Brian Kunzi of Nevada’s Attorney General’s office and now a candidate for election for District Attorney of Nye County has launched his campaign website. You can find out a lot about Mr. Kunzi on the site. He lays out his platform in some detail. [See Issues]
His outline addresses his view of:
Improving the Processing of Cases. Specifically he seeks to decrease the time for the review of criminal cases. Like any law office, time is money. Reducing the time it takes to review a case submitted for prosecution and deciding whether to file charges or not in the majority of cases should not be delayed unnecessarily. In the majority of cases the determination can be made within an hour or less, whether felony or misdemeanor, from the information contained in the police reports. Some cases require some legal research before deciding or a request to the police agency for some follow-up investigation.
Nor should opinions be delayed any longer than necessary to render an objective, well reasoned opinion.
Crimes by Youth. Many crimes are committed by teenagers and young adults. A lot of those could be prevented by community programs in which kids will take an interest in. Pahrump isn’t well known for having an array of activities for kids. A wise prosecutor can differentiate juvenile crimes requiring full bore prosecution and those that can be handled with some “curbstone justice.” Some cops can make those kinds of distinctions and straighten out a kid summarily. Mr. Kunzi mentions something about a Trial by Peers Program he co-chairs in Clark County. I don’t have a clue what that program is or how it works. Perhaps he will expand on it during the campaign.
Community Service: A community service program whereby offenders can “work off” their punishment through community service is a good thought. That takes some cooperation from the judges and the police agency.
Equal application of the law: Kunzi brings up some instances of unequal application of law with respect to Preferred Equities. That was before my time in Nye County. Nonetheless, laws should be objectively and evenly applied irrespective of whom the defendant might be.
Honesty: Honest transparency in any governmental agency should be the norm. I don’t know the cases cited by Mr. Kunzi, however, the DA represents the people of the state of Nevada in any prosecution. Honesty should be respected.
So far as I know Mr. Kunzi’s website is the only up for any of the candidates for DA. I look forward to the other three candidates’ websites when they go up. It really helps to know what each think and plan to do, if anything, with respect to operation of that important office.
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