O’Brien, Markman and Zahra Have Failed to Protect Michigan Kids

From Michigan Democratic Party:

Michigan Democratic Party Releases New Internet Ad Highlighting Troubling Decisions

LANSING – Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer today unveiled a new Supreme Court online ad, “Dangerous,” that highlights troubling decisions by Colleen O’Brien, Stephen Markman and Brian Zahra that have endangered Michigan’s kids by letting child abusers off with light sentences or throwing out the convictions of child pornographers.

“O’Brien, Markman and Zahra have enabled violence against Michigan’s kids in a series of disturbing decisions,” said Brewer. “Michigan deserves a Supreme Court with justices that have zero tolerance for violence against children. Unfortunately, the records of O’Brien, Markman and Zahra show otherwise.”

• As an Oakland County Circuit Judge, Colleen O’Brien sentenced a man who had raped an 11-year-old boy to just one year in jail and four years of probation (People v. Jeremy Mark Williams, Case No. CR 2003-189231-FC).
• Justice Markman reversed the conviction of a politician caught with thousands of images of child porn (People v. Brian Lee Hill, No. 138668, 2010).
• On the Michigan Court of Appeals, Zahra reversed the conviction of a man who admitted to sharing pornographic images of children with members of an Internet club (People v. Russell Douglas Tombs, No. 236858, 2004).

The video is available online here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9T2sKpLSo

Corrupt Speaker Jase Bolger Endorses Michigan Supreme Court Candidate Colleen O’Brien

From The Michigan Democratic Party:

O’Brien Hid Endorsement After Winning GOP Nomination

LANSING – Now that she has won the Republican nomination, former insurance industry attorney Colleen O’Brien is trying to hide her endorsement from House Speaker Jase Bolger, who is spending time in front of another judge — Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, the one-woman grand jury investigating Bolgergate.

“It appears that Colleen O’Brien is trying to Etch-a-Sketch away her profile, including the endorsement of House Speaker Jase Bolger, who is currently under grand jury investigation for attempting to rig an election and then covering up his involvement,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer. “What is she trying to hide? Does she support the corrupt Speaker or will she renounce his endorsement? The voters are entitled to know.”

As recently as Sept. 12, O’Brien’s campaign website included an extensive list of endorsements that included Bolger. The current version of O’Brien’s website contains no list of endorsements. However, you can view a cached version of O’Brien’s endorsement page here:

http://www.michigandems.com/obrienendorsements.pdf

Each day this week the Michigan Democratic Party will highlight another instance of corruption from Justices Stephen Markman and Brian Zahra, as well as from fellow GOP candidate O’Brien. Yesterday the MDP filed a complaint against Markman for unethical campaign conduct in speaking to an Oakland County Republican Party’s 400 Club breakfast fundraiser, an event that highlighted Markman’s attendance on the invitation.