Ramos/Compean...A Bad Shoot

FR | 2-21-07 | Bob J

[Old_Mil]

BTW - It doesn't impact at all. Those are diversions from people who believe all Muslims are terrorists and all cops are clean as the driven snow.

Incidentally, I've heard one Mohammedan speak out unequivocally against Islamic terrorism...and she doesn't even claim to be a "Muslim", just from the region.

That's one, out of a religion of what, 2 billion?

[bjordan]

Reading up on the case and reading trial transcripts will provide you information that should lead you to the same conclusion that the jury made. There are things you just wont find in transcripts i.e, suborned perjury or withheld exculpatory evidence. I could provide you with at least a thousands examples of cases that fall into the wrongful prosecution category.

As a 24 year Police Officer, I'm sure you would agree if the same Use Of Force Standards currently being applied in the Western District of Texas were enforced by District Attorney's at all levels are prisons would be overcrowded with officers. That's not to excuse those in Law Enforcement breaking the law...it's fact.

I could provide you with a copy of the San Antonio Police Departments UOF study. You would be shocked at the cases that were not considered for prosecution. Incidents...involving death! Incident's more severe than the Gary Brugman, David Sipe, Ramos/Compean and Hernandez incidents never made it to trial.

The law as Blackstone understood it has been lost. Formerly, prosecutorial behavior was regulated by conscience and by the carefully inculcated ethic that the prosecutor’s duty is to serve justice by finding the truth. The purpose of a trial was to weigh the evidence for and against the defendant, not to convict him at any cost. A prosecutor’s career and self-esteem did not depend on his conviction rate. A prosecutor who suborned perjury or withheld exculpatory evidence in order to win a case was regarded as a shameful figure and an embarrassment to the law.

For those of you that don't live in Texas, or have not read the letter sent by the Mexican Consulate concerning the Gilmer Hernandez case.....Lady Justice in the Western district of Texas is draped in Red, White and Green. That's not a conspiracy theory it's just the simple facts. Don't get me wrong...we still have the best system in the world....but common sense and ethics have vanished.

[Bob J]

" Formerly, prosecutorial behavior was regulated by conscience and by the carefully inculcated ethic that the prosecutor’s duty is to serve justice by finding the truth."

It is not the prosecutors job to make decisions about guilt or innocence, it is their job to put on the best prosecution as it is the defenses's to put on the best defense...and then let the jury decide.

If there was perjury or excluded exculpatory evidence, that is grounds for a retrial. If you are aware of any in this trial, please inform us.