Posted on 01/20/2006 9:46:22 AM PST by UB355
Jury note hints at convictions in tire-slashing
In a possible sign one or more guilty verdicts could be coming this morning, the jury in the Election Day 2004 tire-slashing case sent a note to Circuit Judge Michael Brennan asking whether, when filling out their verdict forms for each of the five defendants, anything should be written in to indicate which of three possible theories of party to a crime a person was being found guilty under.
The jury has now been deliberating for 4 ½ hours.
More reasons why they will be not guilty.
The kids are blaming party higher ups. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the higher ups and the kids who dreamed this up
ROFLMAO
The bigger question is, how did the LSM get the note, or know it's contents?
If that were true, they would have pled out and fingered said higher-ups.
Just the lawyers using the tried-and-true "empty chair" argument.
Well at least they are consistent with Democratic principles. When in trouble, blame someone else.
It's so that defense counsel and the prosecution have equal knowledge of any communications from the jury. It's a "right to be present at any critical stage of the proceedings" argument for the defendants.
Absolutely. Lawyers LOVE to point at the empty chair and blame its non-occupant for everything. If you can convince a really thick-headed jury that it's all a conspiracy and you're the fall guy, you may walk.
There's a reason why trial lawyers trend Democrat
I'm sure one of the attorneys told them.
But you'll find that prosecutors and civil defense lawyers tend conservative. And the smart criminal defense lawyers do too, whatever they say in court.
:-) I have a friend who is an attorney. When we met over 8 years ago, she told me that she was conservative during a political discussion. I responded "only in Massachusetts" :-)
She has come a long way in those 8 years, but still hates Reagan for the budget cuts. Today she thinks that she is becoming a Republican. But during the last Senatorial race, she was appalled by the platform of libertarian Michael Cloud who wanted to repeal gun control and to cut the size of government. LOL!
We are still great friends but politically I have been showing her ideas that she's never considered before.
So I would agree that there are numerous conservative lawyers out there, but I would point out that there may be something about the discipline that attracts more persons who are predisposed to interventionist government than not.
Didn't the Nazis try this defense as well. Maybe there a pattern here...
You get a Gold Star for the day.
In those days, we didn't have Stella Liebowicz suing because she was stupid and put hot coffee between her legs.
There are plenty of liberal attorneys in the NE and of course Atlanta (which is actually a suburb of the NE), but most lawyers outside the metro area are quite conservative. And most of us, I think, are not fond of big government because we've seen up close the harm it can do.
:-) Full disclosure. I have had a lot of experience with attorneys from many different states as my clients. So yes, the NorthEast is very liberal. But I will also point to a recent article that was cited by James Taranto in Best of the Web Today (after John Roberts and prior to the nomination of Alito) that posited that law schools are very liberal places and why the conservative candidates did better was because they were more apt to meet individuals who disagreed with them than their liberal counterparts.
I am not saying that there aren't many conservative lawyers. I am saying that there are more liberal ones.
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