Worrell’s Successor Pursues Similar Policies
Local News Staff 
Suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell said
Wednesday her successor is pursuing many of the "exact same" policies as she did, in a rebuttal press conference to his 100-day update.
At a law office in downtown Orlando, Worrell pointed to the reintroduction of the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office's adult civil citation program, which was initially discontinued by appointed state attorney Andrew Bain before he announced Monday it will resume this month. The program, originally championed by Worrell, offers alternatives to arrest for non-violent offenders, such as counseling or community service.
She further cited her office's conviction rates, with what she said was a 70% felony trial conviction rate and "99%" for homicide trials in the second quarter. On Monday, Bain reported strikingly similar numbers: convictions in 71% of felony trials and all five homicide trials over his first 100 days.
"Not surprisingly, most of what he reported were the exact same things I was doing under my administration," Worrell told reporters.
