Is this America’s wokest prosecutor? Minneapolis Democrat Prosecutor Sparks Anger by Putting Murderers, Pedophiles, and Cutthroat Drug Dealers on Probation, Even Shooting Her Down by Soros-Backed Minnesota AG

Relatives of crime victims in Minneapolis are demanding the new district attorney change her approach after they say the killers of their loved ones received excessively lenient sentences.

Mary Moriarty, 59, became the Hennepin County Attorney in January of this year after working as a public defender for 30 years.

Her campaign website described her as “a fierce advocate for combating systemic injustice,” who “brought attention to racial bias in the criminal justice system.”

In her nine months as president, she has angered victims’ relatives with her sentencing recommendations — even clashing with the Soros-backed Attorney General for Minnesota, Keith Ellison.

In her first week, she sparked outrage by dropping charges against a 35-year-old man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on a technicality. He cannot be tried again for the same crime, CBS News reported.

Moriarty said she was “deeply remorseful and apologetic” to the child, who endured grueling testimony before the case was dismissed.

Moriarty, a 30-year veteran public defender, has defended her conviction, saying it is appropriate — despite the attorney general taking the highly unusual step of taking over one case

Last week, an angry mother stood in court to protest what she saw as a lenient sentence for the drug dealer whose fentanyl pills killed her daughter.

Kailey Caspersen died in May 2021 at the age of 25 after taking painkillers sold to her by Jesse Lietzau.

Lietzau was charged with third-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years, but prosecutors asked for probation and a maximum of 240 days in prison.

The 25-year-old has five misdemeanor convictions, including theft, damaging property, disorderly conduct, breaching a no-contact order and causing a public nuisance. TwinCities.com.

He will be sentenced in November.

Kailey Caspersen died in May 2021, aged 25, after taking painkillers sold to her by Jesse Lietzau

Lietzau admitted he knew the pills contained fentanyl, but did not tell his client: Moriarty is not seeking the maximum 25-year prison sentence, but rather probation and a maximum of 240 days in jail.

Lietzau admitted he knew the pills contained fentanyl but did not tell his client.

Kailey’s mother, Nancy Caspersen, held up signs in the courtroom that read, “Why do drug dealers get away with murder?”

She said The Star Stand: ‘It’s not fair. It’s not right. She is my only child.

“It makes me feel like she didn’t matter to these people.”

Another grieving mother, Catherine Markey, herself a prosecutor, begged Ellison to overturn Moriarty’s decision to kill her son.

Stephen Markey, a 39-year-old paralegal, was shot and killed in broad daylight in June 2019 by Jared Ohsman, 17, and 15-year-old Husayn Braveheart, as they tried to steal Markey’s car.

Ohsman was tried as an adult and found guilty of manslaughter, and was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in July 2020.

But Braveheart has been given five years’ probation if he pleads guilty, meaning if he behaves he won’t serve a single day of a 261-month sentence behind bars.

“It’s an insult to my son, but that’s not the point,” said Markey’s father, Jerry Markey.

‘My son is gone. Nothing brings him back.

“But it’s also a danger to everyone who lives in Hennepin County. Do you want your daughter to park your car where this man can see her and possibly carjack her again? This man is violent on several occasions. He showed it. He deserves a long prison sentence.’

Stephen Markey, a 39-year-old paralegal, was shot dead in broad daylight by two teenagers who tried to rob him and steal his car

Moriarty has defended her decision to recommend only probation for Markey’s killer, Husayn Braveheart, who was 15 when he shot him dead

Moriarty insisted that probation was the appropriate punishment, stressing that Braveheart has “responded exceptionally to the carefully selected treatment.”

She added: “If we disrupt that progress, we are endangering public safety and risking everything if he returns to the community. We cannot take that risk.’

Ellison declined to overturn Moriarty’s decision last week.

“Ultimately, all elected officials, including county attorneys, are accountable to voters for their decisions,” he said.

Ellison did, however, take on the high-profile case of Zaria McKeever, 23, who was murdered in her Brooklyn Park home on the orders of a jealous ex-boyfriend.

In April, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took the highly unusual step of removing Moriarty from the case and turning it over to Ellison.

Zaria McKeever, 23, was murdered in her Brooklyn Park home in November 2022 on the orders of a jealous ex-boyfriend

The murder was allegedly orchestrated by McKeever’s ex, Erick Haynes, 22, and carried out at his request by two teenage brothers, aged 15 and 17.

Attorneys initially sought to certify the two teenage brothers as adults so they could stand trial with Haynes for second-degree murder.

But in February, Moriarty changed course and offered the boys a plea deal that would spare them a lengthy adult prison sentence in exchange for their testimony against Haynes.

McKeever’s family members were outraged by the deal and requested that Walz remove Moriarty from the case. Walz agreed.

“A prosecutor is a minister of justice, and justice includes both responsibility and mercy,” Ellison said in a statement.

‘Although I share the belief that too many young people are involved in adult criminal justice, this case lacks responsibility for the seriousness of this crime.’

In response, Moriarty called Ellison’s decision unprecedented and “deeply troubling.”

She told Minneapolis on Saturday Star Tribune that she was determined to stick to her principles.

“I think it takes a lot of courage to actually act on what you say you’re going to do,” she said.

‘I knew we would face a lot of adversity.

“But if you really want to make change, if you really care about your values, and you want to have integrity, and you believe in research and look at the data, then these are the right decisions and I support them.”