"It is disheartening and disgusting that Michelle Martens will only be serving 12 years in prison after contributing to one of the most horrific crimes in our state's history. 'Tough on crime' district attorney Raul Torrez should be ashamed that this monster is not going to spend the rest of her life in prison. We must do everything in our power to protect the innocent and this plea deal is a complete failure by an elected official to execute the most important part of his job: providing justice for an abused and vulnerable child who was raped and murdered at the hands of pure evil." – Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Ryan Cangiolosi