Jones Dickson, who took office earlier this year following Price’s recall in November, said under Price that “a law firm working under the DA’s umbrella” was working on similar cases, something her office was alerted to by people in state offices.
“I had not seen that before: a law firm being hired by a DA’s office to do the work of DAs,” Jones Dickson, a former judge, said. “We needed to look at all of the cases that were moving through Consumer and Environmental so that we know that the work is being done by district attorneys and that we can meet our burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Jones Dickson clarified that outside attorneys were not working on the Radius case, only that it was reviewed as part of a broader examination of cases handled by the Consumer and Environmental Protection Division.
Price told KQED she was dismayed at the decision and referred to the case against Radius as historic. She said she was the first Alameda County DA to file charges for environmental crimes committed by a corporation.
