Learn more about the candidates running for Franklin County Domestic Relations and Juvenile court.
Browne, a judge for two decades, said she is the best person for the job because she has the experience. Browne also was the court's administrative judge for six years before leaving the role this year to focus on her campaign.. She said at the time that as an African American woman, she was disturbed by what the GOP had become. She was the third county judge to flip, a move critics say was to win reelection in an increasingly Democratic county.
When law enforcement officials held a news conference in February 2021 calling out Franklin County Juvenile court judges for not doing enough to help keep teens already charged with crimes —Browne, the administrative judge at the time, and the six other county juvenile judgesTalking to The Dispatch recently, Browne said she is concerned by the rise in juveniles stealing cars and how to handle them.
“I like to emphasize that everybody is innocent until they're proven guilty,” she said. “The court’s philosophy is we will hold if you are a danger to yourself, a danger to the community or if we can't trust you to come back to court to answer for what you've done.” Browne said detention can be very disruptive for youths and has to be weighed carefully. Factors to consider, Browne said, include the seriousness of the crime, age of the defendant, if they were already on community control or had prior offenses, and how involved they were in the crime. If a gun was involved, she said, the defendant is automatically held.
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