Critics say the assistant district attorney isn't aggressive enough in her prosecution of sex cases.
Critics say assistant D.A. reluctant to take rape and child molestation cases to trial.
She made headlines in Miami 12 years ago because her boss considered her style of dress provocative and because she had a New York dinner date with a stockbroker who she had unsuccessfully prosecuted for drunken driving. More headlines followed when she publicly flirted with the idea of posing for Playboy magazine after being fired from her assistant state attorney's job in Broward County, not for her flashy attire, but for her handling of DUI cases, failing to show up in court and her failure to do paperwork. Records show, and Taylor-Mader confirmed during an interview on Saturday, that she hasn't taken a single case involving allegations of sexual misconduct to trial since spring 1998. Her failure in the eyes of some to vigorously prosecute sex cases has become a key issue in the increasingly bitter campaign between District Attorney Joan Hamilton and challenger Robert Hecht. Hamilton insists it should largely be up to victims.