https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/07/jasper-wu-killing-alameda-county-da-withdraws-special-circumstances-allegations-against-defendants/

OAKLAND — In a shift to an already-contentious case, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price decided this week to leave open the possibility of parole for the men accused of killing a 23-month-old toddler during a freeway shooting on Interstate 880.

The decision not to pursue special-circumstances murder charges in the November 2021 killing of 23-month-old Jasper Wu marks a distinct reversal from Price’s predecessor, former District Attorney Nancy O’Malley. She had originally sought to bar any chance of the defendants — Trevor Green, 22, of Richmond and Ivory Bivens, 24, of Vallejo — leaving prison if convicted for a killing that she described as “unthinkable” for the Bay Area.