TRANSPARENCY
Will you commit to publicly posting statistical information on charging decisions, convictions, plea bargains, declinations, diversion program placements, and sentences -disaggregated by race and gender?
CONWAY: |
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| It is essential that the county provide statistical information that is easily accessible and comprehensive. Something that has troubled our community for the last several years has been some of the unintended consequences of bond reform. We've seen many gun criminals arrested one day, then walk free the next without paying a dime -- some of whom were arrested with another illegal weapon shortly after. Reform proponents have defended the new rules using a study that showed a low rate of recidivism, but it's just now coming out that numerous violent crimes were excluded from statistics and hundreds more felons have re-offended on bond than we were previously told. We only know this because journalists fought in court for the data to be released, rather than suppressed by the government. We can't have officials hiding facts from the public because they're afraid of the consequences. |
FIORETTI: |
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| They already are public information. I would continue that practice. |
FOXX: |
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| Again, upon taking office, we have worked to become the most transparent prosecutor’s office in the country and the first to provide the citizens we serve online access to every felony case dating back to 2011. Our dashboard provides detailed information on more than 350,000 felony offenders, how we prosecute each case, and the outcomes, so the public can see for themselves our efforts to create safer and just communities. The use of data allows us to examine our decision-making and make adjustments when necessary in charging, pleading and sentencing decisions. It also gives the public the tools to hold us accountable. Additionally, we have shared thousands of our case files with the Marshall Project which published a full report on our workings. |
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