joel1974@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHow do you feel about Kamala Harris prosecuting thousands of people for smoking pot while she did the same thing?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down151
arrow-up1-34arrow-down1message-squareHow do you feel about Kamala Harris prosecuting thousands of people for smoking pot while she did the same thing?joel1974@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·2 months agoProsecutors don’t write the law, and prosecutorial discretion is only actually meaningful when circumstances are unusual. She didn’t have an option to just not do drug charges.
Prosecutors don’t write the law, and prosecutorial discretion is only actually meaningful when circumstances are unusual.
She didn’t have an option to just not do drug charges.