Tarrant County District Attorney Candidates Debate Fairness, How To Handle Low-Level Offenders

Arlington TX

22 February, 2022

6:56 PM

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By Sandra Sadek, Fort Worth Report February 21, 2022 Contenders for the vacant criminal district attorney seat answered questions about fairness in the judicial system and low-level crime prosecution in a candidate election debate sponsored by the Fort Worth Report, KERA and SteerFW at Texas Wesleyan University. Current criminal district attorney Sharen Wilson would not be seeking another term, the race attracted six candidates, likely leading to a runoff in May. Three Republicans — Phil Sorrells, Mollee Westfall and Matt Krause — faced off in one debate, and three Democrats — Tiffany Burks, Albert Roberts and Lawrence Meyers — faced off in their own party debate. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.