Billionaire George Soros invests millions in Democrat candidates in attorney races across the country in a bid to replace hard-line prosecutors with justice rerfomers proposing lighter prison sentences
George Soros is investing in district attorney races across US during this cycle
Soros, the ACLU, and two PACs hope to replace top prosecutors with reformers
They have targeted races in about a dozen counties that collectively contain around 5 per cent of the US population
By VALERIE EDWARDS
DAILYMAIL.COM
13 May 2018
George Soros has joined forces with progressive groups and political action committees in an attempt to elect reformist prosecutors around the United States.
The billionaire has invested millions toward their initiative and will continue to fund other district attorney races across the nation during this cycle.
Soros donated $1.45 million to newly elected District Attorney Larry Krasner, of Philadelphia, last year.
Krasner is now working toward his goal of ending mass incarceration in the city by reshaping the criminal justice system.
Soros has also donated to the American Civil Liberties Union, which received grant funding from Soros in 2014 to support criminal justice reform, according to the Huffington Post.
The ACLU is now planning voter education and outreach programs in at least 10 states.
PACs like Real Justice and Color of Change are also working in key races.
Collectively, Soros, the ACLU and the two PACs hope to organize activists and educate voters, with the goal of electing reform-minded prosecutors.
According to the Huffington Post, Soros and the progressive groups hope to start replacing more of the country’s 2,400 top prosecutors with reformers like Krasner.
They also aim to change the way the public views elections for district attorneys.
So far, they have targeted races in at least a dozen counties that collectively contain around 5 per cent of the US population.
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