Micah 4:4
Not a public page or point of contact for the Alamance County District Attorney's Office. Born and raised in Alamance County, I have been privileged to serve my home as a prosecutor for over 20 years, including as elected District Attorney since 2019. After graduating from Western high School in 1986, I attended N.C. State and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1990 and a Master’s de
gree in 1993. I then attended UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law. As a second year law student, I began prosecuting cases here in Alamance County in early 1996. After graduation, I was sworn in as an Assistant District Attorney and served my home county for 18 years in that position. In 2015 I left the District Attorney's Office to practice law with the firm of Walker Bullard & Boone. My experience in private practice, along with my past experience as a prosecutor, provided me a more comprehensive perspective of our local criminal justice system, and with it a better understanding of how it may be improved. With the goal of making our court system better for all citizens, I ran for District Attorney. In 2018 I was elected District Attorney, and proudly continue to serve the people of my home county. As a prosecutor, I built a strong record of securing guilty verdicts against violent offenders. I prosecuted thousands of felony cases, and tried over 100 jury trials in local Alamance County Courts, obtaining over 30 jury verdicts for violent crimes such as Murder, Sexual Assaults, Armed Robbery, and Kidnapping. In the process, I formed enduring friendships and gained the trust of scores of local law enforcement officers with whom I've worked to prosecute these cases. My experience has been especially important in serving those whom crime has touched personally. Victims of crime, or the families they leave behind, often find themselves struggling to follow the unfamiliar and sometimes intimidating judicial process in their search for justice. Over the course of 20 years service as a prosecutor, I earned the trust and confidence of many victims and their family members as we walked together towards a verdict; more significantly, the bond formed in those times of crisis have turned into friendships which have lasted to this day. As District Attorney, I have worked to continue and enhance these commitments: to our law enforcement community by implementing policies to reduce their paperwork to our office (allowing more time protecting our streets); to our victims by increasing the experience level of the prosecutors handling their cases. But our obligation to justice extends further. Over the last two years, the District Attorney's office has worked to reduce the backlog of older cases it inherited, including some serious felony cases dating back to 2016 and older. Four months after taking office in January 2019, I secured a guilty verdict in a 2015 murder case where the defendant had been awaiting trial in jail for over 1,400 days. Defendants and victims alike deserve timely justice, and as of 2020, we have disposed of approximately two-thirds of these older cases. Similarly, I worked with our judges to undertake the first revision of the county bond policy in 25 years, and am currently working with other courthouse leaders on a program to provide relevant pretrial Mental Health services for non-violent offenders who need them. These efforts will reduce the number of non-violent offenders in our jail, ensuring jail space for violent and repeat offenders. Rules of Professional Conduct states that the prosecutor is a "minister of justice"; as such, my duty is to seek justice, not merely convictions. My work as District Attorney is guided by this principle. Aggressive prosecution of violent crime, efficient case management, and timely revisions of outdated policies are the practical results of this commitment. Going forward, we will continue our work to secure justice for all of Alamance County. Sincerely,
Sean
