Knox County Prosecuting Attorney, 12th Judicial Circuit
What does this office do?
- Deciding which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Republican · Incumbent
J. Dirk Carnahan is the Knox County prosecutor and a former chief deputy prosecutor who later ran his own law office in Vincennes. He grew up on a farm in southern Knox County.
Sources: in.gov · knox.countyclerk.us