All of the criminal defendants that I have represented in the twenty plus years that that I have practiced law claim that the charges are trumped up and that the cops/prosecutor is out to get them. They all think that the charges should be dropped and they all claim they are innocent. If Delay is innocent -- and I believe that he is -- then he will get his mug shot and fingerprints back just like every other defendant who is aquitted. But please, until then, treat him the same as the rest of us commoners.
He won't be able to get his reputation back, and he won't be able to keep his enemies from using the images against him. I am all for equality under the law...DeLay is not being treated equally; the charges are trumped up, and this ought to be laughed out of court. The persecutor had to get three GJs in order to get an indictment--this is, in my opinion, a clear case of prosecutorial abuse. I see this as a common sense case of a sham indictment.
I have to disagree. This case is so OBVIOUSLY politically motivated and lacks evidence for support. The DemonRATs are looking for the fingerprints, the mug shot, and the perp walk so they can plaster it all over the place and use it running up to the 2006 election. This should not be allowed to happen.
"All of the criminal defendants that I have represented in the twenty plus years that that I have practiced law claim that the charges are trumped up and that the cops/prosecutor is out to get them. They all think that the charges should be dropped and they all claim they are innocent."