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 Sarah Drawdy
The website not only details Sarah Drawdy’s reasons for entering the race, but it allows for voters to access documents that support her contention that the current Solicitor slashed court time by amounts as much as 61 percent.
“It’s imperative that folks understand that when the current Solicitor says she’s doing all she can with the court time she’s been given by the Court Administration, she’s not telling the whole story. A review of the current Solicitor’s requests for court time shows that she asked for less court time,” Drawdy said.
“Four years ago, the former Solicitor sought and got 42 weeks of court. A week of court represents one judge on the bench. As soon as Ms. Adams took office she immediately cut court time. In 2006, Ms. Adams only requested 24 weeks of court in Anderson County. In 2007, again, she requested only 24 weeks. In 2008, she requested only 28 weeks of court. Without a judge on the bench a Solicitor cannot try or plead anyone. Why on earth Ms. Adams would give up something as precious and scarce as court time I cannot understand nor do I accept,” Drawdy explained.
“Telling your assistants that they are going to have less court time is like telling members of the Highway Patrol to park their cars. Without their patrol cars, members of the Highway Patrol can only watch crime take place. It’s the same for solicitors. Without court time, we can’t prosecute anyone,” Drawdy continued.
“Rather than cutting court, we need to be holding court, trying cases, and getting convictions,” Drawdy concluded.
Drawdy is a prosecutor and as such has successfully tried murder cases, burglaries, drug cases, criminal domestic violence cases, and elder abuse cases. While an assistant solicitor in the 7th Circuit, she also directed a Drug Baby Task Force.
“I began my prosecutorial career in Anderson. I live here and this is my home. I have watched with increasing alarm as the conviction rates in Anderson and Oconee counties have fallen drastically.”
In 2004, the conviction rate for Anderson County was 48 percent. Today the conviction rate is 40 percent. In 2004, the conviction rate for Oconee County was 44 percent. That number has plummeted to a mere 19 percent today. (Numbers from Court Administration).
Circuit wide the conviction rate is only 33 percent. “The facts speak for themselves and they send the wrong message to criminals,” Drawdy concluded.
To view Sarah Drawdy’s proposed solutions go to www.
VoteDrawdy.com.
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