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Government

Mar. 31, 2010

D.A.'s Conviction Rates Questioned

District Attorney Rod Pacheco's conviction rates are becoming a key bone of contention in the increasingly heated race for Riverside County's top prosecutor post.

By Jason W. Armstrong

Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - District Attorney Rod Pacheco's conviction rates are becoming a key bone of contention in the increasingly heated race for Riverside County's top prosecutor post.

Those statistics are at the heart of a lawsuit filed last week in which a retired Riverside sheriff's deputy is trying to force Pacheco's challenger, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Pa...

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