Should the Travis County (Austin) D.A. step down after her guilty plea for DWI?

[Blake]

"Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was taken into custody Friday morning after being sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Lehmberg pleaded guilty to the charge Friday following her arrest over the weekend for drunken driving, according to the Associated Press. She later apologized for her actions and announced she would plead guilty to a DWI charge and not seek any plea agreement.

But the 63-year-old chief prosecutor has said she has no plans to give up the office, which she has held since 2009. She was re-elected last year and her current term runs through 2016. The Austin American-Statesman called on her to step down in a sharply worded editorial on Friday. And a local attorney has filed a pe ion under an obscure state law allowing a district attorney to be removed from office for intoxication “on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage."

News reports indicate that her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when she was arrested in West Austin after a witness called 911 late Friday to report a car being driven erratically and veering into oncoming traffic. A blood alcohol content that is twice the legal limit – 0.15 or above – is listed in the criminal code as a Class A misdemeanor, subject to a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. An attorney for Lehmberg said she has assigned staff to run the district attorney’s office while she is incarcerated."

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.c...-for-dwi.html/

[Wild Cobra]

I see a recall election coming....

[Koolaid_Man]

"Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was taken into custody Friday morning after being sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Lehmberg pleaded guilty to the charge Friday following her arrest over the weekend for drunken driving, according to the Associated Press. She later apologized for her actions and announced she would plead guilty to a DWI charge and not seek any plea agreement.

But the 63-year-old chief prosecutor has said she has no plans to give up the office, which she has held since 2009. She was re-elected last year and her current term runs through 2016. The Austin American-Statesman called on her to step down in a sharply worded editorial on Friday. And a local attorney has filed a pe ion under an obscure state law allowing a district attorney to be removed from office for intoxication “on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage."

News reports indicate that her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when she was arrested in West Austin after a witness called 911 late Friday to report a car being driven erratically and veering into oncoming traffic. A blood alcohol content that is twice the legal limit – 0.15 or above – is listed in the criminal code as a Class A misdemeanor, subject to a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. An attorney for Lehmberg said she has assigned staff to run the district attorney’s office while she is incarcerated."

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.c...-for-dwi.html/

make her hold a sign in the hood that reads I prosecute black people for a living and I got busted while driving drunk...that's punishment enough

[Spur|n|Austin]

After reading about how she spit on officers and had to be restrained in a isolation cell that night, I'd say so yes. She also stated she will plead guilty.

[Latarian Milton]

the office was never the right place for a to work in tbh, es belong in kitchens and ONLY kitchens

[silverblk mystix]

um...no comment...

[Twisted_Dawg]

This hammer definitley needs to resign:



And WTF is wrong with Austin electing a hawg like this?

[CubanMustGo]

Because you shouldn't elect people based on the way they look. WTF is wrong with people using that as a basis to choose who to vote for?

That said, she needs to go. ~.24 BAC 3-4 hours after arrest, what a loser.

[DMC]

This hammer definitley needs to resign:



And WTF is wrong with Austin electing a hawg like this?

They had a homeless cross dresser on the city council. It's Austin.

[baseline bum]

CROFL DA in jail for 45 days. They're gonna ing love her fat ass in the county.

[johnsmith]

um...no comment...

Really? You stupid ing attention needing bag. You actually took the time to type in " No comment"?

You're an idiot.

[silverblk mystix]

Really? You stupid ing attention needing bag. You actually took the time to type in " No comment"?

You're an idiot.

lol - ignore