I have very little respect for our state police here in Maryland. More often than not, they’re speeding more than anyone else when not chasing anyone.
Read the 7th amendment to the constitution.
Believe this is about “rights to due process” and I’ve got a bridge to sell ya!
It’s about who gets to keep the revenue generated from said offense, nothing more.
First it was the judges seeking to make laws, now the police are making their own laws.
Whatever happened to the legislature being the ones to make laws?
Am I missing something here? Wouldn’t the District Attorney’s office make the decision on a plea bargain rather than the State Police?
.....Al LoBrutto said he was concerned the town would have to “carry the whole load” in defending the lawsuit. ....
New York is a Democrat State. Surely there some good Rat lawyers willing to do a little pro bono work for the good of the people.
This is somewhat odd. Here in Kaleefornia, police officers have no authority in the plea bargain process. It is between the defense and prosecution, subject to approval by the judge. A police officer may voice his concern to the prosecution, but any decision is beyond his control. That is not to say that the police can't file a complaint if they believe that a judge is abusing his discretion, but that is a different matter that what is being portrayed here.
An officer saying "You were doing 16 over the limit but I'm going to write you for 10 over is not really a "technical" plea-bargain, so the arguments as to who has legal authority for real bona-fide plea bargain arrangements are off the mark.