WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:09.119 Bill cunning into Great America. 2 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.000 Welcome this Monday afternoon in the Tri State Reds Baseball 3 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.960 Thank God off today, they get the rest. They have 4 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.480 nine games and homes starting tomorrow, getting ready for the 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:20.839 WEBN Western and Southern Fireworks on Sunday and more. Going 6 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:23.000 to be a big weekend, hotter than the Hinges of Hell. 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:26.839 And I last night watching some listening and some of 8 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.679 the Reds games. The Reds have lost seventy percent of 9 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.359 the games to Pittsburgh, which, by the way, is not good. 10 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:35.399 The Pirates are not good and once again they have 11 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:36.320 no starting pitching. 12 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:36.880 They lose. 13 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.439 We'll see what happens the next to nine games. Also, 14 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.039 in the last nine series against Milwaukee, the Reds have 15 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.840 lost all of them. And the Reds since June the 16 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.560 second have won one game on a Sunday, So maybe 17 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.159 that's the Lord, and I'm sure what it is, but 18 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.079 they've won one game on a Sunday since June second. 19 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.439 But more important things are going on. The Inchoir has 20 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:01.679 a big story this morning that dropped last night about 21 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.000 what's happening with another one of those left wing judges 22 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.760 in Hamley County, and that is Judge Samanthas Silverstein. According 23 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:13.359 to the headline and the story left twice the bench. 24 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.280 Headline is Hamley County judge walks off the bench twice 25 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.519 and to speak with the prosecutor. Now, the prosecutor's Melissa Powers. 26 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.599 But there's one of her fine devotees is David Wood. 27 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.239 And David Wood's been in the prosecutor's office I think 28 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.319 for twenty or thirty years. He knows where the bodies 29 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.359 are buried. He's an expert on an arrayment proceeding, which 30 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.719 is where my wife, Penelope are and Melissa Powers spent 31 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:38.200 quite a bit of time in room May helping you 32 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:44.280 set bonds. And in this case, Judge Silverstein violated I 33 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:48.120 think state law by not considering safety of the community 34 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:50.640 joining you and I now is that same Melissa Powers 35 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.480 and Melissa Powers. Welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. 36 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.400 So can you tell the American people what happened on 37 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:59.120 August the sixth and August the seventh when this judge 38 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.280 turned off the record and, according to the Inquirer, left 39 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.719 the bench. 40 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:05.799 Well, first of all, I want to start off with 41 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.319 thank you for having me. And then second point is 42 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:13.400 Dave Wood is an outstanding public servant. He has dedicated 43 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.840 his entire legal career, which is thirty four years in 44 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.000 the prosecutor's office, to fight for victims of crime and 45 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:23.080 the safety of the community. He is an outstanding professional. 46 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.960 He comes to the office every day at five am, 47 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.240 four hours before the arrayment docket starts, to prepare that docket, 48 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.800 to make sure he has sufficient evidence and the correct 49 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:40.120 information to provide judges to make informed decisions about bond. Now, 50 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.000 the judges obviously have discretion to make instead of bond 51 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.599 any way they want. There's certain things that they have 52 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.919 to they're required to follow. But the number one thing 53 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:52.840 the voters in the state of Ohio passed overwhelmingly at 54 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.919 constitutional amendment. It was seventy percent of the Ohioans one 55 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:02.199 judges to consider they are required the constitution shall consider 56 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:05.800 public safety, the seriousness of the offense, and the person's 57 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.520 criminal record when setting the bond amount. So Dave Wood 58 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.919 is making sure that our judges are following the constitution. 59 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.319 And in this case, the judge in Remae was setting 60 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.919 a bond on a matter that involved the shoplifting offense 61 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:27.199 that occurred at home depot and the employee of the 62 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:32.719 home depot approached the shoplift or the defendant and confronted 63 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.319 that person, and the defendant pulled a pile of lumber 64 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.800 on top of the salesperson. So that's the case that 65 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.159 we're talking about that appeared in the article, which they 66 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.120 claim was a heated exchange. I've talked to defense attorneys 67 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:50.159 that were in remy that were not quoted in this 68 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.599 article by the Enquirer who said that there was never 69 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.319 a raised voice by Dave Wood. He was not disrespectful. 70 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.159 He was the ultimate professional. He did not use a 71 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.319 degrading tone in any way, did not talk down to 72 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:07.120 the judge. This is only the second time that this 73 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:09.759 judge has been in remay, and I can tell you, Bill, 74 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:13.520 I've been in remae as a prosecutor and as a judge. 75 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:17.680 It is high paced. It is a pressure cooker cases 76 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.319 that's very rapid. And I was told by the attorneys 77 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:25.000 in that courtroom that observed what happened, that it was 78 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.800 apparent that the judge became overwhelmed turns off the record, 79 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:34.519 which is unheard of, absolutely unheard of without the agreement 80 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.040 of the parties. Anytime a judge is on the bench 81 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:40.120 and proceedings are in progress, the record must be made, 82 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.199 and it used to be we had court reporters, so 83 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.439 she couldn't turn off a court reporter. But this now 84 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.800 is a tape recorder very easily can be manipulated by 85 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.519 a judge. And then some comments and statements were made 86 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:53.839 off the record to my prosecutor. 87 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.079 So so at this point, for those who may not know, 88 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:00.399 we used to have these stenographers who said there in 89 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.240 front of the bench, and they are wonderful men and 90 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.519 women that can actually take every word down, and it 91 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:08.680 makes sense. But to save money, I would imagine the 92 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.839 court system now has simply a recording device. And the 93 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.959 reason that's critical is that if the judge makes a mistake, 94 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.680 it's up to the appellate court to correct the trial 95 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.079 court so to speak, or this case, room may because 96 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:23.959 she made a mistake, and you have to have a 97 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.920 record to them. You can't have people testifying there's an 98 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.360 actual objective record that says this is what the judge did. 99 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:34.720 But this judge, Samantha Silverstein, wanted to turn off the 100 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:39.600 record so other judges cannot review or possibly illegal behavior 101 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:40.120 on the bench. 102 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:41.199 Do I have that right? 103 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.439 You're correct, and in this case it was the enquire 104 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:49.399 because apparently they got the recording the transcript and called 105 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.959 it a heated exchange. And I guarantee you my prosecutor 106 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.399 was not in any type of heated exchange. If there 107 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.920 was anything heated was coming from the bench, not from 108 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:03.199 my prosecutor. He was calm, Like I said. I spoke 109 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.319 to other attorneys that were in the courtroom. What they 110 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.600 observed is completely is much different than what was reported 111 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.839 in the enquire You know, it's really becoming shocking to 112 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.839 me that every time that this office is standing up 113 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.079 for public safety, whether it's me or my prosecutors that 114 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.759 work in the courtroom day in and day out, standing 115 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:25.519 up for public safety, is now being considered for being disrespectful. 116 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:30.240 We don't agree with these progressive judges that want to 117 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:34.120 reimagine the law. We're asking them to follow the criminal 118 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.360 justice system. We want them to follow the law. And 119 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.040 in this case, we were asking for the judge to 120 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.480 follow the constitution, which he's required to do. 121 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.079 And in this case, the judge said a low bond, 122 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.160 and let's talk a little bit inside baseball. The arresting 123 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:50.759 officer made charge an offense just to hold the defendant. 124 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 In this case, the defendant was charged with an assault 125 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.000 and a theft, but by the time it gets to 126 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.160 the grand jury, which might be a couple of weeks later, 127 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.680 the injury to the home depot employee as a factor, 128 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:05.959 it appears to be a robbery, which is a serious 129 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.000 felony because force or the threat of force was used 130 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.920 to take something. And so this thing could metastasize into 131 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:15.040 a lot more than a simple assault or a theft. 132 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.959 Correct, You're absolutely correct, And that's where an experience comes 133 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:23.920 into play here. Dave Wood understands, he can read it. 134 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.759 He knows how the grand jury may may may end 135 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.480 up resolving this matter. Sometimes it's more than was even 136 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.160 just on the on the face of these complaints, and 137 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.959 in this manner it could be upgraded. We just had 138 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.120 a case that was filed by Delhi Police Department where 139 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:46.360 a sixty nine year old woman working at Kroger was 140 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:51.720 confronted a shoplister and was beaten severely, and again that 141 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.720 came through as a theft and assault had that charge. 142 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:58.560 Those charges were upgraded because the injuries were serious and 143 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.560 it became an aggravate at robbery charge. And so you 144 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.120 want this is all part of being being in the experience, 145 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.639 and this is a fairly new judge and again maybe 146 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:12.480 not being able to recognize. 147 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.600 That, Judge Silverstein staad the part she allowed to be 148 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.439 on the record. Quote, this is the judge speaking. I 149 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.000 don't feel the citizens of amblin a County are adequately 150 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:25.360 being represented by their prosecuting attorney at this time, given 151 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.319 your inability to answer my questions or participate in the 152 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.720 prosecution of these cases. She then says, quote, I would 153 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.120 like a different prosecutor to come over and handle this doctor, 154 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:38.799 or I want your boss over here right now, quote 155 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.200 unquote that would be you. 156 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:46.559 Right or his supervisor. But in this matter, again, her 157 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.919 job is to set the bonds. The prosecutor's office is 158 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:54.120 to argue. Obviously, we're arguing for public safety. We have 159 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.399 an outside I know Dave Wood. I've worked with him 160 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.879 for many years. He's an outstanding, as I said, public servant, 161 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.480 the ultimate professional in the courtroom. I just can't believe, 162 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.399 you know that a judge is asking for a different prosecutor. 163 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:10.799 She's she's out of her lane. She's was absolutely out 164 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:11.879 of her lane asking for that. 165 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:15.840 So a judge cannot pick the kind of prosecutor to 166 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:16.799 appear in her courtroom. 167 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:17.799 That's why you're elected. 168 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.000 It's your job to pick the prosecutor, not the judge, 169 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.480 to say, well, David Wood's a little too difficult here. 170 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.960 I want Melissa Powers to give me some other does 171 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.000 she understand that that's not the way things work. And 172 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.679 she worked as a public defender in West Palm Beach, 173 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.679 Florida and Hamlety County. She's only thirty six years old 174 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:41.399 and she beat a guy named Judge Kessinger, who's pretty good. 175 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:44.720 And Samantha Silverstein went on the bench and she's given 176 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:47.759 interviews in the past saying that my goal is to 177 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.919 make sure to ask the defendant how much bond can 178 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.399 you post? As opposed to public safety? Explain why she's 179 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:55.200 wrong on that too. 180 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:00.919 Well. The idea here is is that it's not when 181 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.039 you start you have your agenda is reimagining the criminal 182 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.679 justice system. That is much more important than your safety 183 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.919 or protecting victims of crime. We have trouble uh when 184 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.840 and people on the street understand that if you may 185 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.519 not the justice system is broken and you may not 186 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.840 have the protection of the court. If you have says, 187 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.679 for example, a domestic abuser and the charges are domestic 188 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:32.960 violence is stragulation, which we had many of them, and 189 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.399 we're getting our bonds. What does that say to the 190 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.960 victim she is at risk, the court is not protecting 191 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.399 her if that person is released. If in any case 192 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.240 where there's offenses of violence and they're not being held, 193 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:47.759 we're not asking for every single person to be held. 194 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:53.759 This office advocates to put keep violent criminals, dangerous criminals 195 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:58.000 behind bars, whether it's while waiting for trial or that 196 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:00.600 the sentence is appropriate to the severity of the crime. 197 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.759 We will be pushing through those higher bonds on any 198 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.200 individual that is a threat to public safety and that 199 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:07.519 day remain behind bar. 200 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.759 But behind bars, I can't imagine a shoplifter or a 201 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.519 thief punching a sixty nine year old woman in the 202 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.159 face and beating her up in order to steal some 203 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.200 stuff from Kroger. But I guess, lastly, Melissa Powers, what's 204 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.799 the resolution when you have a judge Samantha silverstein heiman 205 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:27.759 county municipal court that will not follow the constitution. Seventy 206 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:30.519 percent of the citizens of ISA said safety of the 207 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.399 community's important factor. And she turns off the public record 208 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:37.720 so her actions can't be judged by Nepella Court. What's 209 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.639 the resolution of this, because she's coming, She's going to 210 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.720 be there likely for many years unless the citizens wise 211 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:45.120 up and kick her out of office. 212 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:47.120 Is there a resolution to the. 213 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:51.000 Judge Samantha Silverstein's of the world, what's the come up 214 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:52.799 once for her when she violates the law. 215 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.679 Well, it's twofold. First, I'll address what our office is 216 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:01.320 doing about it. So there's a process, and this is 217 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.360 kind of getting in the weeds a bit that I'll 218 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.279 try to keep it on the upper level here. There's 219 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.399 a process. There's not an appeal for bonds. But so 220 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.720 until the matter is indicted, until the felony goes through 221 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.960 the grand jury and there's an indictment, then jurisdiction is 222 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:21.879 lost by the municipal court judges who set the bonds, 223 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.960 and then we appear before another judge and the bond 224 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.519 can be reviewed. So what this office is doing our 225 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:31.960 only recourse. We cannot appeal to a higher court about bonds. 226 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:36.240 But what our recourse is is typically the process takes 227 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.919 ten days if somebody is held in jail, fourteen days 228 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:41.559 if they're not for the grand jury to hear the case, 229 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:45.200 and then indictment has to be reported. So what we 230 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.639 are doing is we're basically rushing these through within a 231 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.120 day or two to try to make sure that we 232 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.440 can keep the public protected. And one several cases we 233 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.320 indict it the very day of arraignment, so they were 234 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:59.399 never released from jail, so we can get it in 235 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.000 front of somebody else and then they set the appropriate 236 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.879 bond in order to hold. So that's what we're doing here. 237 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.000 Bond can be reviewed throughout the process and conditions the 238 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:11.440 bond can be reviewed, so as the trial goes through, 239 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.840 pre trial whatever always can be reviewed by another judge. 240 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:18.279 And that's why there's no appeal because it's always ongoing, 241 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:23.080 it always is changing, and things can happen throughout. So 242 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.000 you know, for example, I say somebody is in jail 243 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.559 and starts calling and threatening the witness. We can take 244 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:32.399 that information or if either file another charge or go 245 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:34.919 and ask for the bond to be increased on that basis. 246 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.720 So that's what we're doing. The second thing is what 247 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.519 the public can do. So this November public safety is 248 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.639 on the ballot. You want to make sure that your 249 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.399 find your There's two. This is one of the most 250 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.519 important races, which is the prosecutor's office, we have not 251 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.840 heard from and what the position is of my opponent. 252 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.120 She doesn't talk about anything of substance because I believe 253 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.360 she doesn't want the voters to really know that she 254 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:02.679 is just as ressive on topics like no cash bail 255 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:07.120 and restorative justice, and she's hoping to get money from 256 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.559 the George Soros groups so that so that our city 257 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.840 would fall in the demise and decay like so many 258 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:17.039 other great cities around the country. But also we have 259 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.440 not We have eight judges that are up on the ballot, 260 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:21.679 and you want to make sure that the judges you're 261 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:25.159 voting for are law and order judges that that do stand, 262 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:29.000 you know, will protect you, will keep public safety on 263 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:33.600 the ballot. I just believe when the voters voted some 264 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.399 of these judges in, they just voted because of political party. 265 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:40.879 And what you have to understand is politics should not 266 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:45.360 factor into public safety. There are there are law and 267 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:48.639 order Democrats and there's law and order Republicans. You want 268 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.919 to make sure that that's what you're voting for, is 269 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.919 law and order that puts public safety first, that has experience. 270 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.240 There's so many judges on the ballot that do not 271 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:02.240 have experience in the some talking about you want judges 272 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.360 that have been in the courtroom every single day, who 273 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.799 have practiced criminal law, who understands this process, who has advocated, 274 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.799 who has tried murder cases. There are many judges on 275 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.639 the ballot. They've never practiced criminal law in their entire 276 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.919 legal career. My opponent, for example, only practiced criminal law 277 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.200 for I think six years. She has not been in 278 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:27.399 the courtroom in over twenty years. So any time, you know, 279 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:30.399 you want to make sure that you are hiring somebody 280 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:33.679 with experience because it really makes a difference on what's 281 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.399 happening down at the courthouse. And when I bring light 282 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:39.720 to this, the Democrat party doesn't like it. They do 283 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.240 not want me pointing this out to the to the voter. 284 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.399 And when I was a judge, when every decision I 285 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.919 made I had, I was making sure I could I 286 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:52.960 could be able to defend my decision if I was 287 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:56.000 doing a low bond on something that was questionable, or 288 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:59.000 I was taking a chance, or I could defend my 289 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:02.159 position and the bond I said, or the decision I 290 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.879 made with regard to sentence when a case and when 291 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:08.320 it was final, when the case was over and I 292 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.200 knew I was accountable to the people. We used to 293 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.559 have reporters in the courtroom that would report this, and 294 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:16.919 I knew that it would go into the media. We 295 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.879 have a media now that is on the side of 296 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:24.679 what they actually put in their article. Progressive judges, they 297 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:29.919 are on their side, and they're quoting progressive, radical defense 298 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.320 attorneys that are mentors to some of these judges who 299 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.600 are a voice piece without getting the other side at all. 300 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:40.120 And I believe the majority of Hamilton County we want 301 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.399 to feel safe walking down the street, going to a 302 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.879 grocery store, sending your children to school. We want to 303 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.519 know that we're safe. And how do we know. How 304 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.159 do we get any information out of what's happening at 305 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.240 the courthouse if I am not doing it, because we 306 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:57.879 don't have a media that's going to talk about it, 307 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.279 that's going to bring it to light or even give 308 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:04.359 a fair representation of what's actually happening. Is I said 309 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.200 when I started off the program. Every time I speak 310 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:11.799 on public safety, I'm being attacked, and the enquire is 311 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:17.680 putting out article after article attacking me because they want 312 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:23.839 the media lines along with these progressive democrats. They want change, 313 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.720 and they want change, starting at the prosecutor's office. They 314 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.559 want power, and I want to tell everybody that's not 315 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.440 your best choice. 316 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.720 No question. 317 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:35.799 In effect, last year your opponent didn't have a law license. Ahi, exactly, 318 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.640 Melissa Powers. 319 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.200 We got to go. 320 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:39.519 But put out the signal, put out the back sign 321 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.519 and let people respond to it. But once again, Melissa Powers, 322 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.000 County Prosecutor, thank you again for coming on the Bill 323 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.240 Cunningham Show. Thank you, Missy, thank you pal God bless 324 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.519 you all. Let's continue with more there it is. What 325 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.000 kind of city do you want? You want one to 326 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.599 look like Chicago or Baltimore. You want one lookalike Cincinnati. 327 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.319 Hopefully you understand what's at take in November. Bill Cunningham, 328 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:05.240 News Radio seven hundred WLW and the music Dave Keaton. 329 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.119 Here we are again this Monday afternoon, you and me 330 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:12.519 together as great Americans. There's two names on the ballot 331 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:16.200 come November fifth. In fact, most Americans will vote well 332 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:20.359 before November fifth, including your surely. But on one hand, 333 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.480 you have Melissa Powers, who's been there for more than 334 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:27.759 thirty five years, a conservative judge and a conservative prosecutor. 335 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:31.200 It's simply ones to enforce the law. Irrespective of favor 336 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.240 or status in life. On the other hand, you have 337 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:37.000 an opponent running against her who last year didn't have 338 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.759 a law license and has never prosecuted a case in 339 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.599 her whole life, and she's in her sixties and she 340 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:46.599 needs some work. And so I guess it's a check 341 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.960 up on what kind of country do we have? How 342 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.160 good or bad are things? If a Melissa Powers is 343 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:55.119 going to have like two to three million dollars to run, 344 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.160 and if George Soros doesn't drop a half million dollars 345 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.960 in the race, then her oppon who's got no chance 346 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.359 to win whatsoever. But you fight the R and the 347 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.960 D and you know, Republican Democrats should have nothing to 348 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.519 do with enforcing the law. If you're a Republican judge, 349 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:15.039 you're a Democratic judge. Simply follow the law. How about 350 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.000 a novel concept. We have several judges on the bench 351 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:20.079 in the Hamlet County that refuse to follow the law 352 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:24.079 because it doesn't fit their political leanings, such as Judge 353 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.079 Samanthas Silverstein. Brand new judge been there elected in January 354 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:33.000 or February, and she's a social justice warrior who spent 355 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.799 time in Florida. Somehow got on the ballot here and won, 356 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:39.400 and now she's for the next six years. People of Ohio. 357 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:42.920 That means you and me. Past something that said that 358 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.519 judges setting bonds must consider the safety of the community. 359 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:50.359 But she says she'll ask a defended how much bond 360 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:54.359 can you afford the post She doesn't think individuals that 361 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:56.559 have little or no money and can't post a bond 362 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:01.240 should be locked up at all. So case in Home Depot, 363 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.359 this was a serious robbery in which somebody was injured, 364 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.400 and she gave that person a one thousand dollars bond 365 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:10.279 to get out of jail. And that's the tip of 366 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:13.160 the iceberg. You know what's happening in juvenile court. But 367 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.480 Judge Carrie Bloom, although I'll give her credit the last 368 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:21.519 couple of decisions, she's making some sense. But maybe that's 369 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:25.799 just an interlude till she returns to the water level. But 370 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:30.119 Judge Silverstein is restorative justice. She doesn't think people should 371 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.680 be locked up, and that's not what the law says. 372 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.240 And eventually these things have worked their way up to 373 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.920 the Ohio Supreme Court, and her law license may be 374 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.480 at risk if she doesn't follow the law, and she 375 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.359 sits on the bench. Maybe the voters of Hamley County 376 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:47.640 won't take her out of office, but maybe the Supreme 377 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.319 Court through Disciplinary Council will because of her incapability of 378 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:53.960 following the law, which is kind of sick. And the 379 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:58.720 ones who support her are criminal defense attorneys like Lewis 380 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:02.759 Serkin and Bill gal both very good attorneys, and I 381 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:04.839 knew how the game was played when I was down 382 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.880 there on a regular basis. I'd always try to maneuver 383 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.319 my cases in front of a judge like Judge Silverstein, 384 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:13.839 who didn't put hardly anybody in jail for anything. And 385 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:17.160 that's the role of a criminal defense attorney to lessen 386 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:20.160 the amount of time in jail for your client. But 387 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.480 that's not the role of a citizen or a judge. 388 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.359 So criminal defense attorneys are going to be very happy 389 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:28.400 with Judge Silverstein because she doesn't put people in jail, 390 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:31.759 doesn't hold them accountable, And among the defense bar like 391 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:36.680 Bill Gallagher and Lewis Serkin and many others, it's kind 392 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:39.799 of a positive find you a judge who doesn't hold 393 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:46.759 criminal defense responsible. And politically, Melissa's is kind of fighting 394 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:52.920 the wind because there are no Republicans holding prosecutor's positions 395 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.279 in any of the eight large Ohio counties. 396 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.640 She's the only one. 397 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:01.839 In fact, in the top forty forty cities slash counties 398 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:05.480 in America, there's only two of the forty that are 399 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:08.480 controlled by a Republican as a prosecutor, and all the 400 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:12.119 rest are liberal Democrats who bring you Chicago and Nashville 401 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:16.559