Prosecutor Candidates Answer Questions Before Election
This is a big election, and it comes at an important time. County reform is a little over a year old, and many changes have been instituted by newly elected County Executive Ed FitzGerald and the new County Council. But the reform process that has transformed Cuyahoga County didn’t affect the Prosecutor’s Office, until this election.
On Tuesday, March 6, Cuyahoga County voters will choose between five candidates for the position of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor: Subodh Chandra, Stephanie Hall, James McDonnell, Tim McGinty and Robert Triozzi. Each week, we asked a different set of questions:
WEEK ONE: Follow this link for Prosecutor Candidates’ answers to these questions: Question A: On a scale of one to ten, please rate the current prosecutor’s office. Question B: Then, in 350 words, please tell our readers what you would do differently.
WEEK TWO: Follow this link for Prosecutor Candidates’ answers to these questions: Question A: Two upstanding members of the minority community, C. Ellen Connally and Rev. Marvin McMickle both served as grand jury forepersons in recent years, and both wrote scathing letters to Bill Mason criticizing the process as being grossly unfair to minorities. What would you do to insure fairness in the process? (please answer this question in 350 words or less). Question B: How would you feel about a citizen’s review board? (please answer this question in 350 words or less)
WEEK THREE: Follow this link for Prosecutor Candidates’ answers to these questions: Please use a maximum of 700 words total to answer the following three questions: Question A: What is your position on “open discovery?” Question B: What is your position on “stacking” indictments? Question C: What is your position on using “jailhouse snitches?”