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Bill D. Hicks: “In 2020, our community had elected Ms. Rosales to follow the…”

Featuring: Bill D. Hicks, Republican | El Paso County District Attorney | Texas

District Attorney Bill Hicks announcing his election campaign.

Published November 18, 2023 | Video Starts at 00:12

You know, it's hard to believe that it has been one year, look back one year since our criminal justice system was in a free fall. In 2020, our community had elected Ms. Rosales to follow the retirement of 28 year veteran district attorney Jamie Esparza. And during the lightly less than two years that Ms. Rosales had been in office, we saw a murder case being dismissed for prosecutorial vindictiveness. (00:12–00:23)

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Asserts that Ms. Rosales was elected in 2020 to succeed Jamie Esparza as district attorney.

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