In choosing the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District’s next state’s attorney on June 30, the Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission will be hard pressed to satisfy its mandate to recruit or promote more minorities into high-level prosecutor positions.
Out of 20 applicants vying to replace Mary Galvin, who’s held the post since 1987, not a single one is of African or Latino descent. In fact, only one – Milford Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor – outwardly identified on the application form as being part of a minority group. Lawlor reported to being both white and Native-American. In an interview, he said he is one-eighth Native-American on account of his great-grandfather belonging to the Kahnawake Mohawks from upstate New York and Canada.
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