Chesa Boudin Podcast-San Francisco candidate for District Attorney (Sept. 30, 2019)
Chesa Boudin is currently a San Francisco Public Defender and a candidate for district attorney in the city and county of San Francisco, California. The election will be held on November 5, 2019.
Chesa is the son of two former members of the Weather Underground, Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert. The Weather Underground was a left-wing militant group active in the 1960s and ‘70s. His parents acted as getaway drivers in the 1981 Brinks armored car robbery in New York ending in the deaths of two police officers and a security guard. Both Chesa’s mother and father served prison time with his father still in prison in the state of New York. Kathy Boudin was released on parole in 2003.
As a San Francisco Deputy Public Defender, Chesa has handled more than 300 felony cases including attempted murder, shootings, stabbings, drug sales, kidnapping, and auto burglary. Chesa is well known for his work in criminal justice reform.
In our in-depth podcast conversation with Chesa we learn of his vision for reform of the criminal justice system which is guided by his strong support of restorative justice as a means to a healing justice and a way out of mass incarceration. Chesa explains why he believes restorative justice will increase crime victims’ satisfaction with the justice system, transform lives of offenders and increase public safety. Listen.
For more information on Chesa Boudin’s positions:
https://www.chesaboudin.com/restorative_justice