Think you won't get prosecuted...

[Fodder4Thought]

... if you haven't committed a crime? Or that there's a guarantee of integrity in the legal system?

Think again.


via Popehat

 

[jac43k]

WOW, that's just scary sh*t

 

[Schwabe]

innocent until proven guilty has been a nice fairy tale in this country for a long time ... cop said you were going too fast then your were going to fast, no proof necessary.

 

[scrovak]

Well damn. The legal system is effed. Why haven't charges been brought against any of them?

 

[redsandman6]

what is scary to me is these prosecutors keep getting away with this. there is no accountability. the founding fathers are rolling in their graves

 

[Fodder4Thought]

This is a good round-up of why I think prosecutorial immunity is such a harmful position to have and is incompatible with any worthwhile definition of 'justice' - as the Stanford Prison Experiment showed, power without repercussion breeds monsters.

 

[atreeves]

I can't get over the one about the prosecutor charging the 6yo with Sexual Assault? Really? REALLY?!?! I can't even say what goes through my head reading that. I'll end up on a list

 

[atreeves]

I also should add that there may be worse below... I couldn't keep reading though.

 

[steves1911]

Absolutely disgusting!! Just backs up how i already feel about our legal system.

 

[hvymax]

Remember the Duke lacross case? Prosecuters should serve the maximum sentence for every charge they bring like this.

 

[Darkemp]

I was charged with a crime I didn't commit a long time ago, the result of poor work by a particular MSP Detective. Fortunately I was acquitted properly and the Detective was mocked on the stand by the judge. It can happen to anyone and it is a nightmare to live through.

 

[Sportstud4891]

I think it's interesting that the DA for the Mark Fiorino case was listed. But this whole list just goes to show how corrupt the whole system is. There should be penalties for people that are blatantly wrong. It would stop a lot of this nonsense.

 

[Tungsten]

Some of you may want to read The Tyranny Of Good Intentions. It is a good book on this subject.

 

[Les Gawlik]

Somewhere along the line, these prosecutors missed their legal ethics classes. A lawyer's duty is to his client. In other words, you try to get the best result for your client that the applicable law allows. A lawyer for a government entity owes his duty to the legal system itself, and the pursuit of justice. This may sound like "happy talk," but most of us take it more seriously than you could imagine. When I was in public employment, I tried very hard to make sure "the right thing" happened. I still do, but I cannot take an action to the detriment of my client.

 

[mudskipper]

Paul Ebert has my vote...

 

[JOBU]

That's what defense lawyers are for, and that's what plaintiff's lawyer exist.

First you get yourself acquited, then you sue the living f--k out of everyone around you.

 

[Darkemp]

That's what defense lawyers are for, and that's what plaintiff's lawyer exist.

First you get yourself acquited, then you sue the living f--k out of everyone around you.

Sounds nice, but not always realistic in every scenario. First if you want an immediate expungement in MD you have to sign their liability waiver form. Otherwise you have to wait with the records out there for anyone to find which may impact your employment. Second you have to pay an attorney up front for this suit, which after spending thousands of dollars on a defense might not be possible.

 

[Les Gawlik]

And, of course, you have to clear the hurdle of prosecutorial immunity. The sad fact is that you cannot successfully maintain a suit against a prosecutor despite his or her flagrant violations of ethical duties. Your suit will not survive a motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment. There was a Supreme Court opinion a week or two ago on that point. Very, very bad conduct on the part of the government, and the victim could not maintain a suit.

 

[JOBU]

Sounds nice, but not always realistic in every scenario. First if you want an immediate expungement in MD you have to sign their liability waiver form. Otherwise you have to wait with the records out there for anyone to find which may impact your employment. Second you have to pay an attorney up front for this suit, which after spending thousands of dollars on a defense might not be possible.

I love how when someone is sick they won't hesitate one second to go see a doctor. Even though tens of thousands of dollars later, they still can't cure you.

But when it's a legal problem all of the sudden you see these same fools try to be their own Perry Mason's, and when that fails, bitch and moan like a p**y about the price of a lawyer (....but remain silent about the price of a doctor).

p.s. Can I get an "AMEN" from Rusty?