Limbaugh and Black get the Goods on Brischer

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[Angelica411]

Caller's office received a public records request in Rush Limbaugh case. File includes letters from atty in SAO to Roy Black, defense counsel. Checked with AG's office and AG says the files are public records except there are two letters which include plea negotiations which are not normally to be revealed so may or may not be public record.

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All info in file is confidential as to his client, the state, under 4-1.6.

[TigersEye]

Apparently there was enough "grit" in the Enquirer to have Rush take the charges seriously.

Since Rush hasn't been charged with anything what are you talking about?

[joyce11111]

Hey...there are NO charges!!!!!!!

Check it out before you post nonsense

[TigersEye]

If it was me or you, we would have already experienced life in an orange jumpsuit, been perp-walked, and released from county jail, pending a court date.

Total horse puckey!

[spectre]

"If it was me or you, we would have already experienced life in an orange jumpsuit, been perp-walked, and released from county jail, pending a court date."

Oh really? LOL!

If it were me or YOU, we'd have been admitted to a treatment facility, and it would be over.

We all know the real reason they are going after Rush, now don't we?

sw

[connectthedots]

Quite the contrary. The Civil Rights Act of 1871 (codified as Title 42 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) was enacted because states were not protecting the constitutional rights of some of their citizens.

there may be state statutes that cover the same rights, but a state can only broaden the rights of its citzens; not limit them more than the federal law.

[saminfl]

If it was me or you, we would have already experienced life in an orange jumpsuit, been perp-walked, and released from county jail, pending a court date.

Since there is absolutely no evidence with which to charge Rush, it seems no one, not even you would be "perp-walked" anywhere.

There are a few of you on this board who seem to just hope that Rush is destroyed. I'll bet some of you don't even listen to him. You don't know what you are missing.

[GigaDittos]

If the suit is from Rush, there be a bucket of money at the front of it.

[TKDietz]

I disagree. I don't know what all they have on Rush but I certainly could see how they would wait to charge him longer than they would wait to charge the guy who is going to end up with the public defender. They know that as soon as they charge Rush the real fight is on. About the worst they might have to contend with from a public defender early on in the case is a motion to reduce bond. I kind of had to chuckle when I heard the comment from "My Dog Loves Me" about "pleading on a nasty phone through plexiglass for [his] public defender not to leave me in the county lock-up for another month." I am a public defender and I have to admit that if people can't make bail they sometimes do sit in jail for a long time on relatively petty charges. We just can't do it all. We have no resources for conducting investigations except in murder trials and other big cases and we have so many cases that we don't have time to do much on any of them until it starts getting close to trial date. I have around a 150 active felony cases and I do all of the misdemeanor work for a couple of small towns and it always seems like I am filling in for other attorneys on misdemeanor and juvenile cases here in the county seat. For me it's a constant game of catch-up. It's like triage in the emergency room. I take the most important things up first and some things never get done. Roy Black probably only has a few cases at any given time and he has a huge staff of attorneys, paralegals, investigators and administrative assistants working under him. The three guys in my office share one receptionist/secretary/office manager and each of us handles hundreds of cases a year.

I agree that the prosecutors in this case are going after Rush because he is Rush. But I see prosecutors go hard on people all the time for silly reasons even while they let others slide for similar conduct. They are much more likely to pursue weak charges against a poor person than one who has money because they know that the poor person probably won't make bail and therefore will be much more likely to plead because he won't want to sit in jail for months waiting for a trial.

[GigaDittos]

That is only one side of a two-sided coin. The other side says "equal justice under the law". If the SAO is handling this case differenly from other similar cases, then we may not be getting equal justice.

[GigaDittos]

Right on! I failed to pick up that one.

[connectthedots]

What prosecutors do that is equally as evil is the prosecution of minor domestic violence cases for which there is no evidence and calls made by wives/girlfriends who do so only because they are mad. On top of that, most public defenders will not force the prosecutor to establish with the courts aa judicial determination of probable cause. If a defendant simply forced the prosecutor and judge to establish probable cause, most of those phonied-up cases would be dropped in a New York minute.

I was once arrested on a trumped up charge for a nisdemeanor. The judge tried to get me to enter a plea. Unlike most people, I know the law and the court rules. I told the judge we were going to have a hearing to determine probable cause first. After much discussion, he offered to provide an attorney at no expense. I informed him I didn't need one, and he and the prosecutor would have to deal directly with me.

The judge finally realized I was going to force him to follow the law and scheduled a probable cause hearing. I then informed the prosecutor that if they were stupid enough to go to trial, it would last at least four months. and then started to name all the witnesses I would call. She then asked if I was threatening her, to which I replied, "you're damn right I am". The case was dismissed with prejudice the very next day on a motion by the prosecutor's office.

[Sarah]

"I agree that the prosecutors in this case are going after Rush because he is Rush. But I see prosecutors go hard on people all the time for silly reasons even while they let others slide for similar conduct. They are much more likely to pursue weak charges against a poor person than one who has money because they know that the poor person probably won't make bail and therefore will be much more likely to plead because he won't want to sit in jail for months waiting for a trial."
But why Rush because he's Rush.
Is there money to be made? Higher ups to be had?
I mean something besides his cohorts blaming a VLWC.

[GigaDittos]

[Sarah]

I think you will be surprised at what you will learn and I think it's always good when people finally see how crazy our drug laws and enforcement of them can be in this country.

Legalize?
Seriously, could you give a quick list of suggestions?

[connectthedots]

If you were a leftist liberal prosecutor, wouldn't you like to be the guy who 'nailed Rush'?

[TigersEye]

They will continue to get their pills like Mr Limbaugh did.

When you start out carrying the water of an unsubstantiated rumor it's hard to take anything else you say seriously.

Do a Google search on "Oxycontin, addiction". You may decide it was a lucky thing your wife was deprived of a refill.

[GigaDittos]

Possibly, but it would likely limit your residential options to the blue states.

[js1138]

Legalize? Seriously, could you give a quick list of suggestions?

Drug use or possession of small amounts should be a misdomeanor, a traffic fine. Not the same as legalization, but far less damaging than the current system. I suspect the government could suck just as much money from citizens with fines as they do now with confiscation.

That is the purpose of drug laws, isn't it? They certainly aren't stopping drug use or protecting non-users.

[thoughtomator]

Impeachment isn't a penalty any more than an indictment is a prison sentence. Do you understand what actually transpired with regards to the Clinton impeachment, and why the result is basically a free pass for elected officials to lie to other branches of government?

[CyberAnt]

If I'm so uninlightened .. then why aren't you enlightening me .. instead of acting so superior like I'm some blob that just fell off the turnip truck ..??