Civil Liberties Policy Lightning Round - Lake County State's Attorney Candidate Questionnaire

Would you support or oppose the following:

Attempts to roll back the Pre-Trial Fairness Act	COLE:
Increasing the threshold for prosecuting retail theft as a felony	COLE:
Increasing penalties for gun possession	COLE:
Retroactive sentencing that reduces length of stay for eligible incarcerated people	COLE:
Reestablishing opportunities for earned sentence credit to reduce long prison stays	COLE:
Limiting/Prohibiting the use of police officers as School Resource Officers	COLE:
Reclassifying low level drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor	COLE:
Updating and publicizing a list of police officers in your jurisdiction with demonstrated credibility issues when testifying in court against a defendant along with a pledge not to call those officers	COLE:
Deprioritizing prosecutions for the transportation or possession of cannabis without a sealed container	COLE:
Deprioritizing prosecutions for consensual sex work	COLE:
Deprioritizing prosecutions for driving on a suspended driver’s license or expired registration	COLE:

Attempts to roll back the Pre-Trial Fairness Act	RINEHART: Oppose
Increasing the threshold for prosecuting retail theft as a felony	RINEHART: Support
Increasing penalties for gun possession	RINEHART: Oppose
Retroactive sentencing that reduces length of stay for eligible incarcerated people	RINEHART: Support
Reestablishing opportunities for earned sentence credit to reduce long prison stays	RINEHART: Support
Limiting/Prohibiting the use of police officers as School Resource Officers	RINEHART: Support
Reclassifying low level drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor	RINEHART: Support
Updating and publicizing a list of police officers in your jurisdiction with demonstrated credibility issues when testifying in court against a defendant along with a pledge not to call those officers	RINEHART: Support
Deprioritizing prosecutions for the transportation or possession of cannabis without a sealed container	RINEHART: Support
Deprioritizing prosecutions for consensual sex work	RINEHART: Support – we should prosecute traffickers though
Deprioritizing prosecutions for driving on a suspended driver’s license or expired registration	RINEHART: Support

Mary Cole