“It’s Important to Talk About the Role That Capital Plays in the Justice System”
Mik Pappas is a Pittsburgh district judge. He’s also a socialist. In an interview, he explains what it means to be approach the criminal justice system from the left.
Mik Pappas, district judge in Pittsburgh. Scott Heins
Mik Pappas is a Pittsburgh district judge — and a socialist. He was interviewed by photojournalist Scott Heins at an elected officials’ gathering at the Democratic Socialists of America’s biennial convention in Atlanta this summer about what it means to be a socialist when sitting on the bench as a judge.
Heins interviewed and photographed over twenty socialist elected officials from around the country who were gathered in Atlanta. Jacobin will be posting them in the weeks to come.
Scott Heins
What’s an issue that’s been relevant to your campaign and your time in office that you see as allowing you to do democratic socialism, compared to others?
Mik Pappas
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