Chesa Boudin thinks their imprisonment is an indictment of our racist system of mass incarceration.

He ran campaign ads showing that he is qualified to be DA because his experience growing up with incarcerated parents exposed him to the injustice of that system, and hardened his resolve to end it.

His mother was let out much earlier than his father. Apparently his father got out in 2021, due to Andrew Cuomo making him eligible for parole.

It's possible that Chesa's public position is that while prison was not inappropriate, the extreme difference in the sentences was not justified.

I did have the impression that was what he had claimed.

San Francisco is a place where a Marxist-Leninist seeking elected office as the top prosecutor thought the most viable strategy for obtaining this position was to highlight how his parents, who are convicted murderers, were the real victims, while never once mentioning those they aided in the murder of.

If a conservative talk radio host had made up such a story five years ago about how extreme the San Francisco electorate is, it would be seen as outlandish even by Republicans.

>(2) Gilbert (father) was convicted of murder (not felony murder)

One or the other of us has got wrong information.

I just double checked and read that he was an "unarmed getaway driver" convicted under NY's felony murder law. If this is wrong, that would be good to know.