"The DA's role to win as many cases as they can." When the San Francisco DA's office was run by Chesa Boudin, I spoke with an attorney there. That attorney tol

"The DA's role to win as many cases as they can." When the San Francisco DA's office was run by Chesa Boudin, I spoke with an attorney there. That attorney told me that the role of the DA's office was to 'deliver justice', and he was explicit about that meaning they wouldn't pursue all cases they thought they could win, and wouldn't seek maximum sentences they thought they could achieve. Prior to working for the DA's office, he was a public defender, so perhaps this attitude isn't universal...