Dear Editor:
I write this with hesitation, as I try to avoid wading into the dirty waters of election politics, but I believe I must. It distresses me when cases prosecuted by my office, that the people of this great community have trusted me to handle, are manipulated and sensationalized for political gain. Several weeks ago, a political advertisement sponsored by Club For Growth began airing against former Billings Judge Russ Fagg. The ad sensationalizes the case State v. Matthew Green (DC 13-338). The ad concludes using the case to suggest that Judge Fagg was hard on crime victims and soft on crime.
Here are the relevant facts. In the Green case, the Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault on a minor. The aggravated assault was charged and read more
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