Posted on 11/10/2010 7:47:36 PM PST by enduserindy
"EAGLE, Colorado — A financial manager for wealthy clients will not face felony charges for a hit-and-run because it could jeopardize his job, prosecutors said Thursday."
(Excerpt) Read more at vaildaily.com ...
Sharing the wealth?
We’re all equal but some are more equal than others.
The guy needs to make alot of money to compensate the victim’s serious injuries and reduced ability to make an income. If he is unemployed he can’t pay anything.
That’s some choice: put the guy in jail and get no money or let him walk away from the consequences so you can get money from him now that you are practically disabled.
My son was telling me about this today and added that the perp also manages the wealth of the town of Vail, CO and a huge portion of it’s high roller home owners.
It’s torches and pitchfork time but the only folks who own pitchforks can’t afford to live in Vail.
A construction worker who runs someone over might lose his job if he gets sent up on a felony.
I don’t know what are the particulars of this exact case, but that is one of the most ridiculous and ill thot out prosecutorial explanations I have ever heard.
“Mr. Erzinger struck me, fled and left me for dead on the highway,” Milo wrote. “Neither his financial prominence nor my financial situation should be factors in your prosecution of this case.”
Hurlbert said Thursday that, in part, this case is about the money.
Dr. Milo is right. The money issue should not come into play in the criminal prosecution, but rather should be the subject of a civil suit. I strongly suspect that the prosecutor wants the defendant to pay restitution because his office will get a cut of it, or at least fees for administering it.
Laws are for little people.
Between assets and insurance I bet he can cover it.
If this continues, there will be hell to pay.
The Feudalism of this Oligarchy continues.
I agree.
I don’t think my job status would have anything to do with how strenuously I am prosecuted should I be in a similar situation. Perhaps it is related more to what the particular defendant can do for the particular prosecutor or judge. The more the government has to be consulted before an action can be taken the more corrupt must be the system and we have taken giant steps up that scale in the recent past.
Different spanks for different ranks !
This is the story I was referring to when I wrote this comment:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2625094/posts?page=18#18
Bankers are all above the law.
Hurlbert’s the guy who prosecuted the Kobe Bryant case.
I wonder if anyone in the government on this case can articulate just why it is that Lady Justice is wearing a blindfold, and what it’s supposed to mean. My guess is: no.
As my husband says, he who lets their money talk for them, ends up talking for themselves on judgement day.
At the very least the victim ought to get a say.
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