A focal point of the Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison’s recently announced High Utilizer Initiative will be an attempt to merge repeat offenders’ misdemeanor charges into a felony. The potential effectiveness of that strategy is far from clear.
Seattle City Attorney launches partnership to address prolific offenders
That process generally involves lumping similar offenses into a single case until they meet thresholds to be considered felony charges. Multiple counts of shoplifting until the total amount stolen meets the legal definition of grand larceny is an example of the strategy in practice.
Davison clarifies that the strategy is intended to improve access to treatment options.
“What I’m anticipating is, there’s
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