[marktwain]

Hard to believe an appeals court held that a judge had to view evidence from the most favorable viewpoint for a prosecutor.

[submarinerswife]

According to everything we have been told, we are guilty until proven innocent in case prosecutors don’t really have a case, but need that win in court.

[Delta 21]

But prosecutors know that undergoing prosecution, with the attendant legal costs, stress, and time consuming defense, is a significant punishment in itself. There is always a small but real chance of conviction. Threatening such proceedings and the highest level of punishment often results in plea bargaining, even if the evidence of self defense is very strong.

When this kind of thing is done by anyone besides a prosecuting attorney in a court room in front of a judge it is prosecuted as blackmail and extortion.

Neat concept that the Kansas courts have been held as separate from executive branch AND that the judge has to remain impartial AND actually look at the evidence of the case, but not let it leak out that he is being paid from the same tax generated revenue accouinting fund as the prosecuting attorney.

[MileHi]

Hard to believe an appeals court held that a judge had to view evidence from the most favorable viewpoint for a prosecutor.

Stunningly backwards. Flies strait in the face of innocent until proven guilty.