John,

We recently announced our first endorsement of 2023, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti — and it's going to take all of us getting fully behind her to make sure that she wins her re-election. In just a moment, we’re going to ask you to split a donation between Real Justice and Parisa’s campaign. Before we do that, we want to take the time to explain the phenomenal work she’s done in office. 

If you don’t have the time to read on, we understand! But, before you go, please make a split donation right now to help make sure that Parisa wins her re-election, and so that we can elect more justice champions like Parisa into DA offices across the country.

Three years ago, Parisa announced that she would be running for chief prosecutor to turn Arlington County and the city of Falls Church, Virginia into a model for how to run a criminal justice system that provides safety and justice for all.

We endorsed her in 2018 because we knew she was the right candidate to accomplish that.

And in just just 3 years, in the midst of a pandemic, she stood up against constant resistance from opponents of reform and a right-wing recall campaign to achieve extraordinary progress in reforming the criminal legal system for the people of Arlington County and Falls Church.

After taking office, Parisa kept her promise and ended cash bail. This is a big step in criminal legal reform because it stops our system from preying on those with less money. Being able to afford bail after being arrested should have no bearing on whether you pose a threat to the public or not as you wait for a trial.

Parisa also got rid of the death penalty. This is huge because Virginia had put 1,389 people to death — more than any other U.S state. Evidence shows that the death penalty is imposed disproportionately on Black and poor people. But worst, is the unreasonable risk that innocent individuals will be executed. There have been over 100 people who were killed by the death penalty but were later exonerated because they were actually innocent.

She didn’t stop there, Parisa made it a priority to support crime victims. She transformed the system to make sure that victims weren’t shuffled around from one prosecutor to another, where they have to tell their traumatizing experience over and over. Parisa ensured that victims had one prosecutor on the case from start to finish.

John, these are just a few of Parisa’s many accomplishments in office, and because of her success, we know that the same conservative mega-donors who launched a right-wing recall campaign against her are going to try to defeat her this year.

If you agree that we need to protect all of Parisa’s progress, and that we should have justice champions like Parisa in DA offices all across the country, then please split a contribution today between Parisa’s campaign and Real Justice.

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In solidarity,

Real Justice