Please find just one post where I support Baez. I am merely pointing out that Jeff Ashton is NOT the hero everyone here seems to think he is.
And please, Jeff Ashton, (one of) the first prosecutor(s) in the country to use DNA in a criminal court conviction in 1987, is NOT what he will be remembered for. He will be remembered for losing the Casey Anthony case to (insert favorite deragatory pet name here) Jose Baez.
Maybe a few facts about Lawson Lamar are warrented for those who don't live in his jurisdiction: (by the way, note the bolded one). He certainly doesn't just wander around.
Here’s just a few other accomplishments of Lawson Lamar as Our State Attorney:
•Over 80,000 criminal cases reviewed for prosecution annually
•Second lowest cost of prosecution per capita in Florida
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Brought the use of D.N.A. evidence to America
•Led team to create one of the finest, state of the art prosecution information management systems, which has been nationally recognized and duplicated
•Partnered with other Central Florida criminal justice agencies to ensure continuity of services and to reduce duplication of efforts in data collection and dissemination
•Personally conducts all Ninth Circuit grand juries in Orange and Osceola Circuit Courts
•Created the Government Accountability Unit to investigate government corruption
•Formed specialized sex crimes and child abuse units for more effective prosecution
•Authored important new arson and animal protection laws
•Created nationally-recognized Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation
•Organized the Insurance Fraud prosecution team
•Initiated Orange County Consumer Fraud Unit, targeting unlicensed contractors and consumer complaints, especially against the elderly
•Founding director of the Osceola County Investigative Bureau
•Founded Children’s Safety Village
•Founding Member and past chair of Juvenile Assessment Center
•Created Early Truancy Intervention Unit for Orange and Osceola Counties, keeping thousands of at-risk children in school
•Partnership with UCF to conduct criminology research on the causation of truency and solutions to violent juvenile crimes
http://www.ourstateattorney.com/about-lawson-lamar/state-attorney/