"The Real Susanna Martinez" from the Democratic Party of NM Blog

Today, Diane Denish was at Anthony's at the Delta in Española. She shook hands with each attendee, was warm and friendly, and spoke about her campaign in terms that everyone understood well. The Republicans are on the attack! And, $450,000 was just poured into Susanna Martinez' campaign by a resident of Texas.

Hearing about this donation from Diane Denish, and about Susanna Martinez, made me do a little investigating.

Here are some of the facts listed on the following blog: http://democraticpartyofnewmexico.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-susana-martinez.html

Hope you'll read the entire article and do some fact checking on your own!

* In 2004, Martinez said she wouldn’t plea bargain a DWI case – in fact it was a campaign pledge – and then she broke her promise more than 800 times. She cut plea bargain deals with more than 800 felony DWI offenders since making the pledge, and more than 1,000 in total. [Las Cruces Sun-News, 9/5/04; Albuquerque Journal, 5/19/10; Administrative Office of the Courts, Annual Reports, Third District Court, FY 1999-2009, accessed 5/11/10]
* Martinez boasts about her conviction rate, but in reality, one out of every three district court criminal defendants gets off. [Administrative Office of the Courts, Annual Reports, Third District Court, FY 1999-2009, accessed 5/11/10]
* Nearly 40 percent of felony murder defendants got off and her rape conviction rate is only 57 percent. [Administrative Office of the Courts, Annual Reports, Third District Court, FY 1999-2009, accessed 5/11/10]