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Earle's actions, movie add erratic element(Grand Jury shopping)
Statesman ^ | 10/05/05 | EDITORIAL BOARD

Posted on 10/05/2005 4:23:39 PM PDT by Pikamax

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1 posted on 10/05/2005 4:23:40 PM PDT by Pikamax
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This is nothing short of amazing. For the Austin paper to turn against Earle, things must be very bad for him. I suspect the backlash will be worse than any potential short-term gain the indictments obtained.


2 posted on 10/05/2005 4:27:55 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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We'll see.


3 posted on 10/05/2005 4:36:34 PM PDT by Hildy
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This is already backlash, and by the liberal-controlled media. This newspaper despises DeLay, at least as much as the Houston Chronicle.

But this is backlash in Earle's backyard. The paper basically is saying that he screwed up, it looks terrible, and either Earle comes through with the conviction or he's done.

4 posted on 10/05/2005 4:40:07 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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No kidding. I can't believe the AAS has drawn first blood on Earle. This has to be the mother of all boondoggles. I wonder if we (citizens of Travis county) will ever be reimbersed for his stupidity. Or if the Texas Attorney General might have somthing to say about this.


5 posted on 10/05/2005 4:42:03 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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The Texas legislature needs to strip county DAs from pursuing election law prosecutions. That authority should reside entirely with the Attorney General's office, or at the federal level if it involves federal campaign violations.

At the very best, little ronnie will soon find out that his powers to disrupt the national GOP have dropped to zero.

6 posted on 10/05/2005 4:48:15 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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I just did jury duty for a civil case in August. It took 11 hours just to empanel the jury from the pool. There is no way you can select a jury, go over 3 years worth of evidence, and get 12 folks to agree on this in 1 day without some kind of shady deal.
My guess is Earle organized a willing jury over the weekend, got them to the courthouse Monday morning, they sat around and had a good ole time until about 4:00 oclock, then returned said indictment.


7 posted on 10/05/2005 5:06:35 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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DeLay's attorney today on the radio stated his understanding to be that the 3rd GJ had only been empaneled for a total of 4 hours on Monday morning (day 1 of 90 days service) when Earle managed that afternoon to get them to approve the second charge
8 posted on 10/05/2005 5:13:53 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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Thanks for that info. So that means they reviewed 3 years of evidence, which no doubt included hours of video depositions from who knows who, and should have included live testimony from witnesses, and reviewed all the facts in one afternoon to reach a 12 person conclusion. NO I DON'T THINK SO. Those things just don't happen that fast under normal circumstances.


9 posted on 10/05/2005 5:27:57 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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It will eventually come out, I think, that Earle got a loyal rat judge to empanel a grand jury of reliable rat jurors to issue an emergency indictment of DeLay to repair the damage to the lousy one he got last week.

We'll see. The problem is that the Texas Constitution makes the state enforcement powers very weak in comparison to other states. The real power lies at the county level.

When we need a bust of corrupt county officials, we need a federal angle so that the FBI can be brought in. The state simply isn't permitted to do it.

Don't think for a moment that Tom DeLay doesn't know this.

10 posted on 10/05/2005 5:28:00 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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Wow Dog Gone, you sure know more about this stuff than I do. I'm just speaking from recent jury duty experience. I sure hope this comes back to bite Earle on the keester. I for one would be willing to do a Freep at the courthouse aimed at Earle. I hope your right about the eventuall outage of ratscapades regarding this.


11 posted on 10/05/2005 5:41:45 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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Ronnie Earle is a local political hack attorney. He got his job in a liberal county in his first election. His top priority since then is to keep getting elected by energizing his base with political indictments.

He's not even a good attorney. In reality, he's a politician with a law license using his political office to manipulate the criminal justice system.

It's beyond the pale. Even those who hate Tom DeLay can see what is happening.

12 posted on 10/05/2005 5:51:37 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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Even those who hate Tom DeLay can see what is happening.

Yes and many will get fed up with Democrats and leave the party.( Karl Rove must be behind all of this. )

13 posted on 10/05/2005 5:59:22 PM PDT by Mark (Proven scientific experiment: The NY Times flushes easily down the standard toilet.)
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To: Pikamax

bttt


14 posted on 10/05/2005 6:10:50 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: davetex; Dog Gone
...without some kind of shady deal

Is it possible to assemble a grand jury of yellow-dog rats only who have sworn to take down conservatives without leaving an obvious trail?

15 posted on 10/05/2005 6:23:51 PM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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The news is that the money changing happened early in 2002 and DeLays lawyers says the statute against the supposed crime was not passed until sept 2003. Sounds like Malicious prosecution if they have that on the books in Texas.


16 posted on 10/05/2005 6:24:04 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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I don't know the answer to that, but maybe Dog Gone will.
I would guess it would be a hard trail to hide.


17 posted on 10/05/2005 6:27:25 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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Sounds like a big time can of Freep needs to be ripped open down at the courthouse. I'm asking around now.


18 posted on 10/05/2005 6:31:57 PM PDT by davetex (hippies and rinos stink, no really I'm not joking.)
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To: Dog Gone
He's not even a good attorney. In reality, he's a politician with a law license using his political office to manipulate the criminal justice system.

And should be disbarred forth with so that he can have the legacy he so richly deserves. Small footnotes in history books!

19 posted on 10/05/2005 6:33:14 PM PDT by Bigun (IRS sucks @getridof it.com)
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Seems to me he is the one who needs to be investigated. Until the last few days I thought that democrats were the most mean spirited people on earth, and were out to destroy republicans by any means. Now I see that they are not alone at this.


20 posted on 10/05/2005 6:35:49 PM PDT by ladyinred (It is all my fault okay?)
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