Webster County Prosecuting Attorney
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
Benjamin J. Berkstresser has been Webster County prosecuting attorney since his 2014 election and grew up on a southern Missouri dairy farm. He backs drug-court treatment and recovery options and wants repeat felony offenders to serve their full sentences.
Sources: webstercountymo.gov · sos.mo.gov