Why doesn't Alan Dershowitz STFU about Baltmore

[Cyrano]

Alan Dershowitz, who has no access to any of the actual facts as to what the Baltimore prosecutor has in hand, has vomited up some garbage. Here's an excerpt of what he had to say:

Alan Dershowitz, a well-known criminal lawyer from New York and professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, suggested that Mosby's actions were motivated more by political expediency and short-term public safety than strong evidence. He called the charges "outrageous and irresponsible," especially a second-degree murder count filed against the van's driver under a legal principle known as "depraved heart."

"The decision to file charges was made not based on considerations of justice, but on considerations of crowd control," Dershowitz said Saturday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20150502/us--baltimore-police-death-prosecution/

I guess Dershowitz's Ouija board is as well oiled as his tongue.

[Gothmog]

1. He is retired and no one is paying attention to him any longer

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. He still cannot figure out why he's not on the Supreme Court.

And it is eating at him every time he breathes.

[Gothmog]

5. I agree with this analysis

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

3. I said before that a defense attorney is supposed to say this shit, we want them to. Now, Alan

doesnt need to do this because he doenst work for any of the accused, that I know of.

There is some legal reasons to see his side of the argument, I think maybe she did overcharge possibly, but this is not your usual circumstance and something HAD to be done.

Either way, you WANT a defense attorney to talk like this, having said that, Alan should shut up, he isnt directly involved.

You all know my position is always on the side of assuming cops are lying and likely guilty as charged, but I do want them to have vigorous defenses.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

12. Kudos, well said

I too think she may have overcharged with the driver, but I haven't seen evidence, and there may well be something there that is a very glaring game changer.

[okaawhatever]

4. His comments were more harsh than that. Yesterday i posted other excerpts from him:

Alan Dershowitz Rips Charges Against Baltimore Cops: ‘Sad Day for Justice’


Alan Dershowitz really went after Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby today for charging the six cops involved in the death of Freddie Gray, saying it was entirely based on politics and “crowd control.”

Dershowitz lamented that “this is a very sad day for justice” and told Steve Malzberg that Mosby acted out of a “desire to prevent riots.” It will be “virtually impossible,” he predicted, for the six officers involved to get a fair trial.

Continued at the link where he says, among other things that "if she does win, she'll be reversed on appeal"

[Cyrano]

6. Dershowitz is raising asshole-ism to a new level

[okaawhatever]

10. Yeah, he really seems to have changed in the last couple of years. I think we should coin a new

psychological term to describe the mental illness that befalls people in their 70's that leads to them taking a right turn politically, driven by fear and paranoia. Scaliaosis. I think Dershowitz has it. He's been very hawkish on Israel, the incident with his friend in Florida. Doesn't seem like the younger Dershowitz.

[TheNutcracker]

7. Dershbag should be concentrating on his pedophile case against him...

with a trafficked young girl!

[Orrex]

13. Oh please oh please provide a link!

I absolutely can't stand The Dersh and would love to read more about this!

[Gothmog]

8. Dershowitz is out looking for press and fights

The recent fight in Florida is a good example. There was no need to take that personally in that he was not a target but Dershowitz had to make it into a big deal

[Cyrano]

11. He seems to be a "has-been" who is

desperately trying to remain relevant.

[UTUSN]

9. & also him and TOOBIN stfu about how "smart" Ted Carnival CRUZ is. n/t

[Jesus Malverde]

14. He's an ego maniac on deaths door.

The sound of his bloviating reminds him he's alive.

The good news is time is on our side.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

15. Torture fetishist and underage rape plane afficinado Alan Dershowitz says what?

Oh, right. Who cares what Dershowitz says (ire directed at Dershowitz, and not at the OP).

[Township75]

16. If someone with his background in law should shut up about Baltimore, then who are the few limited

people that should be allowed to speak about it? Just the prosecutor and defense attorneys and no one else including all comments here on DU?

I don't like the guy, and am suspicious that he just wants some media attention and to be invited on a cable news network to make commentary, but he shouldn't lose his rights to comment about a public event.