LiveStream Debate: States Attorney

[TheCat]

God, it's like they based the mean girls movie on Corey. The sorority-sequel slams.

White: there are political thugs that control this society.

---I don't mind this talk track.

Justice: do you want to name names...

White: ....

[TheCat]

Sorry assume **spoiler alerts**

[Kay]

Corey started out OK but is now patronizing.  Melissa may be coming across as too smart for the general pub. 

The public does seem a little out of control. 

[TheCat]

Oh my wow !!!

This is awesome...

Corey is hitting Nelson for mismanaging a case in a serious way...goes into a series of reasons as to why it was mismanaged

Nelson: Interesting that Corey says these things, Corey was my superviser at the time and assisted with the case!

[Kay]

Don't know that Melissa's answer helped her. 

[Kay]

Yikes, this is heavy.  Saying she relied on Corey for guidance does not make her look strong.

[TheCat]

Corey- I was not her supervisor...I was her supervisor...


The beef here is Corey says Nelson should have tried for death penalty.

Nelson: this specific case followed the wishes of the victims family. They wanted a life sentence. I listen to victims.

Closing comments:

Nelson: I'm awesome. You know it. Corey made herself a millionaire with this job. It's her third term...white admitted last week that he needs a job...(white shrugs his shoulders...like he's saying yeah.)

WHITE: Nelson is shorstein. Corey is...missed it.

Corey: Nelson is a grand jury abuser. I've tried more cases than these two ever will.

I love this job. Those who know best want me here. Vote for law enforcement vote for Angela Corey.

[Kay]

So who do you think won with the voters?

[Kay]

I think Corey won it.   

[icarus]

Angela runs her office like a statistician. Prosecution strategy is premised on probability of conviction and number of days in jail rather than culpability.  Fundamentally, its as if the mantra of her office is time served=justice served rather than whats best for the community and for the rehabilitation of the offender as a productive member of society.

Basically, she can't see the forest for the trees ... its time for a change in my humble opinion.

[Political MOJO]

The crowd got seriously rowdy during commercial breaks, mostly the Corey and Nelson folks going back & forth. The room was only about 3/4 full, with journalists, campaign staff and hardcore supporters making up the majority of the room. The audience was instructed to be quiet while the debate was happening so as not to interfere with the recording, but you heard a lot of gasps and muffled cheering when a candidate delivered an intense attack or said something crazy (as Wes White is prone to do). All in all, good crowd, fun debate.

Finishing up my analysis of the night's events, and we'll have that up in the morning.

Thanks for joining us for the live blog, y'all!