The Iowa prosecutor who chose to go after this reporter who was covering BLM protests is a Democrat who hasn't faced an opponent since 1990. Seat is up in 2022. (desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/…)
(Prosecutors matter!)
(Prosecutors matter!)
https://twitter.com/brianneDMR/status/1369734070163312640
And prosecutorial elections matter too!
(Hence why we're covering the 2021 races so attentively at @theappeal: theappeal.org/criminal-justi…)
Polk County will have to wait another year.
(Hence why we're covering the 2021 races so attentively at @theappeal: theappeal.org/criminal-justi…)
Polk County will have to wait another year.
Too often in cases like this, the basic fact that the trial was *a choice made by a prosecutor to use their discretion in this way* does not get the attention it deserves.
Will this one be different?
Will this one be different?
https://twitter.com/lyzl/status/1369735190520676352
New: at least one progressive Dem expresses interest in running for prosecutor in Polk County next year.
(The mere fact of there being a candidate other than Sarcone would in and of itself be huge, somehow.)
(The mere fact of there being a candidate other than Sarcone would in and of itself be huge, somehow.)
https://twitter.com/kimberlyforiowa/status/1369825310947094528?s=21https://t.co/V8o78mcAas
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