December 23, 2024

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John Choi thinks the county attorney can do more than fill jails

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Sahan Journal reported, wrote, and produced this piece in collaboration with The Appeal, a national nonprofit news organization that covers the U.S. criminal legal system.

When leaders in Ramsey County considered building a new youth jail in 2016, residents responded with outrage.

“The community showed up in a very angry way,” said Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, recounting a public hearing about the project. “All the people that were there shut it down.”

In 2011, Choi became the first Korean American county prosecutor in the U.S. Since then, Choi, whose jurisdiction includes St. Paul and nearby communities, has quietly developed a reputation as one of the nation’s most reform-minded prosecutors. 



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