... that have kinda gone through the system and, you know, are they reading philosophy? Like, where, where do they get their numbers from?

I don't know.

Uh, what's supposed to happen is that there is a, uh, code.

So you know we have the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure and it actually tells you what judges, uh, should be using in terms of sentencing.

And so there are about, you know, 20, 30 some odd factors that you're supposed to use.

One of the ones that sticks out to me is that will the, will a lengthy sentence, uh, put an undue burden on any minors or anyone that you're taking care of? You know, people have children, people have, uh, elderly, uh, members in their family they're taking care of.

So the question then becomes, talking about public health, talking about the, uh, sanctity, the, the s- the health of the community, does a long prison sentence for someone who's, say, in possession of marijuana-

Mm.

Other examples where we're seeing a new type of district attorney as opposed to the old, typically white, male, conservative, law and order DA.

Yeah, so I'm a former public defender.

I worked in the Office of the Public Defender for 10 years, and it's where I saw the broken approach to justice.

I mentioned the Trader Joe's case, Mr. Buckley, but you're absolutely right.

We're running a campaign based on a safe, more just Baton Rouge.

We're running a ground game.

Gary Chambers Jr., who you mentioned earlier, is running the ground game here.

What can we do to help you get over the finish line as people who are outside of the district?