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Posted: Jan 17th, 2007 12:45 am |
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Wall Street Journal, 16 January, page B10, Letters to the Editor (I edited out alot of stuff to hit the high points)
THE MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT - OVERZEALOUS PROSECUTORS
It would be a mistake to .............conclude the problem of prosecutorial zeal is a recent phenomenon or one borne from political correctness. What was the "divine right of kings" has now passed from barbarians, emperors, monarchs, dictators to politicians, social advocacy groups, and prosecutors who not only believe they are above the law, but are the law.
The most dangerous people in law enforcement are not police officers who mistakenly shoot innocent people in volatile situations...............it is the prosecutors who flout procedure, ignoring exculpatory evidence for the sake of their own personal conviction rates.
If anybody should be doing time in prison, it should be prosecutors who ignore "due process".................and the undermining / mockery of the law.
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Posted: Jan 17th, 2007 12:51 am |
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Same WSJ as above, the next letter to editor was equally well written:
I am aglow with anticipation awaiting the letter of apology to the Duke Lacrosse Team. so much time time has passed since the innocence of the accused became obvious, I can only surmise the 88 Duke faculty members must be pondering and editing until the wording is perfected. A humble and eloque piece it surely will be. How comforting to parents of Duke students to be reassured they have placed their children in the care of open minded, thinking adults whose reason for rising each morning is to help ensure that each of their students has a bright and successful future.
It must be hard to work at Duke right now, ie Where do you work? Sneeze, bring out handkerchief, AAAAAChoooooo...uke
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Posted: Jan 25th, 2007 01:35 am |
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Looks like Nifong is in big trouble in little China.
Ethics, with-holding evidence, he better hope Walmart is hiring greeters in Durham.
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 02:37 pm |
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Steve Adkins wrote: Looks like Nifong is in big trouble in little China.
Ethics, with-holding evidence, he better hope Walmart is hiring greeters in Durham.
Truthfully, I wonder what will happen to Nifong. I wonder if the system will do anything more than publicly slap his wrist. If what he did isn't considered criminal, I don't think he'll be disbarred.
I just hope the voters will pay attention.
But don't you think Nifong could still seize on this opportunity and start his own private law firm or join an existing firm? With that bulldog attitude (no offense meant to your avatar, SaltyDog), some people would probably love to hire him as a defense attorney. (Can you picture him as another Johnny Cochran????)
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 09:00 pm |
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If I saw Nifong as a defense attorney, my first thought would be "Man, I'll bet his client is guilty!" - and then there goes the whole judicial system out the window!
S. Smith wrote:
some people would probably love to hire him as a defense attorney.
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Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007 01:35 pm |
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Posted: Feb 10th, 2007 09:17 pm |
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Is anyone else curious about the amount of news coverage the death of Anna Nicole Smith has received? Reports of war and threats of war have paled in comparison. Global warming has entered the realm of non-importance. World hunger has become a thing of the past What is this hunger for celebrity news? If the media is to be believed, while this death is indeed an unfortunate event, the real tragedy lies in how her life was lived.
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Posted: Feb 11th, 2007 11:51 am |
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Posted: Feb 11th, 2007 12:09 pm |
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Jim Flynt wrote:
"I would really hope that everybody would be willing to withhold judgment until that procedure that is already in place had been given an opportunity to work," Nifong said.
He wants folks to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was unwilling to give the students???????
Do as I say, Not as I do?
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Posted: Apr 11th, 2007 10:45 pm |
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| Looks like the charges against the Duke lacrosse players have been dropped.
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Posted: Apr 11th, 2007 10:58 pm |
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| Yeah, CBS actually did their national broadcast from "Raleigh/Durham." They tried to ask Nifong questions but he just yelled over his shoulder at the reporter to leave him alone....
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Posted: Apr 12th, 2007 12:44 am |
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Posted: Apr 12th, 2007 02:01 am |
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After 395 days, dropping the charges is about 365 days later than it should have been. Yes, presumption of innocence for the accused is a valuable legal tradition. Unfortunately in this case the presumption that District Attorneys are competent and ethical was dead wrong.
What good is the grand jury system? Grand juries are supposed to be a check on prosecutorial malfeasance but this one was just a rubber stamp for the DA. On what basis did the Durham grand jury indict these 3 lacrosse players? There is and never was any evidence against the accused other than the ever changing stories of an obviously mentally ill accuser.
Any of us could find ourselves in the same position as these lacrosse players and that is frightening.
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Posted: Apr 12th, 2007 01:53 pm |
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This case highlights the importance of a judicial system with checks and balances. While this case dragged on way too long it at least benefited from checks and balances. This gives me pause on how many wrongly charged people our government may have down in Guantanamo Bay and are not afforded much in the way of checks and balances.
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Posted: Apr 12th, 2007 04:12 pm |
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rasin wrote: This case highlights the importance of a judicial system with checks and balances. While this case dragged on way too long it at least benefited from checks and balances. This gives me pause on how many wrongly charged people our government may have down in Guantanamo Bay and are not afforded much in the way of checks and balances.
What about the people (which would probably be most) without the resources to fight back? Somebody on CBS news estimated the parents of these kids had spent a combined amount of $3-5 million (yes, million) on their defense.Last edited on Apr 12th, 2007 04:13 pm by S. Smith
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