02-15-2012, 03:22 PM
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Originally posted by robguz
quote:Thanks Kathy, I didn't realize he was the one who handled it. That's all I need to know to know that I won't vote for him. Let's see, his office has 1, maybe 2 cases per year involving someone killing another person. I would think if any cases are going to go to trial, it would be those. This guy is getting 10 years maximum, and in reality less with good behavior. I'm sorry, but that is not enough. This guy could be out in a few years, driving drunk again, and if prosecuted would have no prior DUIs. That's outrageous!
Originally posted by KathyH
I completely agree about that case being very disturbing.
But I also think it is not quite fair to ask a candidate to comment on the way his colleague handled a case, in a department where the candidate still works. It's basically the same as asking him to shred his boss in public in order to get your approval.
Mr. Roth handled the Ted Braxton case, so it was appropriate to ask him to discuss his decisions in that prosecution.
JMHO. If he feels he can comment on it fine.
I never said anything about not plea bargaining ever. Obviously there are not enough resources to take every case to trial, or even every solid case to trial. But there have been many, many other cases that have gone to trial in the past few years, and this is not one of them. Therefore, by his own actions, this is not the kind of case Mr. Roth feels is worth taking to trial. I'm actually quite liberal in my views on dealing with crime, and don't think everyone should just be thrown in jail for as long as possible.
Yes, I expect that when one is running for office in the office in which you work, if they think something in your office is messed up they need to state so. In other places I have lived in my life, it seems most of the time someone running for DA was already in the office and often running against their own current boss. That is politics.
The other case from this office that blows my mind is the guy who killed his son, dumped his dead body off a cliff, and then claimed self-defense and got off serving only 2 years! You'd think someone would get 2 years for failing to report such an event and littering. People with small pot farms have gotten more severe sentences.
There are things I agree with Mr. Roth on and I appreciate his willingness to respond here. But it sounds like if he wins, nothing is really going to change in the prosecutor's office.