Friday, April 23, 2010

Is Susana Martinez even a good DA?

Susana Martinez says, vote for her for Governor because
she is doing such a great job as District Attorney.

There are statistics that could be used to substantiate a claim like that. For example, if she is a great District Attorney, she could point to a statistic that shows she has a high conviction rate. She hasn't, and you have to wonder why.

There are statistics that would disprove the claim. If for instance, she was being reversed on appeal an inordinately large percentage of the time, that statistic would indicate she was doing a bad job as District Attorney.

I emailed her Office this morning, at 7:53 am, and asked for a public record that reflected her rate of reversals. I also offered to forgo the records request if they would simply give me a candid, forthright and honest answer to the question.

No answer.

Under "the law", they can handle it as a request for public records and wait up to three business days to respond. According to any higher standard of conduct than the law, they would have at least acknowledged its receipt by email reply.

One would think if the rate of reversals were low, and the rate of convictions were high, both statistics would be posted on her website. They are not.

My experience leads me to conclude that the truth is hidden
only
when it's bad.

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