The Tampa lawyer who recently filed to run against Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez now wants to debate her. Democrat Elizabeth Martinez Strauss sent a letter to Republican Lopez last week, inviting her to discuss “our differing viewpoints” at a public forum. Topics Strauss wants to include: what she called a “trial tax” that reduces sentences for defendants who enter pleas instead of ...
Elizabeth Martinez Strauss is the daughter of Rosalie Bolin, who famously married a death row inmate, and prominent criminal defense lawyer Victor Martinez.