Countywide / District Judge · Place 4

Jason M. Jones

“I'm not a candidate who's saying I'm tough on crime because I'm not.”

Democrat · Opponent: Judge John R. Allen (R)

On the record

In his own words: not tough on crime
Told WHNT News 19: “I'm not a candidate who's saying I'm tough on crime because I'm not.” He added, “I am fair on crime.”¹²
He put it in an ad, too
His own campaign ad says: “Some speak of being tough on crime. That is not the job of a judge.” Judge Allen's response: “If someone tells you three times they're not going to be tough on crime, I think you should believe them.”³
A softer track for drug charges
Has floated special courts for young people facing marijuana charges.⁴
Backed by an indicted liberal group
Endorsed by the SPLC Action Fund, the political arm of the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC is under federal indictment: in April 2026 a grand jury charged it with 11 counts, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, alleging it secretly paid at least $3 million to people tied to the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups. The SPLC has pleaded not guilty. The same organization put Moms for Liberty, a parents' rights group with a Madison chapter, on its “hate map” alongside the Klan.⁵⁶⁷
A defense lawyer's perspective
Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.⁸