After reading through the transcript I am impressed with the level of fairness Grodner was treated with given the negative publicity and potential bias of the Court. If it were me, I probably would have tossed in mandatory attendance of an anger management class.
-Dave Walton On Feb 8, 2008 10:51 AM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me suggest that you think seriously about whether justice was done in > this matter. Would you like to face a > court where the Judge and the prosecuter are obviously against you from the > outset? Makes no sense to me that even > the Marines could take pride in this charade. > > Stupid to key a car because you disagree with something that its owner > believes in, but generally we try to make > sure that justice is served - sometimes to the point of bending over > backwards to ensure that the defendant's > rights are more than protected. > > One would think that the Illinois Law Society or whatever they call it down > there, will take care of him. One would > think that his actions are at the least, conduct unbecoming to his profession. > > Randy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:42 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: [MBZ] Justice served > > > On Dec. 1, Chicago lawyer Jay Grodner took offense at "Semper Fi" Marine > Corps license plates on a black BMW. So the anti-war activist keyed the car. > The > car's owner, Marine Sgt. Michael McNulty, saw him do it and had him arrested. > > The police wanted to charge Grodner with a misdemeanor. McNulty held out for > a felony charge, which the damage warranted. The prosecutor felt it was a > minor case and urged the parties to make a deal, but neither was inclined to > do > so. > > Complicating matters was the fact that McNulty was en route to Camp Pendleton > for his second deployment to Iraq. He was slated to report Jan. 2. The case > was set for Dec. 31. > > At this point, a military-affairs blogger, BlackFive ( www.blackfive.net > <http://www.blackfive.net/ ), posted the story. A BlackFive reader attended > the Dec. 31 hearing and reported a crowd in the courtroom supporting McNulty, > along with a new prosecutor -- Patrick Kelley, USMC 1969-72. Grodner also had > the misfortune of having his case assigned to Judge William O'Malley, USMC > 1961-64. > > The case was resolved Monday when Grodner pleaded guilty. The judge couldn't > resist a little lecture. From the transcript: > > "You probably also wondered why there was a whole crowd of people here today, > Mr. Grodner. ... That's because there is a little principle that the Marine > Corps has and has had since 1775, when they had fought and lost their lives so > that people like you could enjoy the freedom of this country; and that is a > little proverb that we follow, that no Marine is left behind. > > "So, Sgt. McNulty couldn't be here, but other Marines showed in his stead. > > Take him away." > > Grodner will do community service, spend a year on probation, pay restitution > and then, if his promise to a newspaper columnist can be believed, move to > France. > > To the online Marine community, congratulations on a gratifying victory. And > to Sgt. McNulty, come home safe. > > > ************** > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
