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Candidates emphasize careful bail decisions and court efficiency amid statewide backlog concerns
Summary
At the New Richmond forum, candidates discussed pretrial release, recent statutory changes, and strategies to reduce felony backlogs, including greater use of diversion, clearer scheduling and remote appearances.
Candidates at a New Richmond forum framed pretrial-release and case-backlog issues as matters of public safety and court management, urging cautious use of cash bail in high‑risk cases while expanding alternatives and improving courtroom efficiency.
James "Jamie" Johnson described bail law as a "totality of the circumstances" inquiry and pointed to Chapter 969 as the statutory framework he said governs bail decisions. "You take into account whether the defendant had a prior conviction for a violent crime, the probability the…
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