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How could a young Black man from Compton, California make a living putting Black people in prison? Although rarely verbalized, this was the question that ran through most people’s minds once they became aware that I was a Prosecutor.

As a deputy district attorney in Alameda County in early 2003, I was offered a career-making case. In October of 2002, Demarcus Ralls and his seven co-defendants had embarked on an unprecedented three-month journey of murder and terror.

A former District Attorney for Alameda County with over 50 jury trials under his belt, Daryl moved into private criminal defense practice in 2007.