1) What is your understanding of the racial disparities in Maryland’s criminal justice system? To the extent your office could make a difference, how would you address these disparities?
As a defense attorney, I have completed 40,000+ cases in Maryland Courts standing up for individual rights. That is more cases than all the Democratic candidates put together. Plus, I was appointed by Rosa Parks to be the first General Counsel of the National Caucus on the Black Aged . And I was successful in Federal Court in striking down a Maryland practice of rating female job applicants as to physique and facial features.
2) In your opinion, is there a difference between being “tough on crime” and “smart on crime”? Please give examples of what you might do in office in this regard?
I want to bring in plants like the Intel largest investments in Ohio and Arizona history. $20 Billion semiconductor plants that pay $30-60/ hr. Every big company has shunned Maryland. We need the JOBS!
3) A statewide program that provides substance abuse and mental health screening for those in pretrial detention will expire in 2023. Will you support renewal of this program for substance abuse and mental health screening and treatment of pretrial detainees?
Yes. But fentanyl is the #1 cause of death of people 18-45. We have to keep fentanyl out of MD!
4) Will you support programs to improve Maryland prisons, for example, providing independent oversight, reducing assaults, offering every incarcerated Marylander services to reduce recidivism, such as education, job-training, and counseling?
Yes. Of Course.
5) Does Maryland need to expand access to criminal records’ expungement? Are the current statutes effective for ensuring public safety and equitable access employment and other opportunities?
Yes. When Incarcerated people have paid the price, they should be slammed for life.
6) Do you support reform of our juvenile justice system (4 parts) to:- provide less incarceration and more treatment for lower level offenses?- prevent police from lying to juveniles to induce confessions?- create a presumption of school discipline or restorative justice for non-felony offenses on school grounds, rather than arrest and formal prosecution?- support treatment of juveniles who have been sex-trafficked as victims, not offenders?
Yes to all 4.
7) Please add anything else that voters should know about your intended criminal justice policies.
Amazon, Apple, Boeing, Facebook, Global Foundries, Google, Hyundai, Intel, Microsoft, Nucor Steel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tesla, Texas Instruments, and Toyota have shunned Maryland and our incompetent Schulz Department of Commerce. Our Jibs Strikeforce will end the passivity and bring in JOBS!
