Jeff Rosen is the Santa Clara County District Attorney who has turned his back on law, order and residents.
His record ranks right up there with George Gascon, D.A. from Los Angeles. They both have never met a criminal they didn’t like.
They have emptied our jail cells, reduced bail to zero, returned apprehended criminals back to the streets and now … Rosen is fighting to get murderers that have been sentenced to the death penalty off the hook and get their death sentences commuted to life in prison.
Apparently, Rosen not only fails to enforce the law, he doesn’t appear to know the current law that has retained the death penalty in California. Californians have voted twice in recent elections to retain and enforce the death penalty.
Rosen has chosen to ignore the law and is determined to make his own laws in defiance of residents and citizens who serve on juries and make these determinations.
Retired Santa Clara police sergeant and city resident Ted Keech spent FOUR years tracking down just a couple of these killers. Keech, who was responsible for bringing several of these murderers to justice, is shocked. These villains brutally murdered residents, were arrested, went to jury trials and were found guilty by their peers and sentenced to death.
Rosen wasn’t always a death penalty opponent. Four years ago, he was all-in on the death penalty in a case based on questionable evidence. The defendant was found innocent by the jury.
Rosen did not run on the promise to interpret the law as a judge but to enforce the law. It appears he has used his position to be judge and jury in his own application of law.
However, Governor Gavin Newsom came to power and used his authority to ignore the peoples’ wishes and changed the death penalty to life without the possibility of parole.
Violent crime is up 13.5% since Newsom became governor. With D.A.s like Rosen, and a goody-goody Governor, what did you think would happen?
Folks, very simply, you got it right when you voted and sustained the death penalty for the really bad guys. It appears the only way to fulfill the wishes of the population is to elect candidates who are willing to represent and enact the people’s wishes.
It will be much harder to enforce the death penalty even when Newsom is termed out since he has virtually dismantled death row.
Why do these “public servants” feel they have a right to free interpretation of the law when the majority of voters voted for and created the law?
This appears to be arrogance and a total dislike and disrespect for the people who put you in office.
Hopefully, we as a community correct our mistakes.
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