Solution: Raise the standards for how Superior Court judges are appointed and having more transparency in the bios and resumes they submit is imperative.

All judges should not be former prosecutors who are trained in only one way of seeing cases. There should be a balance with former defense attorneys selected as well.

How can someone be selected as a Superior Court judge and move into the highest positions in the court, with a “slim” resume?

When outdated, draconian mandatory minimum sentencing is in place, they are simply “rubber-stamping” peoples lives away for decades in prison in Arizona. With over 200,000 felony cases alone — under disgraced and disbarred former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his disbarred ex-DCA chief ‘charging” prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon — this shows how out of control the prosecutors are.

Prosecutors “convict-at-all-costs” for notches on the career belt — next, a position as a judge, after handling “high-profile” cases? Cases “labeled” for career gain.

Which judges were former prosecutors? What were these lawyers backgrounds and education? Making decisions on who lives and who dies? In Arizona, there are two death sentences since many lives are at risk in Arizona’s dangerous prisons.

Selecting the judges matters but the public needs easy access to the information of those applying for judge positions and should be available as long as the individual is a judge or lawyer.