Re: NYC prosecutor REFUSES to enforce prostitution laws. Says the laws hurt LGBT

KWills <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:58:33 -0700
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On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:14:21 -0400, BeamMeUpScotty
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 4/24/21 12:53 PM, Byker wrote:
>> "Text-drivers are psychopaths"  wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> Then go to the legislators and have them take the laws off the books.
>>> District attorneys have no authority to just refuse to enforce laws.  The
>>> city refuses to enforce immigration laws also.
>>>

[Piggy back reply]

     Most prosecutors may refuse to charge anyone with a crime and not
take them to trial. It's called Prosecutorial discretion. 

>>> https://en-volve.com/2021/04/23/prostitution-legalized-in-nyc-after-da-says-they-will-no-longer-prosecute-because-it-disproportionally-impacted-lgbt-individuals/
>>>
>>>
>>> april 23 2021  Manhattan’s district attorney announced this week that his
>>> office will no longer be prosecuting prostitution and unlicensed massage.
>>>
>>> Cyrus Vance Jr.
>> 
>> I thought that name rang a bell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Vance
>> 

     Um, the guy you reference died in 2002. The current DA for New
York County is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Vance_Jr.

>>> said Wednesday that those laws disproportionately impacted
>>> LGBT individuals and other vulnerable populations. He called for the
>>> dismissal of more than 900 related cases that date back over half a
>>> century. 
>
>Yet another failed Democrat pretending to be a tiny Dictator of his tiny
>world.

     I'm wondering how he expects to dismiss cases from over 50 years
ago.

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