ASK JANE BRADY ABOUT HER DISCRETION IN SENTENCING

Now that Jane Brady has apparently tired of being attorney general,
and is seeking a golden parachute in the form of a judgeship at
taxpayer expense, perhaps someone in the Minner administration will be
sufficiently roused from their second-term torpor to ask her the
following question before rubber-stamping this sweetheart deal:

Madame AG, you, along with most members of the General Assembly, led
the fight for mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug
offenders. By so doing, you removed the discretion from distinguished
judges in this matter and precipitated the single-largest prison
expansion in our state's history.

Millions of dollars for schools and highways were diverted to pay for
this expansion. As a judge, do you feel capable of exercising
discretion in sentencing nonviolent drug offenders and, if so, don't
you owe the citizens of our state an apology for this unprecedented
boondoggle?

And, if not, what, other than your desire for a golden parachute,
qualifies you for this position?

Steve Tanzer, Arden