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On 30 Dec 2023, Tranny Trump <patriot1@protonmail.com> posted some news:umqovk$1kcc4$3@dont-email.me:

Harris is too busy thinking about the next cocks she has to suck to
keep her job.

Kamala Harris has been facing criticism from fellow Democrats over her
criminal justice record during her time as a top California prosecutor.
During last month’s Democratic debate, for example, Tulsi Gabbard
slammed Harris for blocking DNA testing that could have exonerated death
row inmate Kevin Cooper while she was district attorney of San
Francisco.

Cooper was convicted of murdering Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year
old daughter Jessica, and 11-year-old Christopher Hughes, a family
friend of the Ryens', during a home invasion in the Chino Hills area in
1983. For the past 15 years, his attorneys have been fighting for
advanced testing of DNA evidence which they claim could exonerate their
client, a move that was opposed by Harris while she was attorney general
of California. Last year, after the case was publicized by the New York
Times’ Nick Kristof, Harris backtracked and told the paper that she felt
“awful about this” and now supports the testing, but did not explain
what prompted her change of heart.

The Cooper saga is not the only case where Harris has pitted herself
against a culprit who claims to have been wrongfully convicted. Here are
five other times where Harris has bucked against criminal justice reform advocates:

1. When her staff prosecuted a reality star who was framed by police.
Kamala Harris was district attorney of San Francisco in February 2010
when 29-year-old Jamal Trulove, a former reality star and aspiring
hip-hop artist, was convicted of murdering 28-year-old Seu Kuka based on
the testimony of a lone witness. After Trulove was sentenced to 50 years
in prison, Harris praised the “brave eyewitness” for the conviction —
but failed to mention that the woman had been paid over $60,000 by the prosecution and given new housing under the witness protection program.
An appeals court later overturned the verdict after finding that
prosecutors, working under Harris at the district attorney’s office, misrepresented the witness to the jury. In March, Trulove was awarded a
$13 million settlement from the city due to allegations of police
misconduct, including manipulating the witness and fabricating evidence.

2. When her office defended the sexual assault conviction of an
electrician based on a technicality. Harris was attorney general of
California in 2015 when her office fought to uphold a sexual assault
conviction against a former electrician named George Gage. Gage, 79, had
been found guilty of sexually abusing his ex-wife’s daughter in 1999 and
was serving a 70-year sentence. Gage appealed, and a judge determined
that prosecutors had withheld exculpatory evidence, including the
accuser’s medical records and a statement from her mother calling her a “pathological liar.” Harris’ office successfully fought against a
retrial on a procedural technicality, and Gage is still in prison.

3. When she fought compensation for a wrongfully convicted gang shooter.
In 2002, Rafael Madrigal was convicted of a drive-by gang shooting and
the attempted murder of Ricardo Aguilera in East Los Angeles. He was
sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Seven years later, a federal
judge tossed the conviction due to inadequate legal defense by
Madrigal’s attorney. The court found that Madrigal’s lawyer failed to
introduce exculpatory evidence, including several alibis that said
Madrigal was 35 miles away at work during the time of the attempted
murder. After his release from prison, Madrigal asked the California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to compensate him
$282,000 for the wrongful conviction. Kamala Harris, the state attorney
general at the time, recommended that the board deny Madrigal’s request, arguing that he had not sufficiently proven his innocence.

4. When her office sought to retry a man who had been set up by police.
In 1992, Caramad Conley was arrested for a drive-by gang shooting that
killed two men in San Francisco. After the prosecution’s key witness
testified that 18-year-old Conley had privately confessed to the murder,
Conley was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Although the witness denied under oath that he had been compensated as
part of the case, a subsequent investigation found that a detective had
paid the witness. The witness had also been given housing by the
prosecution and placed in a witness protection program. In December
2010, a judge vacated Conley’s conviction, citing “voluminous” evidence
that the witness had lied. Harris was serving as district attorney of
San Francisco at the time, and her office initially sought to retry the
case, according to reports. One month later, after Harris left to start
her new role as California attorney general, the San Francisco district attorney’s office agreed not to retry Conley. He later received a $3.5
million settlement from the city for wrongful conviction.

5. When she fought to keep a misidentified neo-Nazi in prison after his
case was tossed. In 1998, a neo-Nazi gang member named Daniel Larsen was convicted of possession of a concealed weapon and sentenced to 27 years
in prison. Police officers said they saw Larsen throw a six-inch knife
under a car during a confrontation outside a Los Angeles bar. After the
trial, nine eyewitnesses (including a North Carolina cop) came forward
to dispute that Larsen had been the man holding the knife. A judge
determined in 2010 that Larsen’s original attorney had failed to
interview any witnesses at all and overturned the conviction. Despite
the ruling, Harris, as state attorney general, blocked Larsen’s release
for two years. After Larsen was finally let out, Harris appealed his
release by arguing that he missed a paperwork deadline.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/five-times-prosecutor-kamala-harr is-got-the-wrong-guy

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