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and has faced widespread criticism for her choice to throw out charges that include special enhancements.
"They do not deter crime. Number two, they are racially biased, and number three they require longer sentences," Price said about special enhancements. "Enhancements force us to invest in prisons, and as long as we are investing in prisons, we are not investing in job programs.
It was emotional and tense at times during Thursday night's public safety meeting in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was joined by Oakland Police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office to answer questions. But many residents who attended the meeting said they are frustrated with ongoing crime issues, and suggested programs to have low-level offenders do community service which would include picking up trash across Oakland. "When they get to high school, it's already in there," one resident said about crime. "We have to train up a child in the way they should go, so that when they are old they already know.
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