San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says her office will review a number of high-profile anti-Asian attacks for any evidence to support hate crime charges.
Santiago Mejia / San Francisco Chronicle via APSan Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said her office will review a number of high-profile anti-Asian attacks for any evidence to support hate crime charges.
“I’m optimistic that she’s bringing a new perspective to the issue of how to address intergroup violence and fight Asian hate,” Jung said, noting Jenkins’ willingness to devote additional resources to a hate crimes unit and to actively engage with Asian American leaders. Legal experts say hate crimes are extremely difficult to prosecute, largely because proof of motive is hard to come by. Jenkins said her office plans to gather evidence by analyzing video footage and defendants’ online communications.
A hate crime enhancement can add up to three years of prison time to any other sentence a defendant receives for an underlying felony, which Jenkins said is a “relatively minor” change in the legal system. “Typically, if someone commits a hate crime they’re also committing another assault,” she said. “To say they’re deterred by a marginal increase in prison time is not a realistic assumption.”
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