Re-Elect District Attorney Sherry Boston

District Attorney Sherry Boston has served as the District Attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in Georgia since January 2017.

DA Boston won in a landslide in 2016, easily besting a two-term incumbent while becoming one of the one percent of African-American females serving as District Attorneys in the United States.

She was re-elected in 2020 and is counting on your support for her 2024 re-election campaign.

Make a campaign contribution so that DA Sherry Boston can continue to serve DeKalb County and the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit.

Re-Elect District Attorney Sherry Boston

District Attorney Sherry Boston has served as the District Attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in Georgia since January 2017.

DA Boston won in a landslide in 2016, easily besting a two-term incumbent while becoming one of the one percent of African-American females serving as District Attorneys in the United States.

She was re-elected in 2020 and is counting on your support for her 2024 re-election campaign.

Make a campaign contribution so that DA Sherry Boston can continue to serve DeKalb County and the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit.

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Addressing gun violence across the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit has been a priority for DA Boston. As part of a staff restructuring effort, Ms. Boston formed a Firearm Violence Prevention unit. This team, which includes an attorney, an investigator, a victim advocate, and a social worker, works to reduce the proliferation of gun violence in DeKalb County.

Given the pivotal role her office plays in DeKalb’s criminal justice system, when she took office DA Boston mandated that each member of her staff of lawyers and public servants undergo Implicit Bias Training. She is the first district attorney in Georgia to implement this policy.

District Attorney Sherry Boston, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit

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DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston.

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Through her work with the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and the Fair and Just Prosecution initiative, DA Boston is part of the national dialogue on criminal justice reform. She also works to develop and share innovative prosecution strategies specific to juvenile justice, reentry, and accountability initiatives.

DA Boston was recently appointed to the recently formed GRACE Commission, a statewide task force created by Georgia’s First Lady to combat human trafficking. Sherry Boston is one of four prosecutors and the only district attorney in the state to serve on the commission. The FBI identified metro Atlanta as having an abnormally high rate of human trafficking, making the prosecution of perpetrators a core part of her team’s efforts.

In addition to her elected positions, DA Boston has received numerous legal appointments and wide recognition for her innovative prevention & intervention initiatives and impassioned commitment to domestic violence awareness. In 2018, she received the Champion for Change Award from the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence for her leadership.

In 2022, DA Boston was honored by the National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) with the President’s Award of Excellence. Ms. Boston was selected due to her demonstrated commitment to the recruitment, retention, education, and promotion of African-American prosecutors.

Prior to being elected as DeKalb County District Attorney, she served as DeKalb County Solicitor-General, the elected prosecutor overseeing misdemeanor crimes. At that time, Ms. Boston was instrumental in revamping DeKalb’s Traffic Division. She also implemented innovative community outreach, crime prevention strategies, and programs.

DA Sherry Boston crossing the finish line at the Love Run

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Sherry Boston and Family at the Love Run

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Among her varied involvement in community and legal organizations, District Attorney Boston is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia, where she serves on the Board of Governors, the State Bar’s policy-making arm.

Honored by Atlanta Magazine many times over as one of metro Atlanta’s 500 Most Influential People, DA Boston is a graduate of Villanova University and the Emory University School of Law. She resides in DeKalb County with her husband and two daughters.

Quotes from DeKalb DA Sherry Boston

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"I have always had a heart for service and a passion for helping people – even those who may have taken a wrong turn in life."

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"We work to preserve the dignity and best interests of our victims, while using smart prosecution strategies that balance offender accountability with prevention, intervention, and restorative justice."

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"I am proud to lead the first prosecution office in Georgia to require all of its employees, regardless of job function, to complete 8 hours of mandatory implicit bias training."