Merle Rutledge is all for criminal justice reform with action.
1. Elect and not appoint judges
2. Open file discovery for prosecutors and defendants to include police complaints to go along with defendant criminal record.
3. Making Prosecutors and Judges no longer exempt from FOIA requests after a prosecution.
4. Expungement of records for non violent offenders within 5 years from the date of conviction based off conditions being met.
5. The full legalization of Marijuana that turns into tax revenue not fines.
6. Taking away absolute immunity to prosecutors for personal interest convictions and Brady violations.
7. All body worn camera footage shall not be exempt from FOIA requests for those subjected to bring in them.
8. DNA testing as a automatic right for those confine in jail that’s been denied.
9. Dismiss or remove judges that are liberal leaning.
10. Investigations of valid complaints will be handled and address immediately of judges and prosecutors without privilege/immunity of a court matter still in its legal proceedings.
11. Defendants will get a free transcript of all proceedings prior, during, and after trial.
12. No more internal affairs. Police departments would have an outside investigator that’s not affiliated with them to make recommendations to the Sheriff or Police Chief.
13. No public official can threaten pay raises to law enforcement unless they enforce unconstitutional laws shall be removed from office upon an investigation or for political retaliation.
14. Private citizens will be given the same discretion from prosecutors as police for justified shootings. #2A
15. Failure of judges and prosecutors to give conflicts of interest prior to trial will warrant a new trial and conviction being tossed out.
16. No judge will be able to preside only in their jurisdiction of choice. Judges will have to move around the state to handle cases so they can not be corrupted by a locality for favorable rulings.
By
Merle Rutledge for Virginia Governor 2021
Time to fix the mess left behind after the murder of George Floyd.
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