This month’s elections, especially in the aftermath of this summer’s protests against racial injustice, were seen as a test for criminal justice reforms. This was especially true for so-called progressive district attorneys.
Many policies in the higher-profile cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco and Chicago already had drawn the ire of some in law enforcement, including choosing not to prosecute certain low-level crimes, among other changes.
Those policies appear to be just fine with voters in cities with prosecutors who vowed to continue shaking things up.
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