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I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

- Chesa Boudin
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My mother negotiated a plea deal, and my father went to trial. I think one thing we notice in their case that kind of stands out is how, in some ways, arbitrary the outcomes in the criminal justice system can be. And they did basically the same thing, identical thing.

I was in diapers when my parents left me with the babysitter to participate in an armored car robbery. They never came home.

Local prosecutors must use the power and discretion afforded them to carry out sweeping reforms that will protect the public - especially Black communities - from police violence. Our system's integrity depends on it.

People are shaped in myriad ways by their upbringing and family. We also have agency in our lives, the people we become, and the lives we lead.

Because like so many people who were victimized directly or indirectly by crime, I blamed myself. If I hadn't been able to find closure, I never would have overcome those early developmental challenges.

What we're doing in San Francisco and what we're doing with other criminal justice partners across the state and across the country is anything but indiscriminate. We are being careful. We are being focused and surgical in our efforts to decrease the jail population.

I don't expect to ever put my family background to rest but I do expect to be taken seriously as a scholar, a writer and a Latin Americanist on my own terms, not defined through my parents and their history or politics.

My earliest memories are going into prisons. Going through metal detectors, getting searched by guards.

My parents are all people who have taken a stand for what they believe in over and over again. That to me is a fine example - even if I disagreed with some of their choices.

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I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.

I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to.