Connie Pillich becomes Hamilton County’s first female prosecutor

By Laure Quinlivan, laurequinlivan@gmail.comA standing room only crowd gathered at the Contemporary Arts Center on January 10 to celebrate the Investiture of Connie Pillich, the first woman ever elected Hamilton County Prosecutor. Cincinnati’s Mayor, faith and community leaders spoke at the ceremony.Pillich also is the first Democrat to hold the office in 92 years and won despite a $2 million-dollar barrage of negative ads placed by her Republican opponent.  Hamilton County Democratic Party Executive Director Gwen McFarlin said Pillich’s victory came as no surprise to her.Hamilton County Democratic Party Executive Director Gwen McFarlin speaks about Connie Pillich’s record of service as Mayor Aftab Pureval, Connie Pillich and Judge Zayas listen.“Connie is a great servant leader who is firm and fair,” says McFarlin.  “I felt in my heart that her message about time to clean house and change the good old boys club would resonate with the people, and it did.”Pillich’s record of public service includes six years as a Representative in the Ohio legislature, where she was Vice Chair of the House Committee on Criminal Justice. There, she supported a bill that ultimately permitted DNA evidence to exonerate individuals wrongly convicted of violent offenses. Pillich told the crowd her 8-year...