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JALLEN wrote:Will she resign?

How can an incumbent District Attorney sit in jail?

What circumstances result in disbarment? Here it takes a crime of "moral turpitude" but they let you back in if you say your are sorry.

JALLEN wrote:Will she resign?

How can an incumbent District Attorney sit in jail?

What circumstances result in disbarment? Here it takes a crime of "moral turpitude" but they let you back in if you say your are sorry.

baldeagle wrote:

JALLEN wrote:Will she resign?

How can an incumbent District Attorney sit in jail?

What circumstances result in disbarment? Here it takes a crime of "moral turpitude" but they let you back in if you say your are sorry.

In Texas it takes a felony. She'll face the voters and, knowing Austin, probably get re-elected in a landslide. For Dems a conviction is a badge of honor.

gthaustex wrote:I highly doubt she will resign. If she does, Governor Perry can appoint a replacement to serve out the rest of her term. Odds are that would be a Republican...

Since the DAs office in Travis County heads up the statewide ethics commission, they can investigate ethics charges of any officeholder. My guess is that the Dems are afraid of payback for previous investigations done by the previous Travis County DA Ronnie Earle....

Others said the hypocrisy of insisting others follow the law can erode moral authority. Prosecutors “have the advantage of understanding the seriousness of the crimes, the horrible things it causes,” said John Bradley, the Republican former Williamson County district attorney. “If someone commits that crime, despite having all of that knowledge, it damages the public’s perception of integrity.”

That’s why the state agency overseeing police licensing deals so harshly with officers accused of crimes, said John Helenberg, director of agency operations for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. While a felony conviction means automatic license revocation, the commission has discretion on misdemeanor convictions.

Agency records show that most officers don’t receive much sympathy, however. From 2010 through 2012, the agency heard 93 cases of licensed police or correctional officers convicted of DWI. Of those, 72 — 3 of every 4 — saw their licenses to work as law enforcement officers suspended for 10 years.

Helenberg said one reason is that a DWI conviction, in particular, would make it difficult for a police officer to be an effective trial witness. “How can he testify in a DWI case if he’s committed the same crime?”

As cases move farther away from street-level enforcement, though, how to penalize law enforcement officials whose personal misjudgments bleed into their professional lives becomes less clear. That is especially true for elected officials, whose ultimate bosses — voters — are permitted performance evaluations only every two to six years, leaving the decision of whether to stay or go in the hands of the accused.

K.Mooneyham wrote:Lets be honest here. If it was a Republican who did this, there would be thunderously loud calls for resignation. But, its a Democrat, so its no big deal. That is the way it works.

Helenberg said one reason is that a DWI conviction, in particular, would make it difficult for a police officer to be an effective trial witness. “How can he testify in a DWI case if he’s committed the same crime?”

texanjoker wrote:

K.Mooneyham wrote:Lets be honest here. If it was a Republican who did this, there would be thunderously loud calls for resignation. But, its a Democrat, so its no big deal. That is the way it works.

The democrat county commissioners have already said they will not vote to remove her.