the fact is, lawyers and liberal organizations like the ACLU, have taken the bite out of justice
the best deterents to crime are the penalties and upholding our laws On Apr 10, 2:03 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a tiny sample: > > [Q] - A “not guilty” verdict was returned on a drug case in Miami, > but what happened during the investigation and prosecution of this > case has now resulted in an award of $601,795.88 under the Hyde > Amendment. The Hyde Amendment allows for attorney fees when a > “prevailing criminal defendant” can demonstrate “that the position the > government took in prosecuting him was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad > faith.” (see Order, infra, citing U.S. v. Gilbert). > > Hon. Alan S. Gold, in the Southern District of Florida, issued an > Order awarding these attorney fees and enjoined the US Attorneys who > practice in that court from “engaging in future witness tampering > investigation of defense lawyers and team members in any ongoing > prosecution before [this judge] without first bringing such matters to > [the judge's] attention in an ex parte proceeding.” The judge also > issued a public reprimand against the US Attorneys office and > specifically 2 AUSAs. And it does not end there, as the judge also > makes it clear that a disciplinary body needs to review this > matter. . . . > > DOJ, the enforcer against corporate misconduct and the one who > requests the appointment of monitors in deferred prosecution > agreements, may seem to be having its own issues. > --http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/2009/04/its-no... > > Meanwhile, how many death row inmates have been exonerated because the > prosecutors couldn't lose, hide, or destroy the relevant DNA? > > Let's also remember the famous words of Charlie Crist, now Florida > governor, then Florida Attorney General: ""Expediency is more > important than innocence." This after he tried to ram through > legislation ordering the destruction of DNA evidence older than two > years in settled cases. > > In other words, the criminals are running the court system. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
