Woke Portland DA pushes for reduced sentences for violent offenders, including murderer, on his way out of office

With just a few days left in office, the lame-duck district attorney in Portland, Oregon, has pushed for a judge to reduce the sentences of several violent offenders, including a man involved in the murder and sexual assault of an elderly woman.

Mike Schmidt has been the district attorney of Multnomah County, Oregon, for more than four years. During that time, he has taken a far-left approach to law enforcement, working “to make the criminal legal system more equitable,” according to his official bio.

‘The sentence that he received at the time, a lot of people would have believed was too light.’

It seems that “equitable,” soft-on-crime approach did not sit well with voters, who went with challenger Nathan Vasquez, a former Republican who ran as an independent,

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