She really gets it! The precision with how Every. Single. Note. Commands so much space. My piano teacher in college told me thats how to make sense of Part's works, it's really exhausting to play!

Arvo Part's Fur Alina stills sounds like something new to me. Like I finally understood those friars and priest who lock themselves away for years to obsess over a few pages of holy texts. There's something very deep and mysterious about that piece, it leaves you feeling curious. It's also one of the most difficult piano pieces you can learn because of that. here's a good video of the score lined up with someone performing to that might explain what I mean.

It's always been that way, prosecutorial discretion is a core principle of functioning legal systems. Without it there would be more civil rights violations and our criminal justice system would be paralyzed by resources being spread even thinner than now.

Eh more severe punishments don't lead to less recidivism in the first place; locking people up for longer actually appears to increase their chances of recidivism slightly. Second of all, parole is going to be handled by the Parole board, not the DA's office. Third of all when it comes to what charges they negotiated, no DA office in the country is going to pull a lot of resources into a low profile AA and arson charges, even in wealthy counties they're overworked and will hope for a plea deal. You can blame city hall and the state for underfunding the criminal justice system.