The questions the DA will answer

The voting is done and here are the questions that Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley will answer on Monday, July 9:

What do you feel is the major reason behind the increase of this city's homicide rate?

The murder acquittal rate seems to be going up in Suffolk County. You've been critical of juries in some murder cases that have voted to acquit, but is the fault with the juries or the evidence presented to them?

Why does your office not prosecute violations of the Open Meeting Law? Or, if you don't have the resources to devote to such prosecutions, how about providing some advice and assistance to the citizens who are willing to take up the cause of transparency in government?

Jury duty is the civic responsibility most broadly shirked. This is why we are running out of jurors. Would it be possible to link this civic responsibiilty with other civic rights in order to improve compliance? For example, if you can't get somebody who supposedly lives at a certain address to respond to a summons to jury duty, should that person be allowed to retain their resident parking sticker?

What can I do personally to help bring down the crime in the Boston area? There has got to be someway of getting involved. Shootings, stabbings, and beatings are filling the pages of the newspapers, blogs, and airwaves. I am beginning to feel like the only sane person in a sea of lunatics.