Fordham law alumnus Udi Ofer ’01 was quoted in a New York Times article about a novel DA candidate forum held in a county jail in Boston.
For the A.C.L.U., the event was designed to shine a light on the job of district attorney, one
frequently in national headlines because of police shootings, an exploding drug crisis and the
swelling activism of groups like Black Lives Matter.
“This forum happening in a city jail in front of people who are incarcerated represents the
growing focus nationwide on holding prosecutors accountable,” said Udi Ofer, a lawyer and
deputy national political director of the A.C.L.U.
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“Prosecutors are the most powerful, unaccountable and least transparent actors in the criminal
justice system,” Mr. Ofer said. “They exercise tremendous discretion and have enormous power
— they decide who to charge, what kind of charges to bring, what plea deals to offer.”