[Hemingway's Ghost]

Yup . . . the judge who set the perp free on personal recognizance was a Romney appointee and a registered Democrat.

But the Globe, at the time of her appointment, simply cared about the number of women Romney appointed to the bench.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The perp:

[Red Badger]

Willy Horton 2008?............Romney?..................

[2banana]

Note to self - shoot first anyone who comes in my house with tattoos on their neck...

[mainepatsfan]

Of course the judge will have herself a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.

[ghostrider]

Wow! Pictures say so much. A tattoo laden perp, a filthy looking, malignantly liberal judge and a clean cut couple scheduled for elimination. It says so much about why our country has sunk so low.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Hmmm. Isn't this cozy?

. . . Alan '71 and Kathe Misch Tuttman write from Andover, Mass. Kathe is assistant DA in Essex County, and Alan is a criminal defense attorney . . .

Source.

[3AngelaD]

He killed his mother and assaulted prison guards, yet this judge releases him on personal recognizance? What kind of “judgment” is that? I don’t supposed the Boston Globe bothered to report on his release, before these two new victims were murdered. Is there a way to remove judges in Massachusetts? The DA’s office might think about hiring a spokesperson who could bring situations like this to the attention of the public, so at least people would be warned.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Romney’s Willie Horton ping.

[ejonesie22]

BUT MITT IS A CONSERVATIVE!

HE SWEARS IT!

[RDTF]

This is horrible. How did these kids get involved with this lunatic?

[shekkian]

Yup . . . the judge who set the perp free on personal recognizance was a Romney appointee and a registered Democrat.

Now that's interesting.

[freekitty]

This man hacked his own mother to death. What could have been going on in this judge’s mind?

[rhinohunter]

Yup . . . the judge who set the perp free on personal recognizance was a Romney appointee and a registered Democrat.

B..Bu...But.. Mitt was listening to scientists explain cloning and it was at that moment that he underwent a complete political conversion.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

More on the judge:

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MAY 3, 2006…Some members of the Governor's Council continued to complain Wednesday that Gov. Mitt Romney is placing too many prosecutors on the bench, but they appear poised to approve one of them, Superior Court nominee Kathe Tuttman.

A 17-year veteran of the Essex County district attorney's office, Tuttman currently heads the Family Crimes and Sexual Assault Unit there. The 54-year-old Andover resident acknowledged her shortcomings during Wednesday's hearing.

"I haven't had civil litigation experience," but as president of her synagogue, Tuttman said, she has been involved in negotiating several contracts and in rewriting the congregation's bylaws.

While Tuttman herself was not challenged by councilors about her prosecutorial background, such questions were directed to those who came to endorse her candidacy.

Councilor Christopher Iannella, one of the four lawyers who sit on the eight-member council, has been a constant critic of the administration's propensity to appoint judges who have spent most of their careers as federal or state prosecutors.

"I personally think we have too many," Iannella said, speculating that three out of every four Romney nominees have such backgrounds.

[tubebender]

And you can bet your sweet bippy that the judge in his up and coming murder trial will not allow his prior conviction to be used as evidence...

[aroundabout]

What chance would a Romney appointee who was a Republican have of getting approved in the State of Massholes?

Answer, NONE!!

[perfect_rovian_storm]

ping.

[savedbygrace]

This guy should have been executed for murdering his mother.

[denydenydeny]

For me this disqualifies Mitt. Infuriating.

[jwalsh07]

Well, until this I thought that Romney had the inside track to win the nomination. It looks like Rudy and Huckabee will benefit and become stronger bets. The irony is that Rudy's judicial appointments are more liberal than Romney's. I'm unsure of Huckabees appointments but I guess it's time to research that.

A shame Hunter can't gain any traction at all and Fred has no fire in his belly.