Office of the Contra Costa District Attorney
Email: dbecton@contracostada.org
Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA
Chesa Boudin
Executive Director
UC Berkeley School of Law's Criminal Law & Justice Center
George Gascón
Office of the Los Angeles District AttorneyEmail: PRESS@GEORGEGASCON.ORG
George is the former district attorney of San Francisco as is running for district attorney of Los Angeles in 2020.
Tori Verger Salazar
District Attorney
San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office
In the wake of the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others in California and beyond, the State Ba of California should implement a new rule of professional responsibility to reduce the possibility of political influence from law enforcement unions over prosecutorial decision making.
Across California there are dozens of law enforcement unions representing rank-and-file police officers, she...
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