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National Lawyers Guild 2009 Voters' Guide to Candidates in Nov 3 Election
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Elections Committe- NLG Philadelphia Chapter | 11.02.2009
With the Judicial and District Attorney elections rapidly approaching, voters are asked to choose among judicial and district attorney candidates without having any real information upon which to base their choice. In order to make an informed decision as a voter, it is important to know what like-minded people who have professional and personal experiences with the candidate actually think. As a progressive bar association dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system, the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is concerned with the lack of information available for all of the candidates. To that end, the Elections committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NLG developed and administered a questionnaire in order to survey members of the Philadelphia progressive legal community about Judicial and DA candidates. Access Survey results at www.nlgphilly.org or at http://nlgphilly.ucoz.com/JudicialSurveyFinalVer2009.pdf 
Access the NLG's Survey results for Judicial and DA candidates at http://nlgphilly.ucoz.com/JudicialSurveyFinalVer2009.pdf or via our home page at www.nlgphilly.org With the Judicial and District Attorney elections rapidly approaching, voters are asked to choose among judicial and district attorney candidates without having any real information upon which to base their choice. In order to make an informed decision as a voter, it is important to know what like-minded people who have professional and personal experiences with the candidate actually think. As a progressive bar association dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system, the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is concerned with the lack of information available for all of the candidates. To that end, the Elections committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NLG developed and administered a questionnaire in order to survey members of the Philadelphia progressive legal community about Judicial and DA candidates. The Philadelphia NLG Chapter surveyed other members of the Philadelphia Guild Chapter, public interest attorneys, and other progressive lawyers. The Elections committee contacted participants by email, explaining the nature of the project, and requesting that participants agree to complete a short, anonymous questionnaire created by the committee members, and hosted by a web service survey provider. The vast majority of respondents had 11 or more years experience in their capacity as either attorney for a non-profit public interest organization, criminal defense attorney, prosecutor, private practitioner, or academic. The candidates included in the questionnaire were those running for Philadelphia District Attorney, as well as all the candidates (both those running and those seeking retention) for the Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas, Commonwealth, and Municipal Court. The questionnaire asked respondents about their experiences with each candidate specifically, with possible answer choices being: 1). appeared before, 2). co-counseled with, 3). was opposing counsel, 4). know through community/political activities, 5). know through Bar Association activities, 6). friend, 7). neighbor, 8). Other (Which they were asked to describe), or 9). Do Not Know. Furthermore, respondents were asked how they would rate a candidate for election, by highly recommending, recommending, opposing, strongly opposing, or, selecting “have no opinion.” Respondents were then asked, to please give a detailed response in regards to their rating of a specific candidate. These comments are perhaps the most telling, and useful to other voters. Attached to this email are the results of this survey process and we hope that it will aid in helping voters making an informed decision on election day, November 3, 2009. Sincerely, The NLG Philadelphia Chapter Elections Committee: Gloria Gilman National Lawyers Guild Philadelphia Chapter PO Box 53972 Philadelphia, PA 19105 (215) 667-8298 phillynlg@gmail.com |
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Lawyers Guild For the Death Penalty?
Submitted by Watchdog on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 8:35pmAccording to this, 50 percent of the Lawyers Guild finds Seth Williams acceptable for Philly DA.
In the details, it's said that Seth Williams opposes the death penalty.
What then to make of his statements about if courts find that Mumia Abu-Jamal can be executed, he'll go along with that?
What to make of the huge banner at Fraternal Order of Police headquarters supporting Williams?
This support...though only (?) 50 percent... casts ALL the Lawyer's Guild voter choices into question.
Some LG members even approved of Judge Pamela Dembe! Has the history of the Mumia case been erased from LG members memories?
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