America’s Prosecutors Were Supposed to Be Accountable to Voters. What Went Wrong?
Local prosecutors dominate the criminal justice system. Federal courts might get more press, but the vast majority of criminal cases, including felonies, are tried locally, under state law.
.... Rashad Robinson, the executive director of the racial-justice advocacy group Color of Change, says President
Barack Obama once told him that DAs in many respects had more power than the president to effect change in the U.S. justice system