On 05/27/2011 12:22 PM, Charlie E. wrote:
On Fri, 27 May 2011 11:46:13 -0700, Tim
wrote:

On 05/26/2011 08:34 AM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Serious Question for Leftists...

There are literally thousands of judicial decisions out there, by
left-leaning judges, who decided cases based on "warm-and-fuzzy"
rather than the law.

I'd like citations of right-leaning judges twisting the interpretation
of the law.

Really!

No fuzzy-mouthed statements of your own opinion, quote me real
judicial decisions.

I can't tell you the case numbers, but there were two guys in Texas,
both charged with pulling the trigger in a murder case. Went to trial
separately. First guy got convicted, second guy's lawyer said "you've
proved that my client's finger wasn't on the trigger, you can't say that
again". No go -- judge let it happen, then it was upheld. IIRC, all
the way to the Supreme Court.

Two guys. One bullet. One trigger. Two 1st-degree murder convictions,
gained by putting the suspect's finger on the trigger. The SAME DA in
both cases. One of those convictions was obviously bogus.

But that's OK -- no prosecuting attorneys or judges had _their_ rights
diminished. Only the rest of us.

So, two guys get together and kill someone. Either one COULD and
WOULD have pulled the trigger, but you say that, in reality, only one
of them actually did it. But, are not both of them equally guilty
under the law? If you can prove, to a reasonable doubt, that either
of them did!

So, that's the approach the DA should have taken. Not the obvious --
and obviously government sanctioned -- lie that _both_ of them,
_separately_ shot _one_ fatal shot.

I'm all for putting the bad guys in jail, and in this case it was
obvious that both fellows colluded to kill their victim. But letting
the DA get away with his lie means that he can lie about _me_ or _you_
when we're completely innocent. Then unless we have barrels full of
money we're going to go to jail or worse, and when they're done with us
we won't have any money at all.

When we give up our liberty for security, we will find ourselves with
neither.

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