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A Watkins Supporter Laments Leadership Shortcomings

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Mark Osler's OpEd in today's Dallas Morning News.  Osler is a former federal prosecutor and Baylor Law prof.  He's now at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minnesota. With great power comes a striking transformation. One's life becomes closely watched, and what a powerful person does is imbued with great meaning. True leaders understand this. Craig Watkins apparently does not. His firing of several assistant district attorneys with Republican ties after his re-election is a sad show of weakness at a place and time where strength is needed. Few people in our society wield the kind of unchecked power that prosecutors do. They can bring charges against whomever they wish; in Texas, a prosecutor doesn't even have to put witnesses in front of a grand jury to get an indictment, and once a person is indicted their life is forever changed...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).