Berkshire County DA has many goals for her office
Andrea Harrington is the first female district attorney in Berkshire County. She told NewsChannel 13’s Elaine Houston she has several missions.
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One is to consider the social issues people are facing.
Harrington says there is a drug problem in the county, economic problems and other problems that have disempowered and marginalized some of the people in the county.
She says a DA’s job is not to only lock people up. She says it’s about focusing on the social issues that lead people to commit crimes.
She adds a law professor explained the power DA’s have and that has always stuck with her.
Her views were actually shaped in law school after a professor impressed upon her to examine the other side of mass incarceration.
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Learn about some of the programs she’s already put in place, by watching the video of Elaine Houston’s story.