tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post553039129992448943..comments2024-03-28T03:23:50.609-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Justice?OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44529473867425930462016-07-31T11:01:57.437-07:002016-07-31T11:01:57.437-07:00Hahaha!
Touché Michelle!Hahaha!<br /><br />Touché Michelle!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62648377376717110512016-07-31T09:28:10.210-07:002016-07-31T09:28:10.210-07:00Now, now, there is no need to be nasty, Sarge. Act...Now, now, there is no need to be nasty, Sarge. Actually, I kind of like the term, myself; not that I would ever admit it in public, mind you. :DMichelle Morgan-Coolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671529553739362752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62445079654716494632016-07-31T08:04:52.374-07:002016-07-31T08:04:52.374-07:00I hadn't thought of it from the point of view ...I hadn't thought of it from the point of view of a commanding officer. But you're right, how does one maintain the requisite level of discipline in the presence of spurious charges? I am glad to have never been faced with that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20607736423356854092016-07-31T08:02:34.445-07:002016-07-31T08:02:34.445-07:00It sucks when the State thinks that they can do no...It sucks when the State thinks that they can do no wrong. Then go ahead and do something like that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79896817287196447932016-07-31T08:01:06.496-07:002016-07-31T08:01:06.496-07:00Well, I figured I was picked, so I should do the j...Well, I figured I was picked, so I should do the job the best way I knew how.<br /><br />If nobody wants to be a citizen then we all become subjects of the State. I don't want that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89127594375875000362016-07-31T08:00:09.199-07:002016-07-31T08:00:09.199-07:00Sometimes I manage to do the right thing.Sometimes I manage to do the right thing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41030053042295487792016-07-31T07:59:46.462-07:002016-07-31T07:59:46.462-07:00Reason and logic should always win over emotion an...Reason and logic should always win over emotion and feeling in a court of law.<br /><br />This case seemed to have a lot of "meat" to it, it's almost as if 1) it was actually weak to begin with but they added more counts to the indictment to make it look gory or 2) they did a piss poor job of prosecuting, relying on the "it's for the children" meme so popular with progressives to get by with only the complaining witnesses' testimony.<br /><br />Either way, I think justice walked away from the table still hungry.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27641990430242455092016-07-31T07:54:14.641-07:002016-07-31T07:54:14.641-07:00That is the unvarnished truth.That is the unvarnished truth.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90383366391764545792016-07-31T07:53:28.377-07:002016-07-31T07:53:28.377-07:00Indeed, the other members of the government, the A...Indeed, the other members of the government, the Army, and the industrialists were all convinced that they could control Hitler.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4602213055625157652016-07-30T22:54:00.367-07:002016-07-30T22:54:00.367-07:00Nothing on earth would convince me to drive throug...Nothing on earth would convince me to drive through New York with any kind of fire arm. That state is like Mexico and more evil in its sincerity of purpose.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48704242808168469082016-07-30T22:52:09.375-07:002016-07-30T22:52:09.375-07:00Earlier today I saw that Hitler only convinced 37%...Earlier today I saw that Hitler only convinced 37% to vote National Socialist. It was President Paul von Hindenberg who appointed him Chancellor of Germany. He wasn't elected by the majority of Germans, he just won the most votes.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32447511390202149912016-07-30T22:47:20.491-07:002016-07-30T22:47:20.491-07:00You can imagine the thoughts of a Commander who is...You can imagine the thoughts of a Commander who is now holding Captain's Mast on the basis of he said/she said. There is no evidence at all in these cases. We are not held to the same standard as a Court but if we are to command we must see justice done and that all subordinates see justice done. I'll be damned if I know how to do that without any evidence at all.<br /><br />I honestly don't know where we go in the future if a total lack of evidence of a crime no longer fails to sway the jury to vote for the defense. We see what it's like in university life but every single one of those cases is a law suit that the accused student will win in a court of law.<br /><br />If there is no evidence, there is no means of finding a defendant guilty. As you saw, weak, contradictory testimony by a 'victim' is pretty meaningless absent some real evidence. [All feelings set aside.]<br /><br />Been there, done that. It sucks.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26848875045586199602016-07-30T22:05:19.722-07:002016-07-30T22:05:19.722-07:00I was picked for jury duty once and as a binch of ...I was picked for jury duty once and as a binch of us where waiting around to see if we would be chosen the inevitable question came up if anone had ever been picked before. <br /> A little old lady said she had sat on a jury once. It was a child molesration case also. They had to let him go becomes the state did such a terrible job with the prosecution they couldn't convict. She went home and cried for days. They knew he did it, but had to let him go.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057170414257952231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59580217621913030302016-07-30T21:44:19.718-07:002016-07-30T21:44:19.718-07:00After thirty jury trials over my 30 years of the p...After thirty jury trials over my 30 years of the practice of law and 40 plus court trials . . . <br /><br />Thank you Chris. Thank you for being a citizen. You probably know mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763947725406197372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69901255459518965822016-07-30T21:30:35.903-07:002016-07-30T21:30:35.903-07:00My goodness, what a tale. I'm glad you surviv...My goodness, what a tale. I'm glad you survived it. You are indeed a good citizen and person.<br /><br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67513166263077050832016-07-30T21:10:42.981-07:002016-07-30T21:10:42.981-07:00Our legal system and its method of procedure is su...Our legal system and its method of procedure is supposed to work the same as the separation of powers at the Federal level- as a brake, not an accelerator. Subsequently, I do think I agree with the comment above that in this case, it worked out the way its supposed to, albeit through the leveraging of time against the defendant. Frankly, I expect that the prosecution probably walked into the case in a similar fashion- figuring that what they had to offer on the stand was so light, that either "feels" would carry the day, or they could get some sort of conviction or deal made on an extended wait.<br /><br />That said, I don't think it was actually justice served in this case, because a prosecutor should be far more prepared to go to war than what is described here. Playing for the feels should never be the option, and if a DA and the police supporting the case can't make a logical case for conviction through evidence, they need to learn how to do a better job of things and stop wasting the system's time. Would there be more garbage on the streets? Maybe. But as the wife is an Investigation Discovery addict, I'd be regaled with far fewer stories of wrongful incarceration.<br /><br />Pleading nolo here almost feels like the mook was saying "I didn't know I was molesting my daughters", or some similar manure. He's their dad. At some point along the way, he'd have changed their diapers. Alarms should have gone off even then stating, "this should be the only time in my life I get anywhere near my kid's anatomy, and even this necessary thing still makes me feel a bit uncomfortable". <br /><br />Still, he gets to go on the sexual offender list- or, as I like to call it, "the grand book of those who die first when society breaks down in the name of saving resources for those who are worth letting live". <br /><br />As a funny side note, in my only experience before a judge in my youth for excessive speeding, I plead nolo contendre; I couldn't refute that I was guilty in the instance, but in a request for leniency, I provided the judge with a few pieces of evidence- a mathematical chart showing the speed attainable by my vehicle at the time in sixth gear, and a confirmation from the dealership that the speedometer gear cable had been installed improperly (by me) upon completion of of a clutch replacement, signed, dated, and timed within a matter of an hour of me picking the car up out of the impound. The cable being loose, what I saw on the dash was a good 25% less than I was actually doing- and the car wouldn't know the difference either. <br /><br />Between that and the notes from the officer regarding my disposition at the time of the stop, and given the number of headcases he'd dealt with prior, I have to believe that he appreciated my candor and the fact that I had all of my shit in one sack. He reduced the fine further (after the officer at the stop had already done significant damage to that number to begin with to keep me out of jail- like most sport or grand touring cars, you couldn't tell the difference from 40 up to over a hundred once the suspension planted...), and ordered the clerk to return my license upon receiving payment.<br /><br />Could have probably thrown a couple grand at a lawyer and gotten out of the whole rap, but given it was out of state, it never hit the RMV to invoke points. Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768960275550812122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16309264709798201222016-07-30T19:43:54.129-07:002016-07-30T19:43:54.129-07:00Based on my observations, you're absolutely ri...Based on my observations, you're absolutely right.<br /><br />Oddly enough, for Rhode Island, the judge is a Republican, in a major way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39864473933282210072016-07-30T19:41:21.246-07:002016-07-30T19:41:21.246-07:00Rational Jurors: "Evidence does not support t...Rational Jurors: "Evidence does not support the charges, Not Guilty"<br />Emotional Jurors: " I feel he must have done something so Guilty just because I feel it's right"<br /><br />Anybody wanna take bets as to just how accurate and estimate of what the juror's political leanings are?<br />CG-23 Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344430385225473137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28950673804101435842016-07-30T18:26:16.604-07:002016-07-30T18:26:16.604-07:00Oh ye users of iPads, repent.
Or perhaps I should...Oh ye users of iPads, repent.<br /><br />Or perhaps I should say re ent.<br /><br />(Yes, I am bad...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36851627601793078662016-07-30T18:24:29.684-07:002016-07-30T18:24:29.684-07:00My paternal grandmother's maiden name was Bain...My paternal grandmother's maiden name was Bain, originally, so the story goes, it was MacBain. Which makes us distant relations of the MacBeths. As I understand it...<br /><br /><em>So foul and fair a day I have not seen.</em><br /><br />(MacBeth's first line...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58144346801642432042016-07-30T18:16:48.832-07:002016-07-30T18:16:48.832-07:00I have always preferred MacBethI have always preferred MacBethSCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2600607196149951312016-07-30T17:56:32.596-07:002016-07-30T17:56:32.596-07:00She is indeed, Juvat. After teaching for nine yea...She is indeed, Juvat. After teaching for nine years at Dallas Carter ("Saturday Night Lights")she claims she worked too hard going to law school to give up her card. Lots of her/our friends are judges or well experienced in their respective practices in the San Antonio area, "just in case." regards, AlemasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91383437489529392912016-07-30T17:45:03.515-07:002016-07-30T17:45:03.515-07:00Dammit iPad, I know how to spell. Alemaster!Dammit iPad, I know how to spell. Alemaster!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13045746755978778392016-07-30T17:44:03.555-07:002016-07-30T17:44:03.555-07:00Ale aster, is she still licensed in Texas? You kno...Ale aster, is she still licensed in Texas? You know, just in case?juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44833394626050296072016-07-30T17:12:41.940-07:002016-07-30T17:12:41.940-07:00It was indeed emotionally draining.
But we all go...It was indeed emotionally draining.<br /><br />But we all got through it. Now all that's left is a shattered family, hopefully those two girls can repair things and get on with their lives. It will be tough though.<br /><br />Thanks.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com