Why Prosecutors Shouldn't Be Partisan

HB 1412, which is on today’s House calendar, would remove partisan considerations from prosecutorial races; it would end Arkansas’s practice of partisan campaigns by the state’s prosecuting attorneys. As a general matter, removing party labels from prosecutor candidates is sound public policy: there is good reason to believe that public confidence in the fair and neutral administration of justice will be better justified in a system stripped of open partisanship. To read our latest paper -- "Removing Partisanship from Prosecutors Is In the Public Interest" -- click here.