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The Harris County District Attorney's Race

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"Race for DA puts justice system on trial," is Alan Bernstein's report in the Sunday Houston Chronicle. Harris County voters looking for a district attorney candidate with a "tough on crime" theme are out of luck this fall. The situation is a startling departure from the law-and-order tone set for the last 30 years by Republican former district attorneys John B. Holmes Jr. and Chuck Rosenthal. But Rosenthal resigned in disgrace early this year, opening the door for Democratic candidate C.O. Bradford and Republican candidate Pat Lykos, former police officers who have never prosecuted a criminal case, to put the local justice system on trial instead. Bradford, the former Houston police chief, and Lykos, a former felony court judge, make sure to mention, in a county known nationwide for its frequent use of the death penalty, that the worst criminal offenders should be prosecuted to the hilt...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).