I believe having judges with real world, frontline experience as a prosecutor is a good thing.
When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.
I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.
I love prosecuting cases, and I love doing investigations, particularly homicide investigations and the like, and that’s why I became a prosecutor.
I confess to loving a good murder mystery – anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it’s a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
When I served as a prosecutor, I saw firsthand the many injustices that are embedded in our communities. But I also saw the difference it can make in someone’s life when they have someone to stand up and fight for them.
I remember, as a federal prosecutor myself, it’s only a 3-year appointment, and they interviewed my childhood neighbors.
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