Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson plans to dismiss charges against eight of the eleven people prosecuted in the 2021 death of Maurice Monk. Monk died after languishing for days in a Santa Rita Jail cell. The dismissals are expected to be finalized at a court hearing Thursday morning and represent a rollback of prosecutions filed by predecessor Pamela Price. Monk's sister, Elvira Monk, was notified and expressed bittersweet feelings, saying more people should be charged but relieved that some remain charged. The district attorney's office declined to comment. Those originally charged included sheriff's deputies, former deputies, a WellPath nurse, and a county behavioral health clinician, with elder or dependent adult abuse charges and some falsifying documents counts.
OAKLAND Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson plans to dismiss charges against 8 of the 11 people prosecuted in the death of Maurice Monk, who died in 2021 after languishing for days in his Santa Rita Jail cell, Monk's sister said Wednesday. The decision which is expected to be finalized at a court hearing Thursday morning marks the latest instance of Jones Dickson scaling back the work of her predecessor, Pamela Price.
I feel it's wrong I feel more people should be charged, but blessed that somebody is being charged, Elvira Monk told this news organization. More than three people interacted with that man within a certain amount of days for all of this to happen. But I can't complain, because at least three people are still being charged. It's been a hard fight, she added. But we are still fighting, that's the good thing.
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