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Judicial candidates debate rising caseloads and sentencing at Germantown forum
Summary
In a Germantown candidate forum for Washington County Circuit Court Branch 2, incumbent Gordon Leech and prosecutor Grant ScaF focused on increasing caseloads, drug and fleeing cases, and the limits of judges27 authority on sentencing set by statute.
Two candidates for Washington County Circuit Court Branch 2 appeared at a Germantown Chamber forum to discuss trends in the county courts and what those trends mean for the community.
Gordon Leech, the incumbent judge, said the county is “seeing a trend of an increasing amount of cases,” citing both criminal and civil matters and a shortage of attorneys to…
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