Reiner on Gangs
More double-talk and equivocation by Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner (Metro, Sept. 20).
He starts out talking firm and strong, “ . . . Prosecutors will stop routinely plea-bargaining with gang members.” But the article ends with a wimp, “ . . . R. Dan Murphy, Reiner’s director of special operations, conceded that there still will be cases where there is no option but to plea-bargain.”
Typical Reiner nonsense.
Furthermore, it is misleading for him to use the term “plea-bargain.” A limit or “lid” on the length of the county jail or state prison sentence is the practical result of all these negotiated sentences. Thus, a more accurate term would be “sentence-bargaining.”
RICHARD P. WINSTON
Santa Monica
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