While I still feel I have a lot to learn about what average citizens can do to hold elected judges accountable to the action items in that last post, I want to turn now to the city court judge candidates who will be on this year’s democratic primary ballot and where they stand related to issues of policing, racism woven into the justice system, and their own personal agendas for using their power to address these problems from the bench.
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Know your offices part 1: City Court Judge
There are 2 openings for city court judge on the 2020 ballot in Syracuse. Do you know what a city court judge does, and how they can be part of dismantling systemic racism in the justice system? In this post I look closely at city court judges in the first of a series exploring 2020 electable offices.
The Syracuse Voter 