Spring 2024 County Prosecutors

Q3g. How much of a problem, if at all, is workload (e.g., backlog of cases, challenges to efficiently clearing cases, etc.) for your office?

Q3h. How much of a problem, if at all, are other personnel issues for your office?

Q8b.   If new county, state, or federal funding became available to your office, would hiring new Assistant Prosecutors be a priority for allocation?

Q28b.   Now thinking about the resources required to process and review digital evidence and to use it effectively in prosecutions, to what extent do you feel redacting digital evidence is a problem, or not, for your office?

Q12b.   How satisfied are you, overall, with the County Sheriff's Office working in your county?

Q12a.   How satisfied are you, overall, with the   State Police  working in your county?

Q11.   Some people believe the State of Michigan should transition both the Courts and the Public Defenders to a regional system funded and operated by the State. Others prefer the county-based system. If the State were to take full responsibility for funding of Prosecutor’s Offices from the counties, would you support transitioning to a regional system (i.e., a District Attorney system)?

Q10e.  Public defenders and appointed counsel are receiving increased resources under new standards passed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). To what extent do you agree or disagree that with these recent increases in resources for indigent defense more defendants in my county will choose to go to trial?

Q10d.  Public defenders and appointed counsel are receiving increased resources under new standards passed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). To what extent do you agree or disagree that with these recent increases in resources for indigent defense   there will be more competition to attract and retain the best attorneys?

Q10c.  Public defenders and appointed counsel are receiving increased resources under new standards passed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). To what extent do you agree or disagree that with these recent increases in resources for indigent defense equity in the criminal justice system will increase?

Q10b.  Public defenders and appointed counsel are receiving increased resources under new standards passed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). To what extent do you agree or disagree that with these recent increases in resources for indigent defense defense attorneys will now be able to devote more time and attention to each case than prosecutors can?

Q10a.  Public defenders and appointed counsel are receiving increased resources under new standards passed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). To what extent do you agree or disagree that with these recent increases in resources for indigent defense defendants will receive better legal representation  ?

Q26i.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think perceived fairness is to voters?

Q26a.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think local crime rate  is to voters?

Q26b.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think conviction rate is to voters?

Q26c.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think the prevalence of wrongful convictions is to voters?

Q26d.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think pursuing maximum penalties for offenses  is to voters?

Q26e.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think involvement in the community is to voters?

Q26f.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think the treatment of victims  is to voters?

Q26g.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think the treatment of juveniles in the justice system is to voters?

Q26h.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think pursuing alternatives to detention for offenses is to voters?

Q14a.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that most people in your county trust law enforcement officers?

Q26j.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think relationships with community organizations (e.g., faith-based, organized labor, etc.) is  to voters?

Q26k.    When residents in your county are voting for Prosecutor, how important do you think partisan affiliation is to voters?

Q27a.     To what extent does your office make use of police video data (e.g., dashboard and body cameras)?

Q27b.  To what extent does your office make use of other public surveillance video data (e.g., cameras on buildings/streetlights, automated license plate readers, etc.)? 

Q27c.  To what extent does your office make use of third-party video data (e.g., Ring doorbell video, cell phone video from miscellaneous eyewitnesses, etc.)? 

Q27d.  To what extent does your office make use of data from forensic analysis of defendants’ cell phones (e.g., Cellebrite) ?   

Q27e.  To what extent does your office make use of facial recognition technology? 

Q28a.   Now thinking about the resources required to process and review digital evidence and to use it effectively in prosecutions, to what extent do you feel reviewing digital evidence is a problem, or not, for your office?