Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said the overall conviction rate by his Hardcore Gang Division has risen from 87 percent in 2001 to 94 percent in 2003. The conviction rate for murders went from 90 percent in 2001 to 94 percent in 2003, and the conviction rate for attempted murders jumped from 74 percent in 2001 to 93 percent in 2003.
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So why is Ramos bragging about 60% conviction rate in his gang unit in his mailers? With such a poor conviction rate track record on gang related crime, as a gang leader you'd have to ask why not move your operations to San Bernardino County--you stand a 40% chance of getting off if you ever get busted in San Bernardino and a 5% chance in LA County. Keeping Ramos will increase the incentives for gang related criminal activity to come here (which if you haven't noticed, has been happening). Ramos really is a failure project. Defeat Ramos so we can improve conviction rates. We are entitled to better!!
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Sun's Endorsement of Ramos is a major head trip
The Sun is a strange paper. In one respect, the "endorsement" in the May 10, 2010 piece titled "Ramos pursues crooks, corruption" is little more than an advance piece on the political mailings we will all be getting in our boxes shortly. But what does the Sun really say--is it good when stood up to scrutiny??Nah..........
(1) The Sun does not deny his extra-marital affairs with County staff and people working under him is an abuse of his position. Wow! The Sun endorses sex with subordinates by a person obligated to uphold the County's personnel manual and state civil rights law prohibitions against it--why?? Does anyone find that offensive? If I had a subscription to the Sun, I'd be canceling it right now.
(2) The Sun misses the point on all the organizational activity which takes Ramos away from his office and girlfriends; membership in multiple organizations and trips to out of town destinations is paid for by the taxpayer and does not add to or improve the conviction rates; all you need to do is look at his statistics; getting 3,000 felony convictions out of 5,000 filings would be a failing grade in Los Angeles County where conviction rates are 85-90%
(3) Tough on crime and grime?? Hardly--since when is losing the one public integrity unit case you've taken to trial good DA work? Since when is a 60% conviction rate commendable?? That means almost half of the scum are back on the street.
(4) Only in San Bernardino does mediocre performance get rewarded by re-election.
(1) The Sun does not deny his extra-marital affairs with County staff and people working under him is an abuse of his position. Wow! The Sun endorses sex with subordinates by a person obligated to uphold the County's personnel manual and state civil rights law prohibitions against it--why?? Does anyone find that offensive? If I had a subscription to the Sun, I'd be canceling it right now.
(2) The Sun misses the point on all the organizational activity which takes Ramos away from his office and girlfriends; membership in multiple organizations and trips to out of town destinations is paid for by the taxpayer and does not add to or improve the conviction rates; all you need to do is look at his statistics; getting 3,000 felony convictions out of 5,000 filings would be a failing grade in Los Angeles County where conviction rates are 85-90%
(3) Tough on crime and grime?? Hardly--since when is losing the one public integrity unit case you've taken to trial good DA work? Since when is a 60% conviction rate commendable?? That means almost half of the scum are back on the street.
(4) Only in San Bernardino does mediocre performance get rewarded by re-election.
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