In a July 13 interview on KYCA Talks (1490 AM) David Stringer, a candidate for Yavapai County Attorney spoke of his focus on Criminal Justice Reform and his time serving in the Arizona State House of Representatives.
Stringer has long been an advocate for Criminal Justice Reform, firm in his belief that it is now a conservative issue. On his campaign website he states, “Criminal Justice Reform is the civil rights issue of our time.”
He goes on to say, "Our purpose in dealing with first offenders and low level, non-violent offenders should be to correct their behavior and deter future misconduct. That can often be done without incarceration. Jail should be the last resort.”
However, Stringer, a former defense attorney in Baltimore, MD, has never defined the term, “low level offender”. During his campaign for County Attorney, he has never specified what jail terms he thought were reasonable, what probation and parole terms that he thinks should be in place.
What he did do, however, is present his ideas in various pieces of legislation that he proposed while serving in the Arizona House of Representatives.
“We wrote a number of bills, I am sorry to say, that didn’t pass,” David Stringer told Jason Zinzileta, the KYCA Talks host.
Read the full story here: https://copperstate.news/prescott-news/item/97-laws-david-stringer-tried-to-pass
