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Budding Change explores what happened when Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot (DA Creuzot) radically changed his office’s policies about the prosecution of first-time misdemeanor marijuana cases. The report concludes that DA Creuzot’s 2019 policies were associated with significant reductions in police enforcement of marijuana misdemeanor laws. As a result, marijuana screening caseloads within the District Attorney’s Office declined substantially. Budding Change shows that prosecutorial policies can have a profound impact on policing behaviors.
Publication Date
7-2021
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | State and Local Government Law
Recommended Citation
Pamela R Metzger, Victoria Smiegocki & Kristin Meeks, Budding Change (2021),
https://doi.org/10.25172/dc.5
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