To The Editor:
In a recent Connecticut Law Tribune article concerning diversity within the Division of Criminal Justice (“More Minority Prosecutors Sought,” Aug. 6, page 1), state Rep. Michael P. Lawlor was quoted as stating that, during Justice Peter T. Zarella’s tenure as chairperson of the Criminal Justice Commission, “virtually no African American or Latino prosecutors were hired.” Rep. Lawlor went on to observe that diversity within the division was “almost unheard of” as recently as the 1980s, and that it is now important to look at the percentage of new appointments who are minorities.
