She would employ drug and mental-health counseling, parenting classes, and she’d make sure sentences are appropriate.
She ran a mental-health agency for troubled youth for 11 years.
As a municipal judge, Sens said he has a track record of moving cases through. Now he's seeking a seat in Criminal District Court.
He would inherit one of the city’s most backlogged dockets.
She put herself in the spotlight by recording a meeting with Judge Frank Marullo in which she says he offered her a job to get out of the race.
If elected to another term, he said he would lobby to loosen mandatory minimum sentencing.
Bosworth is challenging Marullo, Louisiana’s longest-serving judge, as well as attorney Marie Williams.
Voters choose judges only once every six years, so learn about the importance of your vote in the Nov. 4 election.
Louisiana’s juvenile justice system was revamped to deal with violence and negligence. Rather than locking kids up, the state tries to treat underlying behavioral issues. But some say the new facilities, many of which are private, have the same problems as youth prisons.
If approved by Civil Service and City Council, annual cost to the city would run upwards of $10 million