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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Ind. Courts - Judicial race in Delaware County
Rick Yencer reports today in a story in the Muncie Star-Press that begins:
MUNCIE -- Restoring confidence and credibility in the local criminal justice system weighs heavily on Republican Delaware Circuit Court 4 Judge John Feick, who oversees drug forfeiture cases, and veteran Deputy Prosecutor Diane Frye, a Democrat who hopes to unseat the incumbent judge on Nov. 4.
Advertisement"People have lost confidence in the system, and we are trying to restore that," said Feick, 57, the son of a German immigrant, and a former member of the Muncie Community School Board.
Frye, 54, the granddaughter of a Polish immigrant, has a legal career that spans 26 years as a deputy prosecutor, a former deputy in the Indiana Attorney General's office, practicing civil law and working as a college professor.
"Judges must respect and honor the judicial office as a public trust and strive to enhance and maintain confidence in our legal system," said Frye, who is quick to point out she never handled forfeiture cases under current Prosecutor Mark McKinney or his predecessor, Richard Reed.
The Delaware County court system has been clouded by investigations into McKinney's alleged mishandling of forfeiture cases, Circuit 5 Court Judge Wayne Lennington leaving the bench amid a criminal investigation and ex-county Prosecutor MIchael Alexander facing trial for conspiracy to commit bribery in a witness-tampering case.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 7, 2008 08:44 AM
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