Newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Wednesday said she plans to intensify prosecution of drug dealers caught selling fentanyl, including withdrawing over two dozen plea deals.
Jenkins claimed the dealers in those cases were given too lenient charges by her recalled predecessor, former SF DA Chesa Boudin. "Drug overdose is at an all time high and that is one statistic San Francisco shouldn't lead the country in," said Jenkins.
"We're talking about people who are in possession of an amount of fentanyl that could kill an entire neighborhood in this city," said Jenkins. More than 1,500 people have died from drug overdoses in the city over the last two years, said Jenkins, with most of the fatalities tied to fentanyl. "It is not progressive to allow our residents to die out on our streets, it is not progressive to let children walk to school past people who are openly ingesting drugs," said Jenkins."Talking about what you've charged is not enough it's most important what happens on the back end because that's where accountability lies."
During the press conference, Jenkins suggested that Boudin was too lenient in prosecuting dealers often with misdemeanor charges without naming him specifically. After Jenkins called for a review into all open drug cases last month, some defense attorneys vowed to challenge any revocations in court and potentially take the cases to trial.
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