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To: Still Thinking

Consider what happens with lazy do nothing prosecutors. These are easy cases for them to make. One person shot and they can intimidate via the 10-20-life laws.

Prosecutors have a terrifying scare and intimidation weapon.

Perhaps we need term limits for all prosecutors. No more than 6 or 8 years at any level of prosecution. No more than 4 as an elected prosecutor.


14 posted on 05/01/2012 7:00:12 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory
Consider what happens with lazy do nothing prosecutors. These are easy cases for them to make. One person shot and they can intimidate via the 10-20-life laws.

Prosecutors hate "Stand your ground" laws. Before, in a legitimate self-defense shooting, they could tell the shooter "plead to involuntary manslaughter, you will get probation, everybody is happy", and the prosecutor gets an easy conviction for his statistics. Now, there is much more incentive for an innocent defender to see about getting the case tossed immediately in a "stand your ground" hearing.

There's a lot of prosecutorial abuse -- they let career criminals plead and get off, and ruin the lives of middle-class people who have to defend themselves.

28 posted on 05/01/2012 9:07:57 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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