VOTING FOR JUDGES

Too many people vote for the judge who is currently a District Attorney, or a Deputy District Attorney. As you know District Attorneys are the attorneys who go to court to try to get a criminal conviction against an accused person. Sometimes they are called County Attorneys or States Attorneys.

Unfortunately, District Attorneys know only one side of criminal law. They usually know nothing about civil or family law. As District Attorneys, they sometimes get tunnel vision about how the law should work. Too many judges who used to be District Attorneys become rubber stamps for their former co-workers. These judges become so tough on crime that their court convicts the innocent.

I always vote for the person who is a defense attorney, or a civil attorney, or a family law attorney. I believe that this makes for a more well rounded judicial system, where the judges know the law and apply it wisely.