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To: freespirited

His outrageous actions undermine every prosecutor, everywhere. And maybe that's a good thing in that it could bring some folks back to the "presumption of innocence" which is supposed to be guaranteed. I don't know about others, but this has caused me to wonder how many may be in jail because they didn't have the means to fight back the way these families did. I have seen where cops and prosecutors will throw in a felony count on many arrests just as a bargaining chip to get the accused to plead out to a misdemeanor in exchange for dropping the felony. And, for some who are not smart enough to even begin to know how to bargain or lack the funds to hire an attorney to do it for them, the state gets a "freebie" felony conviction which often strips that person of their rights as a citizen for the rest of their lives. And the fewer citizens who can exercise their rights, the greater the power of the government.


100 posted on 01/15/2007 10:59:31 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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