re: DA’s should be held accountable

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They can be held accountable through the voting process. What you're talking about is 3rd world stupidity

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No, third world stupidity is what you get when some of these idiots are allowed to run rampant because of the letter beside their name on the ballot.

Ron DeSantis getting rid of Andrew Warren is a good example of how to do things the right way.

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It isn't about an individual's personal satisfaction. They're not doing their job according to the law. I probably wouldn't throw everyone in jail, but they shouldn't be immune from consequences up to and including criminal sanctions in severe cases.

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I disagree completely.

As soon as we start talking about throwing people in jail and taking away their law license for making a bad judgment call on a plea deal, we will have every single prosecutor in the country refusing to ever make a plea deal or ever decline to prosecute any case brought to them by the police department. There will be no exercise of discretion whatsoever

The cost of running such a system would be incalculable. further, I think that fewer criminals would end up in prison, because every prosecutor would feel compelled to swing for the fences on the highest possible charge, rather than taking those reliable singles and doubles on plea deals and lesser charges. See my original post.

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As soon as we start talking about throwing people in jail and taking away their law license for making a bad judgment call on a plea deal

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How about just suing them (including personal assets) for 7-to-9 digits?

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As soon as we start talking about throwing people in jail and taking away their law license for making a bad judgment call on a plea deal

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"They're not doing their job according to the law."

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There will be no exercise of discretion whatsoever

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The answer isn't complete autonomy. Being elected doesn't make one infallible or unaccountable.

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You seem to want a world with no risk, no matter the cost of reaching that point.

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This is reductio ad absurdum and you know it.

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reductio ad absurdum

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Cost

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Call it a one-time expenditure of $25 billion to build the necessary additional courtrooms across the country and another $15 billion per year to staff and run them.

Then add the extra district attorneys. Let’s be conservative and say one assistant district attorney per court, +2 support personnel. The cost there is another 8 billion per year

VERY rough estimate (and probably low by as much as 50 to 100%), but does that seem like a worthwhile expenditure to avoid a few hundred major felonies by recidivists?

And that does not take into account the crimes that will be committed by the criminals who get tried but not convicted because DAs are afraid to plea bargain. those folks are back on the street committing crimes immediately, rather than 3 to 5 years down the line as would be the case if the DA we’re not afraid to enter into a plea bargain. Personally, I think there would be about a net balance of those cases against the recidivists. Meaning of the net reduction in crime will essentially be zero, at quadruple the cost.

Blatant disresepct for the law is pure negligence!

Corrupt DAs should be put in one big jail cell with SOROS!

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You know that isn’t what was proposed.

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There's discussion to be had from:

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DA’s should be held accountable

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The malpractice threat

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Going to jail 5 years if you declined to prosecute and something happens is a helluva malpractice threat. This will lead to more gov waste through unnecessary prosecutions driven by this “malpractice threat” and will probably result in more innocents in jail. It’s just a stupid overcorrection.