[moonshinner_09]

I am not following the logic but Advocates ask,“Where do they get off trying to get an uncounseled criminal defendant to plead guilty before they get a lawyer?” asked Victor M. Glasberg, an Alexandria civil rights lawyer who raised the issue with the Virginia Supreme Court. “It’s knowingly aimed at the Latino community, and it is part of Prince William’s ethnic cleansing program. [Judges] know the law.”.. I guess it was the Latino community,who knowingly provided the drugs,and thinks the defendant, should be held above the laws.At some point illegals need to realize yes the laws also apply to them.

[AuntB]

“.At some point illegals need to realize yes the laws also apply to them.”

Oh, moonshinner, the laws DO NOT apply to illegals, and they know it.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Prince William Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul B. Ebert (D) had automatically waived all jail time for misdemeanor marijuana possession and a host of other charges. That made it possible for the General District Court judge in Lopez’s case to negotiate a guilty plea without appointing a lawyer: All Lopez had to do was pay a $186 fine and forfeit his driver’s license for six months.

The Catch-22: Under federal law, illegal immigrants convicted of drug offenses are more likely to be deported, which is something defense lawyers are now required to explain. But Lopez didn’t have a lawyer, according to court records.

Advocates contend that prosecutors and judges in Virginia are essentially setting deportation traps for illegal immigrants

Waiving jail time for ALL misdemeanor defendants is "setting deportation traps for illegal immigrants"? Ah, the liberal 'mind' at 'work.'