District attorney Joe D. Gonzales faces a re-election challenge from Marc LaHood, the...
District attorney candidate Marc LaHood has a chat with his 2 1/2 year-old daughter Adara during a San Antonio Police Officers Association picnic at Comanche Park on Friday.Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales, a Democrat, took office in 2019 vowing to focus prosecutors on violent crimes and look for ways to keep those accused of nonviolent offenses from sitting in jail and losing jobs and livelihoods because they can’t afford bail.
It was a reaction, he said, to inequities in the criminal justice system visible in Bexar County and across the country. People “languished in jail” because they were too poor to hire competent counsel or make bond, Gonzales said. “I’ll be blunt — dismissals and not guilties and weak pleas are good for business,” said LaHood, a defense attorney for 15 years. “And, they’re not good for our families.”
Gonzlaes told the Express-News Editorial Board that he was prepared for whatever blowback to his abortion stance he might get from state authorities.A father of four, LaHood sprinkled references to families through a recent discussion with the Editorial Board — both his own and as an extended analogy to criminal law, comparing the justice system to a parent who must set clear boundaries and consequences to offenders, or children.
As of July 25, more than 6,200 people have been cited and avoided arrest under his administration, primarily for misdemeanor marijuana possession, saving the county $4.7 million in booking costs, he said.
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