Beginning Sunday, the Colorado Springs Gazette embarked on a three-day series about life and challenges inside a district courtroom. “If every case went to trial, the courts would be hopelessly backlogged,” the Gazette noted.
For whatever reason, the story avoided mention of the current political angle — that the power-backed 527 Trailhead Group is airing ads attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter’s plea bargaining record and prosecution rate while serving as Denver District Attorney.
For weeks, Republican nominee Bob Beauprez and the Trailhead Group - a committee backed by big-money Republicans - have been claiming Ritter let too many criminals avoid punishment.
At the same time, Trailhead has begun running ads touting the experience of Republican Attorney General John Suthers when he was district attorney of El Paso and Teller counties.
But records obtained from those counties indicate Suthers - at least during the final three years of his tenure - sent fewer felons to prison than Ritter.
So in the end, then-DA Ritter was more effiecent and effective then his GOP counterparts, even besting the current Republican't Attorney General candidate.
Owens, Benson, Coors... can't you do better than this?
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