Think about it!
Marian is a relative NOVICE at this.
Criminal Justice Reform: A District Attorney needs to Investigate Adam Knight, not drag innocent senior citizens into criminal court for shining a light on crooked Clerk Ed Finn and Crooked Council President Rick Caraviello and certain crooked members of an otherwise decent Medford police department.
http://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Marian-T-Ryan
Victories
Won 1 out of 1 general elections
Won 1 out of 1 primaries
Won 2 out of 2 total contests
Opponents
Michael A. Sullivan - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Sullivan
Michael A. Sullivan is the Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and served two terms as mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Michael is a ...
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Didn't Michael Sullivan and Marian Ryan, former opponents, come prancing together into Alden Chambers for a trademark Stephanie glass-on-chalkboard speech?
They could have asked me for ear plugs, I keep them in my car!!! Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi only wishes he could get the Stephanie Burke screeching sound for his high notes!
Patalano for Middlesex District Attorney
DA races drawing candidates and attention
Controversy and new political context give challengers an opening in DA races https://commonwealthmagazine.org/courts/da-races-drawing-candidates-and-attention-2/
Back in December, when the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts launched a voter education campaign targeting the state’s district attorneys, it seemed like a long shot. After all, races for district attorney are located pretty far down the ballot, places where the power of incumbency usually rules.
But as election season starts to heat up, races for district attorney are drawing candidates and attention. Passage of criminal justice reform legislation on Beacon Hill is providing a political context for some of the races — are new DAs needed to accompany a new approach to public safety that is more focused on keeping people out of the criminal justice system? In other races, controversy is giving challengers an opening.