Minneapolis's newest district attorney is facing intense backlash from the families of victims of violent crime for pushing probation over prison time for killers, rapists, and other lawbreakers.
Mary Moriarty was elected as Hennepin County's top prosecutor after spending more than three decades as a public defender.Some, like Catherine Markey, a veteran attorney whose son was shot and killed by teenagers, accused Moriarty of still playing the part of a public defender and alleged that her 30 years of advocating on behalf of defendants has clouded her judgment and, in turn, denied the victims and their families justice.
State sentencing guidelines suggested her son's killer spend time behind bars, but Moriarty's office went another route. During her first week on the job, she was forced to drop criminal charges against a 35-year-old man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl after a prosecutor from her office lied to the judge about the contents of a note that a victim's advocate passed to her during the trial. The prosecutor, who was not Moriarty, asked the victim's advocate to change the note she passed"to conform with the lie that she had told the court.
Moriarty campaigned as a reformer focused on rehabilitation and not punishment. It's something she said she's always been clear about and is how she will continue to run her office.
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