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Al Jazeera
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Brian Osgood

US progressives push back against right-wing narrative on crime

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin lost a recall vote earlier this month [File: Noah Berger/AP Photo]

San Francisco, California, US – This month, voters in San Francisco removed their progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a recall election that brought his four-year term to a premature end.

Boudin was elected in 2019 on a platform that promised to look with new eyes at tough-on-crime criminal justice policies that have contributed to the skyrocketing prison population in the United States and disproportionately targeted communities of colour.

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