Justice Daniel McCaffery of Pennsylvania Supreme Court

8/02/2024

Justice Daniel McCaffery

c/o Pennsylvania Supreme Court

601 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 1500

PO Box  61260

Harrisburg, PA  17106

Dear Justice McCaffery,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social,  and criminal justice reform. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. Justice McCaffery, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work when you served as Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, as Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and as current Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to be very inspiring to me. 

When you served as Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (2014-2020) and as Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2020-2024), I truly appreciated on how you were a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate crimes to help protect minorities including people who are different, and expressing the need to make civil rights stronger to reduce discrimination. I liked on how you were a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate crimes to help protect minorities including people who are different, and expressing the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination. Supporting the need for drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, advocating for the need for more resources to help victims of domestic violence or victims of crime get help on dealing with their trauma, and strongly express the importance for more funds for DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you express the need for mental health court to help people with mental illness to get treatment and advocate for the importance of community services to help non-violent offenders including non violent juveniles to rehabilitate so they won’t re-offend.  In your current role as Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, I like on how you are a continuous strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights and criminal justice reform. On people with disabilities’ rights issues, I like on how you express the need for more people who have expertise in people with disabilities’ rights including people with disabilities’ rights law to be in the judicial system or be elected in the courts, emphasize the need for social workers to work with law enforcement to help reduce situation with people who struggle with mental health, and more better reforms on people who have mental health or with a disability to get better access to social security disability benefits.  Another thing that I liked about your work in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is how you worked to help protect civil liberties from being violated like the 4th amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches ,speak against racial profiling in the criminal justice system, and the need for ethics reform to reduce judicial misconduct. Also I like on how you support women’s rights to choose.    

Justice McCaffery, I have autism with a learning disability. have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts in different settings including social settings, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Your role as former Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, as former Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and as current Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. My future goal is someday to work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others.  My letter is a gift to you for inspiring to me.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights, expanding while advocating for criminal justice reform, and many others. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn more about your work, and continue to learn different subjects.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to push, advocate, and expand on common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick