[JamesP81]

The bottom line people need to realize is that PROSECUTORS NIFONG PEOPLE EVERY DAY in the US courts. These Duke Players just had the money for lawyers to provide limitless defenses.

Nifong is the norm; not the exception. If these had been poor white boys they'd be in jail right now. A lot of folks who are unable to afford better lawyers are there right now and shouldn't be. I have ZERO respect in general for the government lawyer career field because none of those that represent it have done anything to earn that confidence or respect and, indeed, have done much to lose it. It's generally safe to assume that any given judge or government lawyer is lying when his lips are moving until he otherwise proves he can be trusted.

[longtermmemmory]

The courts solution for the imbalance of cost of defense vs cost of punishment is the “no contest” plea.

Essentially the defendant admits nothing but is telling the court it is simply easier to deal with the punishment vs the cost of PROVING their innocents. (lets be real because that is what is happening)

The judge, unless prohibited by law or sentencing guidlines, can do what is called “witholding adjudication” or “reserving judgment pending completion of sentence”. this trick of the word means the defendant has no actual conviction on their record. (except immigration treats it as a conviction for their purposes)

So the government gets their pound of fines, theprosecutor gets to pretend to be undefeated, the cop gets to keep his ego pumped with badge fever, the judge still thinks his/her poop does not stink, and the defendant gets to go home to the family and TRY to put the remnants of his/her life back together.

[investigateworld]

Using my Constitutional right for petition and redress, I wrote a letter to the court urging clemency in a homicide case I investigated.

The DA went ballistic and persuaded my employer to give me thirty days off without pay.

I got the last laugh when the DA was found to be planning to slime an opposition candidate to his office and the voter heaved him from office.

(Goggle Dennis Stout for further details ;^)

[investigateworld]

Using my Constitutional right for petition and redress, I wrote a letter to the court urging clemency in a homicide case I investigated.

The DA went ballistic and persuaded my employer to give me thirty days off without pay.

I got the last laugh when the DA was found to be planning to slime an opposition candidate to his office and the voters heaved him from office.

(Goggle Dennis Stout for further details ;^)