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Debate gets dicey
Challenger puts Zavogiannis under scrutiny for her record
Pirtle and Lisa Z
Tim Pirtle makes a point while Lisa Zavogiannis listens during a Thursday night Southern Standard/ WCPI debate for district attorney at Warren County Administrative Offices. - photo by James Clark
It may be past the Fourth of July, but there were fireworks during the District Attorney debate held Thursday night.Challenger Tim Pirtle claimed District Attorney General Lisa Zavogiannis has been soft on crime, dismissing charges, and losing a large chunk of cases when her office does go to trial. Zavogiannis fired back that Pirtle is intentionally misrepresenting the facts and if it’s not intentional then he doesn’t know a thing about criminal law.The debate started peacefully enough with Zavogiannis outlining her first eight years in office during her opening statement.“One of the things I was concerned about when I ran for DA was the victims. Victims of crime, I felt like, were not getting the attention they needed.