GOP attacks progressive over a plea deal she never touched ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Both the Republican State Leadership Committee and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, an industry group that regularly supports conservative judicial candidates, went up with ads last week falsely attacking progressive Judge Jill Karofsky over a prosecution and plea agreement she had no involvement in whatsoever.
Both groups tried to slur Karofsky by claiming she had let sexual predators off lightly, relying on the 2000 sentence of a man named Donald Worley to make their point. Worley was charged the previous year with sexually assaulting a child, and he was later sentenced to three years of probation without jail time as part of a plea bargain. However, as PolitiFact notes, Karofsky only took over as prosecutor for the case more than a year after Worley was sentenced and had absolutely nothing to do with his plea deal.
Karofsky’s campaign responded by saying that it would send a cease-and-desist letter to TV stations demanding the false advertisements be removed from the airwaves. Karofsky is running to unseat conservative incumbent Dan Kelly in next week's election for a key seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/30/1932790/-GOP-attacks-progressive-over-a-plea-deal-she-never-touched-ahead-of-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-race