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Prossecutors' performance hard to measure: Excellent reporting out of Waco shows gaps in DA data

The McLennan County District Attorney is facing his first serious electoral challenge in a generation next year, and the Waco Tribune-Herald offered up excellent coverage this week that are must-reads for anyone concerned with how prosecutors operate or what issues voters should care about in elections:"Data offer clues on McLennan County district attorney's performance""Voters often underinformed in DA contests"I may need to change up my Google News alert keywords because if it weren't for Doug Berman pointing them out at Sentencing Law & Policy, I wouldn't have seen these stories. Both are must-reads; the first one in particular, even for readers with no stakes in McLennan County justice.The stories were inspired because a local officers' union endorsed incumbent John Segrest's opponent, claiming the sitting DA refused to file too many cases brought to him by local police...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).