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Fri Dec 14, 2018, 07:21 AM

Dec 2018

Amazing what some judges get away with. The losing attorney's tend to shrug and say something like, 'that's the way the game goes.'

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Good. empedocles Dec 2018 #1

Crap like this is one of the reasons victims do not report crimes. dameatball Dec 2018 #2

But don't criticize the prosecutor because, uh, why? jberryhill Dec 2018 #6

"In a recent case, a juror said the defendant didn't look like a rapist" IronLionZion Dec 2018 #10

K&R nt lillypaddle Dec 2018 #4

Why is the prosecutor who offered the deal being left out of it? jberryhill Dec 2018 #5

The prosecutor deserves as much or more blame than the judge onenote Dec 2018 #8

It's not as if it was the judge's idea not to prosecute the case jberryhill Dec 2018 #9

He was presented with choices. He made one. It sucked. LanternWaste Dec 2018 #11

"you are the only one making that argument." jberryhill Dec 2018 #12

Um... Dr. Strange Dec 2018 #15

Everyone must have the same opinion jberryhill Dec 2018 #16

I read an analysis of this decision Shanti Mama Dec 2018 #7

Wise words you in your last paragraph. Delphinus Dec 2018 #13

Some seem to not want others to actually dig into these things jberryhill Dec 2018 #14

This judge ran unopposed in 2016 and is up for re-election in 2020 Gothmog Dec 2018 #17