EPISODE · Mar 18, 2021 · 25 MIN
A New Prosecutor is Shaking Things Up in Oakland County - An interview with Karen McDonald
from The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit · host Craig Fahle / Deadline Detroit
Craig's guest is Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald. She defeated former three term prosecutor Jessica Cooper in the Democratic primary, and won the general election over Republican Lin Goetz in November. Since taking office in January, McDonald is making some some changes in the office, especially as it relates to how the office will handle human trafficking cases. She also is revisiting the sentencing of 20 so called "juvenile lifers" The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that a sentence of life without parole for juvenile offenders was unconstitutional, yet many prosecutors in Michigan had been dragging their feet on resentencing these individuals until a 2019 SCOTUS ruling reaffirmed the order.
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Craig's guest is Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald. She defeated former three term prosecutor Jessica Cooper in the Democratic primary, and won the general election over Republican Lin Goetz in November. Since taking office in January, McDonald is making some some changes in the office, especially as it relates to how the office will handle human trafficking cases. She also is revisiting the sentencing of 20 so called "juvenile lifers" The Supreme Court ruled in...
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