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| Former gang member helps give young offenders a second chance |
| By nbclatino.com - Nadine Natour |
| Published: 01/10/2013 |
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In the world of criminal justice, Luis Aroche is something of an anomaly. Even though he works for the San Francisco district attorney’s office, Aroche fights to keep felons out of prison. Take, for example, the case of a teenage felon in 2011: an intoxicated 19-year-old Mexican-American, brandishing a BB gun that resembled a semi-automatic weapon, leaped out of a car and set off on a midnight robbing spree in the Mission District of San Francisco. Few prosecutors would have considered anything less than three years of state prison time for such a crime. But Aroche’s responsibility as an alternative sentencing planner–one of only a handful in the nation– is to look past the second-degree robbery charge and delve into the defendant’s back story. Aroche recommended anger management sessions and parenting classes, because the 19-year-old perpetrator, whose name he declined to disclose, had no prior crimes, and was about to become a new father. Read More. |
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