Posted on 09/16/2016 2:50:16 PM PDT by Kaslin
The average American has a highly distorted liberal-biased view of reality as a result of the entertainment industry’s constant propaganda.
It’s all Perry Mason’s fault.
That very popular TV show taught America the lies that the average defendant in a criminal case was innocent and that defense attorneys only cared about the truth.
The reality is that most criminal defendants are guilty of something and defense attorneys are concerned about making money even if that means helping child rapists, drug dealers, and murderers get back on the street.
That doesn’t mean that everyone doesn’t deserve a fair trial, but by misrepresenting reality, Perry Mason softened American’s up for the liberal policies of the Warren Court that were based on the supposition that the police were constantly framing innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit.
Since then police shows have worked relentlessly to brainwash Americans into thinking that the real problems in America are malevolent cops, crooked businessmen, evil doctors, or perverted clergymen, not gang members, career criminals, prostitutes, or drug dealers.
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is the natural end state of the liberal media’s crusade to portray cops as bad and drug using/dealing gang members as good.
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I usually visit that website while playing a PM DVD.
I’m impressed with the details on each episode.
He also played on 77 Sunset Strip
The author obviously has never really watched Perry Mason.
Far from being presented as the norm, the defense of the innocent is presented in that series as an exception.
Mason’s wins against Hamilton Burger are a thorn in Burger’s side, a blot on an otherwise impressive string of convictions.
Mason, far from conspiring to free the guilty will not defend a person unless he himself is convinced of their innocence. If anything, he is the complete antithesis of such unethical defense attorneys as The Hildabeast has shown herself to be - in her very own words.
(And yes - I too watch Perry twice a day on MeTV. It just about the only TV I regularly watch.)
I notice Perry Mason never defended any of Lt. Columbo’s perps.
I can’t recall the year, probably late 50s or early 60s but Erle Stanley Gardner wrote a good article on survival in one of the Outdoor magazines. It may have been Sports Afield as Daddy subscribed to it.
One thing I remember was he thought one should own a Smith & Wesson K-17 or it’s predecessor with a 6 inch barrel. Store lots of .22 ammo.
You really are talking about 2 different subjects, but I do agree with you, they are all crooks
Most ADA’s, DA’s, and AG’s are political animals consumed with resume-building and acquiring power. They couldn’t care less for “justice” - yet are SJW’s to the nth degree.
Trump is not a lawyer. He does not talk like a lawyer. That is one of the best things about Trump.
The law profession seems to attract a certain type of person who lacks a value system. Then the law schools explicitly teach that it is not about the truth. In fact, most law schools teach that truth is relative and hence truth does not exist.
I looked at it again and noticed that you could name the TV shows made later represented on that list.
Hogan’s Heroes-Banner, Klemperer, and Ivan Dixon
I Dream of Jeannie-Barbara Eden, Hayden Rorke, and Barton MacLane
Mary Tyler Moore-Gavin McLeod, Joyce Buillifant, and Cloris Leachman
Batman-Yvonne Craig, Neil Hamilton, and Adam West
Bewitched-David White and Robert F Simon
By far and away, Star Trek TOS has the most here, including George Takei, Jon Lormer, Gary Lockwood, John Hoyt, Meg Wyllie, and Karen Steele (another of Mudd’s women, lol).
Ironside could match Columbo in the battle of wits.
Never cared for matlock at all.
You can have the one from that show. I’ll take Stephanie Zimbalist.
Police Story is rather good. I recently discovered it on youtube.
I liked it so much that I bought a CD of soundtrack.
Perry Mason always won, but the reality is that the prosecution wins the vast majority of cases. And as the author of the Perry Mason novels - a guy who practiced law - noted, the prosecution has all the power of the state at its disposal. The defense lawyer does not.
Heck, even the BLM folks don’t REALLY believe the courts are unfair. They merely say that to get power. But if they have a problem with a thug, they will call the cops...
“I notice Perry Mason never defended any of Lt. Columbo’s perps”
Thanks for the laugh! After working our way thru the Perry Mason series, my wife and I (we don’t have cable) started watching Columbo. It would, indeed, have made an interesting show....Perry Mason defending a Columbo perpetrator.
How about Perry Mason v Ironside?
That sounds like a great idea for a ME-TV promo. Ironside only ran for a short time.
I rediscovered Ironside because of ME-TV. As a kid, I didn’t understand it and never watched it.
3 of the 4 available seasons of the DVD are on the shelf. Sometimes I will binge watch them.
In truth, the law can best be described as both having little foresight, and being quick to judge.
The police, usually the first on the scene, try to divine what has happened typically with minimal evidence. Often the first person they talk to establishes their framework of the event, which they then try to flesh out. But if the second person they talk to has a completely different framework, they are far less inclined to believe them.
While if you are a person the police are disinclined to believe, the best rule of thumb is to refrain from talking to them; sometimes, as in the case of George Zimmerman, he saved himself by talking at length with the police, being as helpful and forthcoming as possible.
In his case, he totally convinced the local police beyond any doubt his version of events, and that he was in the right. So when those who wished to persecute him sent in the state and federal police, the first people they talked to were the local police, cop-to-cop.
Nothing is as persuasive as talks like these. From then on, no matter what their political masters told them to do, the state and federal police were convinced of Zimmerman’s righteousness. Getting a conviction in such cases is next to impossible.
William Kunstler was an internationally known lawyer who defended many of the most politically radical groups and individuals in America in the 1960s and 70s.
He was quoted by several associates as saying:
“They're guilty. They're all guilty.”
I'm a defense lawyer. A lot of what you say is correct. Oddly enough, where I live, the top defense lawyers are reliably conservative.
Are most of my clients guilty of "something"? Yes.
Are all of my clients always guilty of something? No.
Do prosecutors ridiculously overcharge in order to pretty much force a plea? Yes. Do I believe in the 4th Amendment? Absolutely.
Do most prosecutors or judges believe in the 4th Amendment? Get arrested on a bogus search, then call me.
The defense lawyer exists to make the government do it's job, nothing more, nothing less. If we aren't here to stand in their way, who is going to defend YOU when they decide it's your turn to get hauled into the system?
Do I defend some shady and awful folks? Sure. They have a right to a defense under the Constitution. If the government has a case and proves it, then that person will go to prison. I have no problem with that.
Most law enforcement professionals and prosecutors are honorable folks doing their jobs--the majority of the time, they are in the right, but not ALL of the time. It's my job to ferret out the times they make mistakes or file bogus charges. I enjoy that, and ultimately the state doesn't get upset dismissing a questionable case. If you can't convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt of a person's guilt, then you need to dismiss, plain and simple.
I know a lot of people around here hate defense lawyers, but I promise we'll be here for you if you ever need us--although I think FR is largely populated with law abiding folk who wouldn't even get themselves into situations where they run afoul the law. : )
As a defense attorney you know how easy it is to run afoul of the law - without even knowing you've done so. And you know how often the prosecutors crank the meat grinder without even looking at the cases they are processing. They wield a huge bludgeon of disproportionate power and intimidate the F out of most defendants to force acceptance of ruinous "deals" that add another notch to the belt for them and destruction for the defendants.
Most people - FReepers included - just pray that they'll survive the encounter.
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