Three of the six members of a Democratic Party endorsement panel step forward to give their perspectives of a controversial interview with judicial candidate Jamie Thistlethwaite. Plus, Thistlethwaite states her position on the death penalty to reporter Paul Payne.

Confusion continues over what judicial candidate Jamie Thistlethwaite did and did not say about the death penalty during her interview with members of the Sonoma County Democratic Party Central Committee on March 17.

A member of the Democratic Party panel that interviewed Sonoma County judicial candidates last month weighs in on the controversy surrounding Chris Mazzia and Jamie Thistlethwaite over whether the latter promised to take the death penalty “off the table.” Her position: Mazzia is right.

Read for yourself: Internal notes prepared for the Democratic Central Committee following endorsement interviews of civil lawyer Chris Mazzia and defense lawyer Jamie Thistlethwaite, who are running for the 3rd Sonoma County Superior Court judicial seat.

Read for yourself: internal notes from the Democratic Party endorsement interview with judicial candidate Jamie Thistlethwaite.

UPDATE: Civil lawyer Chris Mazzia says defense attorney Jamie Thistlethwaite promised Democratic Party leaders who endorsed her that the death penalty would be “off the table” in her courtroom if she were elected. She denies it.