Pacheco sticks by his convictions - even if it means ruffling feathers in the local legal community. The district attorney got heat this year from judges who said his tough stance against most pre-trial plea-bargaining pushed too many cases onto the courts' packed calendar. But Pacheco refused to bend, vowing not to "surrender justice" to expediency or cave "in the face of criticism."
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