“I noticed that the dims are basically using Weh’s ad against her about drunk drivers and murderers and that she had the worst rate of any DA. Anyone have the real facts?”
I’m not from New Mexico, so I don’t know.
My understanding was that Susana had to plea down some felony DWI’s when a prior DWI cannot be proven, such as when another agency is unable to produce a record of a past conviction or when the evidence does not support the felony DWI.
Check this web page for her rebuttal to Denish’s ads:
http://www.susanamartinez2010.com/2010/06/susana-martinez-responds-to-negative-false-denish-attacks/
I know that Susana Martinez the DA was real busy since early 2006 with cases that involved the abuse and deaths of very young children. Getting convictions and serious jail time for the offenders and relatives of same(ie: grandmothers & Aunts) that did not report the abuse early on before ending tragically. After seeing pictures and hearing testimony from witness’ about these cases, you would see Susana Martinez on the news with another child abuse ending in death case and you could see the extreme distress it caused her. But she kept on going. As far as DUI cases I think she handled those with the same passion she had in the above mentioned cases. I wished she was here in Texas. I believe with Susana Martinez what you see and hear is what you get, that’s a helluva lot.