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Harris County Assistant DA Should Be Terminated After Failing To Protect A
Hispanic Victim Of Sexual Assault
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HOUSTON, TX - Today, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) issued
the following statement demanding that the Harris County District Attorney’s
Office immediately terminate John Denholm, an assistant district attorney, for
failing to file charges against a perpetrator of sexual assault because the
victim was allegedly undocumented:

“It is ironic to me that part of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Guiding Principles include ‘striving for equality in our use of prosecutorial
discretion’ and ‘treating all crime victims with dignity and fairness’ because
that clearly did not happen in the case of a Hispanic victim who was sexually
assaulted,” said Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President. “An attempted sexual
assault IS a sexual assault and the assistant District Attorney who failed to
file charges for this crime shouldn’t be reassigned, he should be fired because
he is a racist and menace to the Hispanic community.”

“LULAC is disappointed and dismayed about the assistant District Attorney’s
decision not to press charges against a sexual aggressor. It is the state’s job
to follow its own rules, and those rules include protecting all people in Harris
County regardless of immigration status,” said Alfonso (Al) Maldonado, LULAC
District VIII Director. “The actions of the DA’s office has sent a clear message
to our local Hispanic community: ‘don’t report crimes because you don’t count.’
The DA’s office needs to immediately fix this by firing this unethical assistant
district attorney. His actions are a direct threat to public safety for
everyone.”

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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.







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