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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
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Kent Wills > wrote: > As I understand it, on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:47:29 GMT, GK > > wrote: > > >Kent Wills wrote: > >> As I understand it, on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:20:58 GMT, GK > >> > wrote: > >> > >>> The jury system and the whole INjustice system is in shambles and of no > >>> relation to what the original ideals where when it was founded. > >>> > >>> People in the USA are convicted of murder based on no evidence and only > >>> the flimsiest circumstantial evidence. > >> > >> If it is enough to convince a jury of 12 men and women that > >> the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, circumstantial is > >> enough. > >> And if the defendant was convicted on nothing more than the > >> flimsiest circumstantial evidence, the defense attorney didn't do > >> his/her job properly. > > > >Remember the idea was innocence is to be presumed. The accused should > >not have to go hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt to prove they > >are innocent. > > No one said they should. Further, it's the prosecution who has > to prove guilt, not the defense that needs to prove innocence. > However, just because one is presumed innocent until proven > guilty doesn't mean the defense team can expect to just sit there and > do nothing. > > >> > >>> Circumstantial evidence can often > >>> be found on anyone, including the most innocent people. > >>> Prosecutors routinely disregard evidence that would show someone is > >>> innocent because they do not care about the truth. > >> > >> Can you offer a cite for this? While I can accept it's > >> possible, given human nature, I know of no direct examples. > >> > >Not just human nature, but common practice. Exculpatory evidence that > >would prove the accused is innocent is not only disregarded but fought > >by the prosecution. Happens every day, all over. > > Can you offer a cite where this has happened? I'm going to assume he means something other than what he wrote. "Exculpatory evidence" is fought by the prosecution quite often. It's called cross-examining defense witnesses. It's not only _not_ unethical, as the poster implied, it is a key part of the adversarial system. I assume he meant to imply prosecutors who know about exculpatory evidence hide it from the defense. I can say that I know hundreds of prosecutors, and I've never seen that happen. More than once, I've dismissed a case when I learned of exculpatory information, sometimes even _before_ I share it with defense counsel. |
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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
As I understand it, on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:20:29 GMT, Larry >
wrote: >In article >, > Kent Wills > wrote: > >> As I understand it, on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:47:29 GMT, GK >> > wrote: >> >> >Kent Wills wrote: >> >> As I understand it, on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:20:58 GMT, GK >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >>> The jury system and the whole INjustice system is in shambles and of no >> >>> relation to what the original ideals where when it was founded. >> >>> >> >>> People in the USA are convicted of murder based on no evidence and only >> >>> the flimsiest circumstantial evidence. >> >> >> >> If it is enough to convince a jury of 12 men and women that >> >> the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, circumstantial is >> >> enough. >> >> And if the defendant was convicted on nothing more than the >> >> flimsiest circumstantial evidence, the defense attorney didn't do >> >> his/her job properly. >> > >> >Remember the idea was innocence is to be presumed. The accused should >> >not have to go hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt to prove they >> >are innocent. >> >> No one said they should. Further, it's the prosecution who has >> to prove guilt, not the defense that needs to prove innocence. >> However, just because one is presumed innocent until proven >> guilty doesn't mean the defense team can expect to just sit there and >> do nothing. >> >> >> >> >>> Circumstantial evidence can often >> >>> be found on anyone, including the most innocent people. >> >>> Prosecutors routinely disregard evidence that would show someone is >> >>> innocent because they do not care about the truth. >> >> >> >> Can you offer a cite for this? While I can accept it's >> >> possible, given human nature, I know of no direct examples. >> >> >> >Not just human nature, but common practice. Exculpatory evidence that >> >would prove the accused is innocent is not only disregarded but fought >> >by the prosecution. Happens every day, all over. >> >> Can you offer a cite where this has happened? > >I'm going to assume he means something other than what he wrote. > >"Exculpatory evidence" is fought by the prosecution quite often. It's >called cross-examining defense witnesses. It's not only _not_ >unethical, as the poster implied, it is a key part of the adversarial >system. It's also quite different from "Prosecutors routinely disregard evidence that would show someone is innocent because they do not care about the truth." Challenging evidence is expected from both sides. > >I assume he meant to imply prosecutors who know about exculpatory >evidence hide it from the defense. I'd love to read a cite from the OP where this has happened. I can accept that it probably has, since not everyone who becomes a lawyer is going to be ethical. The same is true of any demographic group one wishes to name. >I can say that I know hundreds of >prosecutors, and I've never seen that happen. More than once, I've >dismissed a case when I learned of exculpatory information, sometimes >even _before_ I share it with defense counsel. As it should be. Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. When it's clear that the evidence shows the defendant is innocent, the prosecutor will drop the charges since justice will not be served by convicting an innocent person. I'm sure it happens every day in the United States. -- Kent Bless me, Father, for I have committed an original sin. I poked a badger with a spoon. |
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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
In article >, Kent Wills wrote:
> Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. Not in traffic court. > When > it's clear that the evidence shows the defendant is innocent, the > prosecutor will drop the charges since justice will not be served by > convicting an innocent person. In traffic court he just lies. > I'm sure it happens every day in the > United States. Yep. Lying in court happens everyday. |
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As I understand it, on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:31:57 GMT, Larry >
wrote: >In article >, > (Brent P) wrote: > >> In article >, Kent Wills wrote: >> >> > Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. >> >> Not in traffic court. > >Kent, are you going to bother asking him for a cite again, or do you >think it will be a lost cause? > Probably a lost cause. Now I'm wondering about traffic court. In Iowa there is no prosecutor for traffic court. And I'm not aware of any other states that have one. Is there a prosecutor for traffic court in New York? > >> > When >> > it's clear that the evidence shows the defendant is innocent, the >> > prosecutor will drop the charges since justice will not be served by >> > convicting an innocent person. >> >> In traffic court he just lies. > >The prosecutor really isn't in a position to lie or not. A prosecutor >rarely gives testimony in a case, and it's the testimony and evidence >that a verdict is based on. > >> > I'm sure it happens every day in the >> > United States. >> >> Yep. Lying in court happens everyday. > >Considering the hundreds of thousands of cases pending at any one time, >this might very well be true. Like Kent said, every demographic/career >has some bad apples - its unavoidable. But its an extreme minority of >cases, if that. So long as there are courts in session, there is lying. Witnesses can and do lie. Not all of them, of course, but it's safe to say that lying does happen in court every day. -- Kent Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter. |
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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
In article >, Kent Wills wrote:
> As I understand it, on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:24:51 -0500, > (Brent P) wrote: > >>In article >, Kent Wills wrote: >> >>> Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. >> >>Not in traffic court. > I've never seen a prosecutor in traffic court. Just the > defendant, judge and the officer who issued the citation. I have. >>> When >>> it's clear that the evidence shows the defendant is innocent, the >>> prosecutor will drop the charges since justice will not be served by >>> convicting an innocent person. >> >>In traffic court he just lies. > What jurisdiction has a prosecutor for traffic court? I'm not > saying there are none, but I've never heard of it before. C(r)ook county IL. >>> I'm sure it happens every day in the >>> United States. >>Yep. Lying in court happens everyday. > Which has NOTHING to do with what I wrote. It shows a disinterest in justice. |
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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
In article >,
Kent Wills > wrote: > As I understand it, on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:31:57 GMT, Larry > > wrote: > > >In article >, > > (Brent P) wrote: > > > >> In article >, Kent Wills wrote: > >> > >> > Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. > >> > >> Not in traffic court. > > > >Kent, are you going to bother asking him for a cite again, or do you > >think it will be a lost cause? > > > > Probably a lost cause. > Now I'm wondering about traffic court. In Iowa there is no > prosecutor for traffic court. And I'm not aware of any other states > that have one. > Is there a prosecutor for traffic court in New York? Nope, at least not in NYC. We have no jurisdiction there - I couldn't "prosecute" a case in traffic court even if I wanted to. > >> > When > >> > it's clear that the evidence shows the defendant is innocent, the > >> > prosecutor will drop the charges since justice will not be served by > >> > convicting an innocent person. > >> > >> In traffic court he just lies. > > > >The prosecutor really isn't in a position to lie or not. A prosecutor > >rarely gives testimony in a case, and it's the testimony and evidence > >that a verdict is based on. > > > >> > I'm sure it happens every day in the > >> > United States. > >> > >> Yep. Lying in court happens everyday. > > > >Considering the hundreds of thousands of cases pending at any one time, > >this might very well be true. Like Kent said, every demographic/career > >has some bad apples - its unavoidable. But its an extreme minority of > >cases, if that. > > So long as there are courts in session, there is lying. > Witnesses can and do lie. Not all of them, of course, but it's safe > to say that lying does happen in court every day. |
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My DUI Charges Dropped! A Great Argument
Kent Wills > wrote in
: > As I understand it, on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:31:57 GMT, Larry > > wrote: > >>In article >, >> (Brent P) wrote: >> >>> In article >, Kent Wills >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Most prosecutors are honestly interested in justice. >>> >>> Not in traffic court. >> >>Kent, are you going to bother asking him for a cite again, or do you >>think it will be a lost cause? >> > > Probably a lost cause. > Now I'm wondering about traffic court. In Iowa there is no > prosecutor for traffic court. And I'm not aware of any other states > that have one. > Is there a prosecutor for traffic court in New York? When I was in traffic court in LA, there was no judge, just a traffic commissioner. I even remember his name -- Gunn. (The difference was, if I understood correctly, that a guilty party could demand that the commissioner not sentence him.) There was, however, an ADA, or at least I assumed he was an ADA since he answered the commissioner's questions on behalf of the DA's office. This was a long time ago, shortly after the gold rush ended, so things may have changed. <snip> |
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