The candidates vying to replace outgoing Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich both vow to target violent crime, but they have starkly different philosophies about how to go about it.
Republican Keith Blackwood said that if elected, he would aim to move cases through the courts faster. He said he would reorganize the office, creating some new positions and putting experienced prosecutors in District Court, where felony cases begin. That way, he said, those prosecutors will be in a position to make cases stronger at the early stage and identify weak cases that might be resolved earlier.
Donald said she was studying to be a teacher when she participated in a counter-demonstration at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Athens, Alabama. A Klansman confronted her, she said, leaving her at something of a loss as to how to respond. She said the experience got her thinking of pursuing a career in the law, and she got a law degree in 2011 from Vanderbilt University.
Added Donald: “Because I would have the power of prosecutorial discretion, I would be able to fully implement the programs that I would like to see that the people of Mobile County would like to see.” Blackwood takes the same approach to Alabama’s abortion ban, which took effect after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. It’s now a Class A felony to perform an abortion.
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