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Mutlnomah County DA race: interviews with Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt

The candidates answer Street Roots' questions about how they'd approach the job as the county's top prosecutor Street Roots interviewed the candidates for Multnomah County District Attorney with a focus on how the office policies and proced ...

2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Meet Multnomah County DA candidate Ethan Knight

Endorsed by the incumbent, Ethan Knight has put prosecuting right-wing extremists at the forefront of his campaign Ethan Knight is running against Mike Schmidt for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a fo ...

2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Meet Multnomah County DA candidate Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt wants to progressively reform the District Attorney’s Office, using data and research as his guide Mike Schmidt is running against Ethan Knight for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a focus on ...

2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Neighborhood prosecutors: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt whether they'd continue a program that often results in prosecutions for low-level misdemeanors QUESTION: In Multnomah County, each neighborhood has a county prosecutor who focuses, in many cases, on p ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Prosecuting domestic violence: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they'd change the low prosecution rate for domestic violence cases QUESTION: The last time we crunched the numbers, we found that among Oregon’s five largest counties, Multnomah County has the lowe ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Community court: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they could improve the community court QUESTION: Do you see any opportunities for improvement in the way Multnomah County’s Community Court functions? It could be shaped many ways, such as the service m ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Fines and fees: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt if they'd eliminate fines and fees for people in poverty QUESTION: People experiencing homelessness and poverty disproportionately interface with the criminal justice system, producing an additional la ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Pretrial release: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt if they'd release defendants without bail for nonviolent offenses QUESTION: Will you commit during this interview to releasing people who are pretrial for nonviolent offenses without bail, should you w ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots
Leadership: Multnomah County DA candidates share their views

Street Roots asked Ethan Knight and Mike Schmidt how they'd run the DA's Office differently than the incumbent QUESTION: What’s the biggest difference we’ll see between the way you would run the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office and th ...

2 May 2020 - Street Roots