Limbaugh and Black get the Goods on Brischer

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[Angelica411]

Caller's office received a public records request in Rush Limbaugh case. File includes letters from atty in SAO to Roy Black, defense counsel. Checked with AG's office and AG says the files are public records except there are two letters which include plea negotiations which are not normally to be revealed so may or may not be public record.

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All info in file is confidential as to his client, the state, under 4-1.6.

[ScreamingFist]

"And since when does ANYTHING written in the Enquirer constitute either ethical journalism or something admissible in a court of law?"

Apparently there was enough "grit" in the Enquirer to have Rush take the charges seriously. And as far as professional jounalism goes, I'd take the Enquirer over the NY Times any day of the week.

[ScreamingFist]

Thank you.

[txradioguy]

"I'd take the Enquirer over the NY Times any day of the week."


Fist, speaking as someone who's worked in journalizm since 1989, you need to se your standards of what constitutes "good journalism" much higher than what you appear to have them.

[txradioguy]

"I'd take the Enquirer over the NY Times any day of the week."


Fist, speaking as someone who's worked in journalism since 1989, you need to se your standards of what constitutes "good journalism" much higher than what you appear to have them.

[cricket]

"I have heard many stories from people who have been to one that feel these clinics are all about making people learn to live with a much higher amount of pain than they can tolerate and they are not about making people comfortable."

Agree. . .this is not about 'troublesome patients' or 'troubleseome pain'.

[TKDietz]

I am not really disagreeing with your sentiments here, I'm just sort of amused when I see people so genuinely surprised that such things could go on in America. This is nothing new. Things like this go on all the time all across America. Prosecutors nail the heck out of one guy for doing the same thing they just let five others skate on. They offer this guy a better deal or even let him off because someone in the office knows his family, and they put the screws to another guy because someone in the office doesn't like his family, or they don't like his lawyer or his race or his appearance, or he didn't have as much money to pay up front on a fine or better yet, an asset forfeiture.

Our judicial system is probably the best in the world, but it is not always fair, not by a long shot. I'm a criminal defense attorney and what I hope that people get out of things like this is a little more rounded outlook when they are called to sit in the jury box. Don't just take for granted that that nice prosecuting attorney standing before you or that nice police officer sitting on the stand testifying are honest, fair and ethical people who will always shoot you straight. Some of these people are more crooked than the defendants or even their attorneys ;-) .

[ScreamingFist]

"Fist, speaking as someone who's worked in journalism since 1989, you need to se your standards of what constitutes "good journalism" much higher than what you appear to have them."

Fair enough. I ask questions and present what info I have because, after all, FR is a discussion forum. If we're not here to contemplate the facts we might as well call ourselves DU.

[Cubs Fan]

Time for an ethics complaint and a civil rights law suit.

[ScreamingFist]

"They offer this guy a better deal or even let him off because someone in the office knows his family, and they put the screws to another guy because someone in the office doesn't like his family, or they don't like his lawyer or his race or his appearance, or he didn't have as much money to pay up front on a fine or better yet, an asset forfeiture."

The silence is deafing.....

[ScreamingFist]

deafing=stupitity, bad keybboard, bad

[ScreamingFist]

stupitity=stupidity, sigh...

[ru4liberty]

What has this rich man done for you?

Rush Limbaugh, Majority Maker!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

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[Cubs Fan]

--but IF they are 'public documents',
then public access laws trump confidentiality,--

Plea agreements have never been public documents before, And with good reason. They could easily be used to taint a jury pool.

--but we don't give advice on those issues, so you should consult a court.--

Right and he didn't do that. He instead lied and said they DID grant permission.

[DeSoto]

Releif of pain is probably the strongest component of life force, after birth. The fact that the government has yet to manage this, and has been sidetracked by the moronic "war on drugs", is a black mark on society (IMO).

Well said.

A number of years ago when my father-in-law was enduring his last days of terminal cancer, we tried and tried to get his doctor to prescribe enough painkillers to keep him comfortable. Even with the pleadings of family, Hospice, and with the iron-clad prognosis of being terminal, the doctor was reluctant to prescribe enough morphine and other drugs because he "was afraid that he would become addicted" and that it was on the doctor's records how many painkillers that he had prescribed during that reporting period.

I would never allow an animal to suffer with the pain that my f-i-l had to suffer with because of idiotic rules, regulations, and bureaucracy.

[Psycho_Runner]

"in a similar position, would be pleading on a nasty phone through plexiglass"

Obviously, you have never been exposed to the grace of courts. I personally know a district court judge. No one ever, I repeat no FIRST TIME OFFENDER ever received such scrutiny. As a matter of fact, all first time offenders were given ample opportunity to keep the felony off the records. Typically, sentencing reduced to misdemeanor, treatment, and AA (or NA).

The only people I seen in the orange jumpsuits were the repeat offenders.

I suggest maybe you should turn off court tv and maybe visit a real courtroom and see what real judges do.

[Ann Archy]

Hi Newbie....Doctor Shopping is NOT exactly the crime of the century like DU'ers want it to be.

[Ann Archy]

Please tell us what charges have been filed?

[Ann Archy]

and what would the charges be if it were you?

[mware]

They claimed Rush was doctor hunting.

If you ask me it was Brischer who was on a "fishing expedition."