[Bedford Forrest]

Excellent question but probably one for which there is not a good answer impending in Scottsie the Perve's case. After all, how did he manage to get the two prior arrests sealed? And, for openers, we may also ask whether there any other such records that Scottsie the Perve was able to have sealed? Perhaps the lawyerette [Assistant DA]who got canned has been talking. Perhaps someone around here knows someone up in Albany who might have the book on Scottsie. And he might be talking to that guy on some other matter. You just never can tell. One thing for sure - it'll surface on FR, real soon.

[Bonaparte]

Some comments I made on some related threads --

"...when Cynthia Preiser surreptitiously bypassed her boss in the DA's office to arrange a secret sweetheart deal for Ritter, was she abusing her position as an ADA with the aim of obstructing justice and deceiving the court? If so, she should be subject to disciplinary action by the bar. Why do we hear nothing about this?"

"And these are just the two we know about. How many other times has this happened? How far back does this go? How far forward does it go? In what other jurisdictions has Ritter offended like this? Why are the legal and judicial systems shielding and coddling this particular defendant? Most importantly, why is nobody outside of Free Republic raising these issues?

A question I posed on another thread was, "why would the police put their manpower and resources into such a sting operation and then not refer a perpetrator to the DA for a disposition?" What is the point of running a sting? Is it to turn these same pedophiles loose so they can re-offend? And would that be a decision for the police to make? Or would it properly be up to the DA and the court? Since when do cops adjudicate in these matters? This whole affair stinks to high heaven.

And there are some other intriguing aspects to all this. A long-time ADA basically threw away her career to run interference for Ritter. Why? No DA in his right mind would ever trust her again. In fact, it's unlikely that any senior partner would ever trust her, because if he ever got burned he couldn't say he didn't have fair warning. It will be most interesting to see whether she finds work again and, if so, in what capacity and with whom. Further, there is now a public perception that the Albany criminal justice system accords special treatment to certain favored defendants. Will anybody be demanding that the state of New York look into this? Will the state sweep it under the rug? Because if they do, the public perception will only worsen. And there are federal implications here. We're all supposed to be equal under the law.