Oppose Reckless & Unqualified Judicial Nominee Kevin Ritz: Blackburn On Senate Floor

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) blasts judicial nominee, Kevin Ritz.

Kevin Ritz has been accused of using highly unethical bait and switch tactics to trick indigent criminal defendants into accepting plea deals they didn’t agree to. Ritz's record of unethical conduct is not Senator Blackburn's only objection to his nomination. Ritz has failed to uphold this prosecutorial standard, which helped keep Memphians safe and dangerous criminals behind bars. In one key example, his office failed to charge an individual with unlawful possession of a firearm who went on to murder a Memphis police officer. No one deserves a promotion—especially to one of the highest courts in the country—with a track record like Kevin Ritz’s.