I’m writing this letter to rebuke Leanne Robbins, the prosecutor in the trial of Lewiston Mayor Lionel Guay. How dare she make the statement after the trial, “We hope that the verdict doesn’t send the message to anyone out there that it’s OK to be patting your teenage secretary on the behind”? As an officer of the court and a practitioner of law, she should know well enough that such a remark is slanderous.

She is free to speak of Guay’s guilt before and during the trial. That is her job. Her statements to the media after the trial left no doubt she believed the defendant is guilty. The jury decided not guilty. What part of that does she not understand?

She is not free to opine to the media in any other way while in her professional role. She may, however, write a letter to the editor, stating her beliefs like any other citizen.

This is a nation governed by laws, not emotions. We expect all to adhere to these laws, and none being above them, especially an assistant attorney general.

I believe she owes Guay a public apology. One, of course, that should be witnessed by the media. He would within his rights if he wanted to sue her for slander.

She must remember to live by the law, as any citizen. If she can’t separate emotions from her duties and be blind as Lady Justice, then I would expect her to resign.

Paul Duquette,

North Monmouth