Well, I believe that for the most part the sentencing is not the issue when it comes to our fugitive problem.

There was an effort made in the Constitutional Convention of 1969 to change the election of judges.

I think a hybrid of appointment and direct election, I think, would be helpful in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Would there be any utility in having a separate offense or indicting for a separate criminal charge?

But we ought to explore ways of implementing trial by absentia, which would put people on notice that they can't game the system and have witnesses not show up because they failed to appear.

We've talked about, extensively, the fugitive problem, some comments about the intimidation of witnesses.

Well, it's a pretty big omission, not to register the fugitives with the national system.

How has the Armed Career Criminal bill worked, in your experience, in sending those cases to Federal court?

In Philadelphia, the defendants know that there is no certainty.

Are you aware of the audit of the Office of Clerk of Quarter Sessions just released this week for the years 2007 and 2008?

Thank you very much, Mr. Preski.

Because the appellate courts have upheld it. There is a constitutional right to a jury trial, so we can't change it by legislation.

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