Mitch Roth running for County Prosecutor

[Kelena]

Bump. I agree that plea bargains are an essential component of the machinery of justice and would suggest that if you throw the book at every offender, there would not be enough private prisons on Arizona to hold them. I would be honest about that fact and would advise you to ask this question in relation to plea bargains: "Am I willing to fund more prisons to pay for all of these convicts?" If not, reconsider your position. I would not have allowed a plea bargain in the case of an alleged perpetrator with a 4th DUI who hits and kills a person and drags the body under his van for blocks. Recidivists who commit gross vehicular manslaughter would be prosecuted, under my purview, to the fullest extent of the law.

That's your answer, Mitch. You lose. I oppose you.

Edited to add: There was no 4th DUI conviction in the case under discussion. My mistake. I apologize.