GOVERNOR-ELECT MARTINEZ RESPONDS TO SUPREME COURT RULING ON THE STATE’S DNA LAB

Albuquerque – Governor-elect Susana Martinez today issued the following statement in response to the continued efforts of the Richardson Administration to move the DNA lab from Albuquerque to Santa Fe:

“It is politics at its worst to move the DNA lab to Santa Fe in the final hours of the current administration only to move it back to Albuquerque on Monday, which is exactly what will happen.  Instead, we should be putting victims and justice first.  The move is opposed by both Republicans and Democrats, along with victims’ advocates and law enforcement.  I will not be bullied into doing anything that will jeopardize cases and justice for New Mexico victims.”