An NBC News review of her tenure as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general shows that she embraced both liberal reforms and hard-line policies.
Throughout her tenure as district attorney, Harris focused on securing convictions. Felony conviction rates rose from 52% to 71%, and gun crime convictions rose to 92% in the first five years she was in office, according to her book.
She also increased convictions for drug sellers, from 56% in 2003 to 74% in 2008, Harris noted. At the same time, Harris also implemented the Back on Track program, which provided nonviolent offenders — many of whom were low-level drug dealers — with the chance to receive a high school diploma, job training and access to available work, instead of prison sentences.
So putting aside from the click-baity title and a small number of contentious cases, she cracked down on gun crime and implemented a program for imprisoned drug dealers so they had the possibility of turning their lives around when they got out. That’s not too bad.
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So putting aside from the click-baity title and a small number of contentious cases, she cracked down on gun crime and implemented a program for imprisoned drug dealers so they had the possibility of turning their lives around when they got out. That’s not too bad.