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PVA 2004 Candidate Information

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~ District Attorney - Judicial District 18 ~

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This page contains candidate information about the candidates for District Attorney in Judicial District 18.

Highlights from this race:

• The "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race is Jerri Hill (Democratic Party) because of her questionnaire response score of 100%. To volunteer to help her campaign, please call 303.805.1690.
• All candidates in this race are listed below, along with their responses or a notation that they did not respond.

Notes:

• Responses are given exactly as they were written. Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors were not corrected.
• PVA imposed a 25-word limit on comments because of space limitations; however, if a candidate exceeded this limit we did not cut the text off in mid-sentence. In any case where a candidate's comment is not shown in full, we have included a note to contact us for the full comment.
• PVA's selections for "Pro-Animal Picks" and "Paws Down" candidates are based solely on the candidates' stances on animal-related issues.
• Each candidate's party affiliation is indicated in parentheses immediately following his or her name below. Party abbreviations are as follows. "ACP" - American Constitution Party; "COPI" - Concerns of People, Inc. Party; "CRP" - Colorado Reform Party; "D" - Democratic Party; "G" - Green Party; "L" - Libertarian Party; "N" - Natural Law Party; "R" - Republican Party; "U" - Unaffiliated.

Candidate questionnaire scores

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1a. Did you grow up with animals? Yes/No
1b. If so, what kind?

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes - dogs, cats, turkeys, chickens, cows
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

2a. Does your family have animals? Yes/No
2b. If so, what kind?

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes - Right now, African Grey, and the spirits of many dog friends gone to glory
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

3. Colorado statute contains felony cruelty provisions for aggravated cruelty to animals. Would you be likely to enforce these statutes? Yes/No/Undecided

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

4. What resources would you devote to a suspected case of cruelty to animals?

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Felony prosecutors
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

5. Would you be likely to dedicate significant resources to a suspected case of aggravated cruelty to animals? Yes/No/Undecided

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

6. In a case such as the recent one in Englewood in which a person kidnapped several dogs and set them on fire, what resources would you be likely to dedicate to investigation and prosecution?

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	The above
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

7. Please select one or more of the choices listed below to finish the following sentence. Cruelty to animals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law because of . . . .
a) the pain and suffering of the animals involved
b) the possibility of future crimes against humans by the animal abuser
c) the District Attorney's responsibility to prosecute violations of statute
d) (or) Cruelty to animals should not be prosecuted.

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	a, b, and c
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

8. Given the link that often exists between animal abuse and the abuse of other vulnerable members of a household, would you work to facilitate cross-reporting between agencies addressing all forms of domestic abuse, including animal abuse? Yes/No/Undecided

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes - absolutely - more inter-report communication must be implemented
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

9. Would you be willing to consider factual documentation from PVA on a given issue? Yes/No/Undecided

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Yes
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

Please add any other comments ...

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	The link between animal abuse and sociopathic behavior cannot be overemphasized. In domestic violence situations, abuse of animals is often a precursors of domestic abuse. We must take animal abuse seriously.
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

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Candidate questionnaire scores

JD18	Jerri Hill (D)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 100%
JD18	Carol Chambers (R)	Did not respond

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