Civil Beat sent the three candidates for Honolulu Prosecutor the same questionnaire.

The questions are below. To read their answers, go to their respective topic pages (scroll down to the bottom of the page):

• Keith Kaneshiro
• Darwin Ching
• Franklin “Don” Pacarro, Jr.

1) Do you believe the current law is adequate to address human trafficking on
Oahu?

2) Do you believe john laws are strong enough in Hawaii?

3) What would you change about the way the prosecutor’s office operates
today?

4) If people only could know one thing about you to decide whether you would
make a good prosecutor, what would it be?

5) Are we addressing the crystal meth problem in the best way? If not, why not?
What should we do? If so, what’s working so well?

6) Which has been the case you’ve handled that’s most affected you and how
you think about the role of a prosecutor?

7) What are your views on decriminalizing marijuana and easing access to
medical marijuana by qualified patients?

8) What can be done about the overcrowding of Hawaii’s prisons and the
shipping of prisoners to mainland facilities?

9) How would you evaluate the tenure of Peter Carlisle as city prosecutor?
Where did he succeed, and where did he fall short?

10) What is your view on increasing rehabilitation efforts and reducing
sentencing for non-violent offenders?