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Speaker 1: five KRC Morning Show, one of the most important races
Speaker 1: here in Hamilton County this November. The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office,
Speaker 1: we need to be tough on crime. We know what
Speaker 1: the aftermath of being a week on crime does to cities.
Speaker 1: We've seen it before our very eyes. Someone who appreciates
Speaker 1: that won't let it happen in Hamilton County. Our Prosecutor,
Speaker 1: Melissa Powers, Welcome back to the program. Melissa Powers. It's
Speaker 1: always a pleasure to have.
Speaker 2: You on Thank you so much, Brian, good morning.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you for keeping us while people who were
Speaker 1: interested in being informed. I can only do one thing,
Speaker 1: and that's encouraged you to check out Melissa Powers Hamilton
Speaker 1: County Prosecutor Facebook page, where she provides an illustration of
Speaker 1: what happens when we have a bunch of woke judges
Speaker 1: dealing with criminals own recognizance bond, which means there's no
Speaker 1: money involved. They let them out and under a promise
Speaker 1: that they're going to return for their court hearing some
Speaker 1: pretty dangerous people that you highlighted just recently, Judge Samantha Silverstein,
Speaker 1: and I'm staring at this Drake Eaton. Guy entered an
Speaker 1: occupied home. When officers get there, he rushed at them
Speaker 1: and assaulted a police officer, and after being put in handcuffs,
Speaker 1: he continued to disobey commands and resisted r F by
Speaker 1: attempting to run away own recognizance bond. He didn't have
Speaker 1: to pay a buck. That sounds like a rather dangerous person,
Speaker 1: Melissa Powers, I would.
Speaker 2: Agree with you, Brian. The listeners need to understand that, oh,
Speaker 2: our bond means that you're released, there's no supervision, no
Speaker 2: house arrest, just put right back into the same neighborhood,
Speaker 2: back into the community without any type of supervision by
Speaker 2: the court, and they're given a court date. So when
Speaker 2: you have a violent, dangerous offender, we're concerned about that
Speaker 2: they're going to continue to hurt other people in the
Speaker 2: community or even the victims of This was the home
Speaker 2: invasion and occupied residents broke into a home of burglary.
Speaker 2: I think that's everybody's worst nightmare, you fear that. That's
Speaker 2: why we lock our doors at night, that's why we
Speaker 2: have alarms and to allow this person to go right
Speaker 2: back out onto the street. And then he was confronted
Speaker 2: by officers and assaulted and was violent with officers. So
Speaker 2: this is a dangerous person. This is somebody that should
Speaker 2: stay behind bars as the case makes it way through
Speaker 2: the criminal justice system. But that's why I think it's
Speaker 2: really important for the community. We may we put these
Speaker 2: this information up so that people are aware of who
Speaker 2: the judges are, because when I'm out there talking to people,
Speaker 2: they're outraged by these decisis and they can't understand why
Speaker 2: this is happening. So the voters need to be informed,
Speaker 2: pay close attention to the judges on the ballot in November.
Speaker 2: There are seven of them. It's going to directly impact
Speaker 2: our public safety. Our safety politics should not come into
Speaker 2: play here. It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat, an Independent,
Speaker 2: or a Republican. I think we all want law and
Speaker 2: order judges. We all want to feel safe. No one
Speaker 2: should fear walking into a grocery store, walking down the street,
Speaker 2: going downtown to a restaurant, sending your children to school.
Speaker 2: Our neighborhoods should be safe, our homes should be safe,
Speaker 2: and judges have a responsibility to do that. I'm going
Speaker 2: to continue to speak out because it's not being covered
Speaker 2: by the press. People don't know this, and when they
Speaker 2: find out about it, they're just outrage. They just can't
Speaker 2: believe it. Back in twenty twenty two, you know, voters
Speaker 2: across the state, not just here in Hamilton County, made
Speaker 2: it a constitutional amendment that required judges to consider public
Speaker 2: safety when setting bond. It had seventy five percent of
Speaker 2: the vote, so again it didn't matter what your politics were.
Speaker 2: The voters spoke very loud, very clear on this. But
Speaker 2: despite this, we still have judges in our county her
Speaker 2: making bond decisions, allowing mylin offenders to right back down
Speaker 2: into the community. So this November there are a number
Speaker 2: of judges. Please make sure that you're paying attention that
Speaker 2: you're looking for the law and order judges and don't
Speaker 2: just vote your politics.
Speaker 1: Well, remind my listeners, a judge has an obligation to
Speaker 1: the community and that part of the service to the
Speaker 1: community is sitting on the bench, is to consider a
Speaker 1: variety of factors when setting bond, but also at sentencing.
Speaker 1: So you've got bond here, and that's one thing. And
Speaker 1: you mentioned we had to pass a law in Ohio
Speaker 1: to have forced judges to consider public safety, which they
Speaker 1: were supposed to do anyway, but woke judges wouldn't do that.
Speaker 1: But then when it comes to sentencing, these judges are
Speaker 1: notorious for issuing and handing out very lenient sentences even
Speaker 1: after conviction. So there's a two fold component to the
Speaker 1: liberal judges. But insofar as what they're supposed to consider
Speaker 1: when determining bond, what are the other factors? We have
Speaker 1: obviously safety in the community, but it's also things like
Speaker 1: flight risk and others.
Speaker 2: You're absolutely right. So when you said a bond you
Speaker 2: look at there's a number You've got a lot of
Speaker 2: information in front of you. Even though you might not
Speaker 2: know every single fact on the case or you know
Speaker 2: the nuances of a case, you have the basic facts
Speaker 2: to be able to make a clear decision on how
Speaker 2: am I keeping somebody safe if I release this person
Speaker 2: back down into the community. And as you said, the
Speaker 2: other piece that you've got you balance that with is
Speaker 2: public safety and then flight risks. So we want to
Speaker 2: make sure that people come back for their court appearances.
Speaker 2: But the thing that I'm concerned about the most is
Speaker 2: our safety, and I will continue to speak up and
Speaker 2: fight against those judges that put your safety at risk.
Speaker 2: Factors that we look at just the baseline, look at okay,
Speaker 2: these basic facts that you just read about Drake Eaton.
Speaker 2: Is it not to tell somebody that this is a violent,
Speaker 2: dangerous person. This person may be in a crisis. We
Speaker 2: need to be concerned and do we want to put
Speaker 2: this person back out into the community and allow him
Speaker 2: to be back out in the community. So what we
Speaker 2: have are these judges that they have beliefs of no
Speaker 2: cash bail, so nobody should have to post any money
Speaker 2: to be to be released into the community. But that
Speaker 2: cash bail ensures that they will be held, and that's
Speaker 2: what we fight for. We want them to be held
Speaker 2: because that's what the purpose of cash bail is and
Speaker 2: is to keep us safe.
Speaker 1: Well, and I know you're committed to keeping our community safe.
Speaker 1: The police department are committed to community keeping the community safe.
Speaker 1: They go out and they do the arrests and gather
Speaker 1: evidence handed over to the prosecutor's office, who endeavors the
Speaker 1: prosecute folks of the full extent of the law for
Speaker 1: the crimes they've committed. The weak link in the chain
Speaker 1: in Hamilton County right now unless someone votes you out
Speaker 1: of office, which is going to make it that much worse.
Speaker 1: Are the judges so And I know a lot of
Speaker 1: folks are like, I don't know anything about judges. I'm
Speaker 1: never in front of the courts. It's difficult for people
Speaker 1: to discern who the tough on crime judges are and
Speaker 1: who the ones are. And I suppose one canmediately default
Speaker 1: to the judges that have been endorsed by the Republicans,
Speaker 1: who as a matter of party platform, are tough on
Speaker 1: crime or seek to be tough on crime and supportive
Speaker 1: of the prosecutors as well as the police.
Speaker 2: You are right. I mean that could be the default
Speaker 2: position for sure, because too many on the other side,
Speaker 2: and they are buying into the social justice reform. Know,
Speaker 2: cash bail, criminals have more rights and they have over victims.
Speaker 2: They're trying to correct the systemic failures of the system.
Speaker 2: And I'm okay with reform, but don't do it at
Speaker 2: the expense of a public safety. And they're adopting this
Speaker 2: very liberal, very radical ideas that have calmed and put
Speaker 2: and you can see it across the country. So many
Speaker 2: cities have fallen into decline because of the crime rates.
Speaker 2: And when you're releasing somebody that can hurt another victim
Speaker 2: that will continue to commit crime, you are making our
Speaker 2: city less desirable to live in. And then if we
Speaker 2: have that, if people move out, they want to move
Speaker 2: to safer communities. We have businesses that then don't do
Speaker 2: well and they don't succeed and they leave, and so
Speaker 2: it just is a tumbling conspiral, you know, out of control.
Speaker 2: And we've seen it across the country. Cities that I
Speaker 2: used to love to go to to visit, such as
Speaker 2: New York Chicago, you know, you don't really have a
Speaker 2: desire to go there because of what you're seeing the
Speaker 2: crime rates. But here in Cincinnati, we're seeing almost every
Speaker 2: night somebody is you know, I read in the paper
Speaker 2: or see on the news there's been a shooting. Somebody's
Speaker 2: been shot. So to me, it's very clear if you
Speaker 2: have a firearm, you're committing crime with the firearm. You
Speaker 2: shouldn't be out, you shouldn't be released. And too often
Speaker 2: as people are being released as well, we need people
Speaker 2: to be speaking up and the voters need to be
Speaker 2: paying attention on the judges, and we need a change
Speaker 2: against these foremlinded judges who really want to reimagine the
Speaker 2: criminal justice system. So there's decisions being made every single
Speaker 2: day that has a direct impact on your life because
Speaker 2: it affects rising crime rates, which affects your safety. So
Speaker 2: look for those law and order judges. We want them
Speaker 2: back in the courthouse because we want to keep This
Speaker 2: is I think a pivotal election this November for local
Speaker 2: for Hamilton County because you're going to have a choice.
Speaker 2: I'm on the ballot as well, and you're going to
Speaker 2: have a choice between somebody like me that's law and order.
Speaker 2: With thirty one years of experience in the courtroom, I've
Speaker 2: had it from every angle, prosecutor, defense attorney, judge. I've
Speaker 2: handled tens of thousands of cases. I've had complicated serious cases,
Speaker 2: in jury trials that includes murder and rape. I saw
Speaker 2: the seventeen year old cold case when I was a
Speaker 2: prosecutor that was a double homicide. That was by obtaining
Speaker 2: the confession from a serial killer. I started our first
Speaker 2: veterans treatment court, and in juvenile court, I started the
Speaker 2: first juvenile Assessment center to divert low risk juveniles from
Speaker 2: the Jesse Center that I'm fighting for you. I'm fighting
Speaker 2: for your families. I'm fighting for your neighborhoods. I'm fighting
Speaker 2: for those that own businesses because I'm committed to keeping
Speaker 2: the criminals, the violent criminals off the street, make sure
Speaker 2: we have accountability when a crime has been committed, when
Speaker 2: that over reduced crime rates. And the main thing is
Speaker 2: is to keep the guns out of hands of criminals
Speaker 2: that over convicted balons or juveniles. I mean, you've put
Speaker 2: that and then they put me up against them. You
Speaker 2: look at the other side. We don't even know where
Speaker 2: my opponent stands on the critical issues of public safety.
Speaker 2: We have no idea. She's not speaking out she's not
Speaker 2: speaking up against keeping violent offenders behind bars. We don't
Speaker 2: know where she is, and we just have to assume
Speaker 2: that she's subscribing to the George Soros policies that have
Speaker 2: caused chaos in many many cities throughout our country. So
Speaker 2: just remember this November, it's all about public safety here
Speaker 2: low locally. We need you to be informed. We need
Speaker 2: a prosecutor that's going to prioritize your neighborhoods, who stand
Speaker 2: up to judges that make decisions bad decisions. So from me,
Speaker 2: I'm approven, I've got the experience, and I'll continue to
Speaker 2: speak up against judges who put your safety at risk.
Speaker 1: Melissa Powers, wonderful hearing from you. I appreciate all that
Speaker 1: you're doing for Hamilton County and the residents. Powersfoprosecutor dot
Speaker 1: com learn more she is on the issues, our background,
Speaker 1: all of her wonderful her record which she just summarized
Speaker 1: right there very briefly, And an opportunity to request the
Speaker 1: yard sign and donate to Melissa Powers campaign, which we'll
Speaker 1: have encouraged all my listeners to do. Melissa Powers, You're
Speaker 1: always welcome on the Morning show. Keep posting those ridiculous
Speaker 1: outcomes from the various judges. That's one way my listeners
Speaker 1: can actually get in touch with reality. That's Melissa Powers
Speaker 1: Hamilton County Prosecutor website rather on Facebook. She does it
Speaker 1: regularly throughout the week. Thank you for what you're doing,
Speaker 1: Melissa Powers. I'll look forward to talking to you again
Speaker 1: and keep up the great work.
Speaker 2: Thanks Brian, you have a great day.
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