Branch County Prosecutor
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
Terri A. Norris is Branch County's chief public defender and was the county's elected prosecutor from 2009 to 2012, then a county commissioner. She wants fewer plea deals and more trials, and backs specialty courts and diversion for drug problems.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Sources: branchcounty.gov2 · michigan.gov