In this site I want to share memories of and thoughts about roadways to criminal justice system reform. More than that, I want to share photographs pertaining to the King County Prosecutor's office and more, which are not contained in the Roadways to Justice book. Here are two trail blazers - Chris Bayley, who defeated Charles O. Carroll in the early 1970s for the job of King County Prosecutor and his successor Norm Maleng. Carroll had been an all American football player at the University of Washington and a lawyer in Seattle before becoming the King County Prosecutor. Carroll had been in office for 22 years as the Prosecutor. During his time in office and going back to the Klondike gold rush of 1897 there had been a Seattle Police Department payoff system in place. Reformer Bayley campaigned for the Prosecutor's office with a pledge to end public corruption. He fulfilled his pledge. Bayley endorsed Norm Maleng and Maleng became the King County Prosecutor, and like Chris, Norm had a reformers mindset. I worked for both of them.
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