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Clinton's client (1975 Hillary defends rapist of 12 yr old)
Politico.com ^
| February 24, 2008
| Ben Smith
Posted on 02/26/2008 6:01:21 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
So 32 years ago, she did her job as a court appointed lawyer.
Off with her head.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:22:32 AM PST
by
dmz
To: scooter2
By law she may have owed him her best. When she stands before the Great Throne, that will not suffice for what she did.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:23:00 AM PST
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: svcw; scooter2
No, I heartily disagree. A vigorous defense used to mean ensuring the system did not grind up your client by violating their rights and, if a guilty verdict was rendered, ensuring the sentence was fair and proportional. I'm not sure when it morphed into use every trick in and outside the book to aid the client in escaping justice while trashing the victim and putting criminals back in our midst. The latter will lead to the ultimate collapse of the system.
Officer of the Court, indeed. Bovine Feces, Mrs. C. I wonder if your client struck again?
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:23:06 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Doesnt say if she won or lost the case.
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He was able to plead down to a much lesser offense.
Probably something like ...He was in the same state as his victim at the time of the rape
To: dinoparty
What else could she have done? If she’d had any character at all, she would have either refused this case or made sure the guy pled guilty.
Right. Wrong. It’s binary. Don’t forget, Hitler’s guys followed the law and did their best.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:24:28 AM PST
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: NativeNewYorker
Who knows where they’re from ?
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:27:07 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: TexasCajun
"He was able to plead down to a much lesser offense."That tells me right there he really was guilty. Hillary doesn't even mind destroying a child for her own benefit. I don't know what the heck kind of "child development background" two bit lawyer like Herself could have, but I know my own child development background and wonder whatever happened to the girl.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:27:35 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Don't vote Romney in your primary unless you WANT his delegates to go to McCain.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Come on, Arkansas is a nice place.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:30:00 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(the GOP is dead to me)
Comment #30 Removed by Moderator
To: cripplecreek
I am glad that I am not the only one that thinks along the line of what Hillary did, as being nothing more than her doing her job. I am by NO MEANS a supporter of hers, but I also know that these dug up, blown out of proportion, tid bits are what make me sick to read anything from the media til after November. Who knows......GOD forbid, but if she gets elected, maybe these skills of hers will keep her a step ahead of our enemies.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:37:03 AM PST
by
Wavrnr10
(Eagles soar but weasels don't get sucked in jet engines)
To: bboop
So getting a fair trial is wrong?
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:40:15 AM PST
by
Augustinian monk
(Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin - Romans 4:8)
To: Morgana
Do you even know what the heck you are talking about?
To: TexasCajun
It’s not a defense attorney’s job to help the prosecution. I’ll give her a pass on this one (but only on this one).
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:44:18 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: NonValueAdded
No, I heartily disagree. A vigorous defense used to mean ensuring the system did not grind up your client by violating their rights and, if a guilty verdict was rendered, ensuring the sentence was fair and proportional. I'm not sure when it morphed into use every trick in and outside the book to aid the client in escaping justice while trashing the victim and putting criminals back in our midst. The latter will lead to the ultimate collapse of the system.I agree. I have made this type of statement many times. However, the case in question was kind of complicated. The girl willingly jumped in a truck and went off drinking and driving with some people. She apparently wanted to have sex with one of the participants, but not the defendant, and she and her mother apparently doctored her story. It was not the slam-dunk case implied in the title and introduction.
To: goodwithagun
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:47:53 AM PST
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on...)
To: bboop
I understand where you are coming from, but you have to understand that our entire criminal justice system stands or falls based on the defendant getting adequate representation. Without it, you might as well let the prosecutors just tell the judge who is guilty and what kind of sentence they should get, and forget about trials. When attorneys are appointed to defend someone, it is because nobody else wants to do it.
To: dinoparty
"Are you suggesting that the creedibility of the accuser is not relevant to the dertermination of guilt?"
No, I am not. Certainly the credibility of the accuser should be taken into consideration. I suppose I was just venting my frustrations - I had the O.J. trial fiasco on my mind when I posted.
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posted on
02/26/2008 7:43:35 AM PST
by
FortWorthPatriot
(No better friend, no worse enemy)
To: TexasCajun
Read between the lines and you will notice that in all probability, HRC filed a false affidavit, that she knew to be false, when she filed the affidavit alleging that the 12-year-old often sought out older men.
Note too, that during the impeachment the use of affidavits to silence or squelch stories was frequent.
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posted on
02/26/2008 7:44:28 AM PST
by
ikka
To: TexasCajun
So, was this guy ever accused or convincted of rape after this?
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