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HARTFORD 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut Smart Justice campaign today released the results of a questionnaire of applicants seeking to become Connecticut鈥檚 next Chief State鈥檚 Attorney.

The 17-question survey asked applicants for their 鈥測es鈥� or 鈥渘o鈥� positions, with room for explanation, on policies regarding decarceration, racial justice, and criminal legal reform, including police accountability proposals. Five of the six known Chief State鈥檚 Attorney applicants responded to Smart Justice鈥檚 request. Four 鈥� Richard Colangelo, Kevin Lawlor, Erik Lohr, and Maureen Platt 鈥� completed the survey. Joseph Harry declined to complete the survey, and Michael Gailor has not responded to Smart Justice鈥檚 request.

鈥淲e thank the applicants who completed Smart Justice鈥檚 survey, because providing on-the-record answers to members of the public is a basic requirement of public leadership,鈥� said Claudine Fox, campaign manager for the 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut. 鈥淭he 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut, including the Smart Justice campaign, does not endorse or oppose applicants for the Chief State鈥檚 Attorney position, and we are not doing so now. All four of the completed surveys show glimmers of hope and room for improvement in applicants鈥� positions on decarceration and racial justice. We are ready to hold the next Chief State鈥檚 Attorney, whoever that may be, accountable for supporting the decarceration policies outlined in this survey, and more. Our state will be safer, stronger, and fairer when everyone, including the Chief State鈥檚 Attorney, seizes their role in ending mass incarceration.鈥�

According to applicants鈥� survey responses:

• All four respondents support legislation to require standard policies and procedures for all 13 State鈥檚 Attorney鈥檚 offices
• All four respondents committed to following Connecticut鈥檚 prosecutor transparency law (Public Act 19-59) and to implementing a digital system to manage cases
• All four respondents committed to increasing police accountability by 1) assigning prosecutors to ensure every criminal charge is supported by probable cause before the charge is filed with the court and 2) ensuring cases are dismissed when there is not enough evidence
• All four respondents support legislation requiring prosecutors to disclose all evidence in criminal cases to the defense no later than 30 days before trial

Smart Justice released the survey on the 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut鈥檚 website with a call for all applicants for Chief State鈥檚 Attorney to email their responses to the campaign by December 31. The campaign noted that all survey responses would be published on the 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut鈥檚 website in 2020. Smart Justice directly emailed its survey to the six people whom the Hartford Courant identified as applicants for the position: Colangelo, Gailor, Harry, Lawlor, Lohr, and Platt.

For Richard Colangelo鈥檚 complete survey response:

For Kevin Lawlor鈥檚 complete survey response:

For Erik Lohr鈥檚 complete survey response:

For Maureen Platt鈥檚 complete survey response: