Clinton aide rebukes Pirro for remark.(Main)

Byline: MARC HUMBERT Associated Press

ALBANY - Jeanine Pirro, a Republican district attorney looking to unseat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, came under fire Wednesday for portraying Democrats as coddlers of child molesters and murderers.

During a speech to Chemung County Republicans on Tuesday night, Pirro continued her criticism of the Democrat-controlled state Assembly for its refusal to adopt legislation that would civilly confine violent sex offenders after their prison sentences end. "That's a difference between Democrats and Republicans - we don't want them next door molesting children and murdering women," said the Westchester County prosecutor, …