Accountability

I have over two decades of courtroom experience. In my previous career as probation and parole officer, I wrote hundreds of Pre-Sentence Investigations. In writing these reports and making recommendations to the court, I considered prior criminal history and a victim’s impact statement in order to arrive at thoughtful recommendations and hold defendants accountable for their actions.

Incarceration does not equal accountability. Often the people appearing in my court are good people that have made a bad decision.  Imposing appropriate and meaningful sentences and sentencing conditions is holding people accountable.

Lending a compassionate, yet firm approach to upholding the law is imperative to arriving at equitable decisions. Assigning responsibility is a cornerstone of the judicial system. Taking responsibility for one’s own actions is the first step toward moving forward with fixing a problem.