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DA’s Office 5^th Worst Violent Felony Conviction Rate

Albany and Onondaga Fare Better Than Monroe County

 

The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office had the 5^th worst violent felony conviction rate in 2006 for counties outside of New York City according to statistics published by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

 

“The true measure of a District Attorney’s Office is its ability to convict the most violent offenders,” said Cara Briggs, a former prosecutor with the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office who is challenging Democrat Mike Green in the November election. “Unfortunately, the latest data shows the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, under Mike Green’s leadership, is failing to do that job for the residents of Monroe County.”

 

The conviction rate data, which is available on the Department’s web-site at http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/dispos/index.htm, shows that in 2006 the Monroe County DA’s Office had a violent felony conviction rate of only 69.1%.  As the accompanying table shows, out of the 58 non-New York City Counties, Monroe County’s violent felony conviction rate ranks 54th.

 

The data also shows that the metropolitan counties of Onondaga (Syracuse), Albany (Albany), Broome (Binghamton), Westchester (Yonkers), Dutchess (Poughkeepsie), Nassau and Suffolk all had better violent felony conviction rates than Monroe County.  The Monroe County violent felony conviction rate of 69.1% is below the state average of 74.3% for non-New York Counties and a decline from the County’s 2005 violent felony conviction rate of 70.6%.

 

 

 

2006 Violent Felony Conviction Rate of Non-New York City Counties

 

County                                                           2006 Conviction Rate

 

1.             Schuyler                                                                                                 100%

2.             Hamilton                                                                                                100%

3.             Herkimer                                                                                                97.0%

4.             Washington                                                                                          96.4%

5.             Livingston                                                                                             94.7%

6.             Ontario                                                                                                   94.2%

7.             Chenango                                                                                              92.3%

8.             Delaware                                                                                                91.5%

9.             Lewis                                                                                                      90.5%

10.           Chautauqua                                                                                          90.0%                    

11.           Schoharie                                                                                              88.9%

12.           Wyoming                                                                                              88.5%

13.           Greene                                                                                                    88.0%

14.           Yates                                                                                                      87.5%

15.           Nassau   (Long Island)                                                                       87.4%

16.           Columbia                                                                                               87.2%

17.           Saratoga                                                                                                86.9%

18.           Allegany                                                                                                86.8%

19.           Warren                                                                                                   86.7%    

20.           Fulton                                                                                                    86.5%

21.           Seneca                                                                                                   86.4%

22.           Oneida                                                                                                   85.7%

23.           Oswego                                                                                                 84.6%

24.           Montgomery                                                                                         84.1%

25.           Jefferson                                                                                                83.9%

26.           Cattaraugus                                                                                          83.2%

27.           Steuben                                                                                                 82.4%

28.           Rensselaer                                                                                             82.0%

29.           Madison                                                                                                 81.7%

30.           Chemung                                                                                               81.7%

31.           Tioga                                                                                                      81.6%

32.           Orleans                                                                                                  81.4%

33.           Sullivan                                                                                                  81.1%

34.           Rockland                                                                                               81.1%

35.           Clinton                                                                                                   80.7%

36.           Otsego                                                                                                   80.6%

37.           Dutchess  (Poughkeepsie)                                                                  80.4%

38.           Putnam                                                                                                   80.3%

39.           Essex                                                                                                      80.0%

40.           Schenectady                                                                                         79.0%

41.           Broome  (Binghamton)                                                                        78.0%

42.           Genesee                                                                                                 77.6%

43.           Albany   (Albany)                                                                                77.0%

44.           Orange                                                                                                   76.9%

45.           Franklin                                                                                                  76.2%

46.           Cortland                                                                                                 75.9%

47.           St. Lawrence                                                                                         75.7%

48.           Wayne                                                                                                   75.4%

49.           Suffolk                                                                                                   75.0%

50.           Cayuga                                                                                                  75.0%

51.           Tompkins                                                                                              71.8%

52.           Westchester  (Yonkers)                                                                      70.4%

53.           Onondaga  (Syracuse)                                                                        69.4%

54.          Monroe County                                                                                    69.1%

55.           Ulster                                                                                                     66.9%

56.           Niagara                                                                                                  62.8%

57.           Erie  (Buffalo)                                                                                        58.8%

58.           Richmond                                                                                              52.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

FELONY CONVICTION RATE ONLY 35%

DA’s Office Gets Felony Conviction in 1 out of 3 Felony Arrests

 

Our police are working hard every day arresting criminals who commit felonies in our community. Once a felony arrest has occurred, it is the job of the District Attorney to ensure that the felony arrest results in a successful prosecution.

 

            Mike Green is failing to do that job for the residents of Monroe County.

 

District Attorney Mike Green's claim that the Monroe County District Attorney's Office "obtained convictions in over 90% of our superior court prosecutions" misleads the public regarding the actual felony conviction rate in Monroe County for 2006.

 

The actual percentage of felony convictions resulting from felony arrests in Monroe County for 2006 is 35%.  The 35% felony conviction rate is derived from data contained on the Monroe County District Attorney webpage, which reports 4,723 felony arrests and 1,662 felony convictions for 2006. In 2006, Mike Green’s Office obtained a felony conviction in approximately 1 out of 3 felony arrests.

 

"The simple math shows that, as District Attorney, Mike Green has been failing the citizens of Monroe County," said Cara Briggs, a former prosecutor with the Monroe County District Attorney's Office who is challenging Green in November's election.  "As District Attorney, I will ensure that felonies are competently prosecuted and our community is protected.”