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Mike Power
(Dem)
Jack Stollsteimer
(Dem)
Biographical Information
What specific experience and qualifications make you the best candidate for for this position?
Describe your legal experience in either the Civil, Criminal, Family and Orphans Divisions and how this experience qualifies you to be a judge?
What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
I have been a practicing lawyer for twenty five years and the twice elected District Attorney of Delaware County for the last five years. I believe therefore, that I am qualified to serve as a trial court judge by experience and temperament.
I have been a prosecutor fighting for justice in both Delaware County and federal courts. As District Attorney I am an officer of the court responsible for the prosecution of more than 5,000 criminal cases each year. I believe my career as a line prosecutor and as the elected DA give me the experience need to serve as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
The criminal justice system faces the constant challenge of balancing the rights of both victims and defendants. As District Attorney, I have striven to find that balance by initiating diversionary programs to hold low levels offenders accountable without gaining a criminal record, while that the same time ensuring prosecutors have the resources need to focus on preventing and punishing those who commit violent crimes. Using this holistic approach to criminal justice my office has played a large role in both reducing the inmate population at our county prison by more than 30% and reducing the number of shootings in the City of Chester by 54% over the last five years.
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