Palo Alto - Today Attorney General candidate Chris Kelly offered his support for crime victims throughout California, including those who marched on the State Capitol in observance of "National Crime Victims' Rights Week."  On Friday, Kelly also participated in a rally with crime victims on the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall to oppose cutbacks in law enforcement.
 
"As California's next Attorney General, there's simply nothing more important to me than reducing crime across our state and ensuring that justice is served for the victims of crime," Kelly said. "I look forward to working with crime victims groups to improve and enforce laws that protect Californians from crimes, whether online or on the streets." 

Chris Kelly has released several policy papers about how to reduce crime through innovation and methods that have proven to be successful, as well as on how best to protect consumers and support law enforcement. 

Chris Kelly, an attorney and businessman, brings the right mix of experience in public policy, technology and law to fight traditional crime and combat new crimes of today - like identity theft and online sexual predators. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Kelly worked for a federal judge assisting on a wide range of criminal and civil cases, including drug smuggling and money laundering. Kelly then came home to work for a Palo Alto law firm, representing innovators and entrepreneurs, including Netscape in the Microsoft anti-trust case. 
 
In the 1990's, he served as a domestic policy advisor to President Clinton. During his time working for President Clinton, Kelly helped advance the landmark plan that put 100,000 new community police officers on America's streets. As chief legal counsel at Facebook, Kelly led efforts to protect the safety and security of an online community of more than 400 million people.  Kelly worked by side with Attorneys General from all 50 states developing safeguards to protect children from sexual predators and adults from online fraud.