CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mecklenburg County District Court Judge Elizabeth Trosch is running for Superior Court Judge. Judge Trosch is running for the seat at a time where Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say more than half of all violent arrests involve people with prior arrests. The statistic raises red flags about a revolving door in the judicial system.

Judge Elizabeth Trosch says judges make split second decisions with limited information.

“When I am able to take the time to get information, good information, reliable information, complete information. I can make pretty good decisions,” Judge Trosch said. “That’s just not the system that we have, and those are not the resources that we have allocated to our district for these purposes.”

Judge Trosch says sometimes judges are forced to set bon

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