The Republican attack committee known as Trailhead continued to ignore the facts today and distort the truth about Bill Ritter’s record as Denver’s District Attorney.
"My record is rock solid. We were tough on crime," said Ritter, who served as Denver’s DA from 1993 to 2005. "We put more people in prison than any other DA – including Republican DA’s. And we protected the public. Their repeated distortions of fact are attacks on the entire Colorado law enforcement community."
Ritter achieved a 95 percent conviction rate and sent more than 12,000 felons to prison when he was DA. His office filed more than 200,000 misdemeanor and felony charges during his tenure. In addition to sending murderers, rapists, habitual offenders, and other violent criminals to state prison, defendants were sentenced to county jail, community corrections, and probation.
For more on Ritter’s record, view this Power Point presentation.
"These types of attacks only deepen the public’s cynicism about American politics today," Ritter said. "Trailhead’s ads have already been pulled in Northern Colorado because of their questionable content. Colorado voters deserve a better, cleaner election than these typical Washington-style partisan attacks."
Read additional coverage and commentary on the GOP distortions and fantasies about Bill's record:
- ColoradoLib.com: Beauprez scrambles for nicknames, relevance
- ColoradoLib.com: Anti-Ritter ads clutch at straws
- Denver Post: Aug. 25 - Ritter rebuts claim he's easy on crime
- Rocky Mountain News: Aug. 26 - What Ritter said - and meant: No softie on crime
- Rocky Mountain News: Aug 24. - Ritter camp to group's accusation: nonsense
- Squarestate.net: Lies Get Trailhead Group Ad Pulled
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