House Judiciary Report Details Violent Consequences Of ‘Soft-On-Crime’ Prosecutors In Dem Cities

The House Judiciary Committee released a report Wednesday detailing how “soft-on-crime policies” from prosecutors in Democrat-run cities make citizens pay a steep price.

The report features the policies of District Attorneys Alvin Bragg of New York County and Larry Krasner of Philadelphia, State Attorney Kim Foxx Of Cook County, Illinois, and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves of Washington, D.C., which include bail “reform” and not prosecuting low-level crimes. The Committee also spoke with victims and law enforcement for first hand accounts of the cost of such policies.

“The Committee and Subcommittee’s oversight has shown how rogue prosecutors in Democrat-run jurisdictions are advancing radical pro-criminal policies that harm public safety,” the report read. “From District Attorney Alvin Bragg in Manhattan to District Attorney Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, these activist prosecutors are prioritizing criminals over the communities they serve. Witnesses before the Committee and Subcommittee gave candid and emotional testimony about how the failures of these rogue prosecutors to enforce the law have affected their lives and their communities.”

Bragg implemented his “Day One” memo when he came to office in 2022, which included refusing to prosecute trespassing crimes, resisting arrest and prostitution, softening punishments for armed robbery and refusing to sentence criminals to over 20 years of prison time, with some exceptions, according to the report. Bragg had a 51% conviction rate in felony cases, down from 68% in 2019, and the misdemeanor conviction rate plummeted to 29% in 2022 from 68%.

Jose Alba, 61, defended himself from an attacker at his convenience store in 2021, but Bragg charged him with second-degree murder despite surveillance footage showing a clear case of self-defense, according to the report. Public outrage, which included former New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton, led to the charges being dropped.

“I still don’t know why I was charged with murder. I believe that law enforcement and the DA’s office didn’t investigate the case fully. They rushed to judgment, and I suffered because of it,” Alba testified. “Even though the charges were ultimately dropped, they should not have been brought against me to begin with. I am now traumatized from the incident. I am not working because I am terrified for my life that someone in the gang will come after me for revenge.”