Vice President Kamala Harris' criminal justice legacy as San Francisco DA and California Attorney General could be a liability, experts told Fox News Digital.
Kamala Harris' policies as San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General could come back to haunt her as the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president, experts say. 'She’s one of these people who’ve talked out of both sides of her mouth, and she's going to have trouble with both the left and the right with the stances she’s taken over the years,' Los Angeles-based criminal defense lawyer Nicole Castronovo told Fox News Digital.
Castronovo said the law has even angered some of Harris' liberal backers. 'People are over the crime,' she said. 'It really does affect your daily life. We’re paying so much money to live in LA where crime is just out of control.' Then Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley called Proposition 47 a political 'Trojan Horse' that would eventually foment illegality in an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle.
But Gasccón's reign has since been turbulent, with critics arguing that his office has ushered in spiraling disorder. His tenure has produced several recall campaigns that fizzled out. Prior to becoming California Attorney General in 2011, Harris served as San Francisco's District Attorney from 2004 to 2011. Some observers said she had a more tough-on-crime approach to prosecutions during that period.
The decision even drew a rare public rebuke from then Sen. Dianne Feinstein. But then, when she became AG, she defended the death penalty, Castronovo noted. 'She's going to have a lot of issues with her death penalty positions,' the attorney said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Rahmani said he expects Harris to now modify her tone once again given her potential face-off with former President Donald Trump.
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