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 Vicky Taft at PJM reports Woke DA Seeks Final Revenge on Voters Who Kicked Him Out of Office

It's hard to say what the worst thing is about Mike Schmidt's tenure as Multnomah County district attorney, but his latest move on his way out the door should secure his spot as the worst DA ever in Portland, Ore.

There are the Antifa and Black Lives Matter violent "protesters" who set downtown Portland on fire and followed up with threats of murder to people who dared to live near a police station. There were threats on the life of former Mayor Ted Wheeler when violent crowds and their threats scared him away from his home. Ninety percent of the people arrested for the "Summer of Love" Antifa and BLM crimes were not even charged by Schimidt's office.

This guy's specialty was attacking churches. Schmidt never charged him and his buddies who targeted churches during the George Floyd riots.

NYPD has arrested a suspect who toppled & destroyed a crucifix at St. Athanasius Church. The suspect also burned an American flag at the church. In Portland, #antifa members specifically targeted churches during riots but were never charged with bias crimes if arrested. pic.twitter.com/3rDwDhJQXV

— Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) May 22, 2021

Schmidt lost his job as district attorney in the May primary election. Voters, scared to walk the streets of Portland, gave his tougher-on-crime opponent a clear victory in the primary. Now, in the closing chapter of Schmidt's journey from judicial infamy to political ignominy, he has chosen to flip off Portland voters by attempting to illegally set up early releases for a rogue's gallery of murderers, rapists, and thugs.

He did it using a 2021 Oregon law adopted by the legislature that is tantamount to extra-judicial oversight of convictions and sentences of people convicted of crimes.

KGW describes what the law accomplished:

Senate Bill 819, the source of these reforms, allows a district attorney and someone convicted of a crime to jointly ask a judge to reduce a prison sentence or reconsider their criminal cases. Most resentencing requests are denied, according to the MCDA, and the MCDA has a community advisory board that hears all applications and weighs in before the DA considers a case.

Multiple people, including a man convicted of murder and a man convicted of armed robbery who have spent decades in state prison, were set to have a judge reexamine their sentences on Monday.

Vote in haste, regret at leisure.