District attorneys are the most powerful people in the criminal justice system—and they’re accountable only to voters.

Join us to learn more about the power DAs wield in our communities—and hear from the Middlesex County District Attorney candidates.

You will also hear from candidates for the Governor’s Council, which has the power to appoint judges and Parole Board members.
 

Participating candidates:  District Attorney:  Donna Patalano and Marian Ryan (incumbent);  Governor’s Council:  Nick Carter and Marilyn Petitto Devaney (incumbent)

Co-moderators:  Patti Muldoon, former criminal justice legislative specialist for the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, and James Milan of ACMI

Co-sponsoring organizations:  ACLU of Massachusetts, ACMI (Arlington Community Media Inc.), Leagues of Women Voters of Arlington and Winchester, and Mass Incarceration Working Group of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington

Accessibility:  Fully accessible

Transit:  Parking (50 cents) on the street and in municipal lots on the other side of Massachusetts Avenue.  Bus lines from Alewife, Davis, Harvard, Lechmere, and Porter stations.