‘Charged’ examines the role of prosecutors in the U.S. justice system
Not long after his 2017 election as Brooklyn’s district attorney, Eric Gonzalez gave a speech in which he declared that “The real cultural shift I’m going to be asking prosecutors in my office to make is considering jail as the last option.” In most American cities that would be an extraordinary statement coming from a prosecutor. In this case, however, it followed a campaign during which one commentator tweeted that it was “stunning to see Brooklyn DA candidates competing to
