Posted on 07/10/2017 3:45:58 PM PDT by Lorianne
A Congolese immigrant escaped prosecution on six domestic-violence crimes when his lawyer convinced a city prosecutor that he lacked the cultural competency to participate in the American justice system, according to court and public records reviewed by the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The decision is one of several questionable actions highlighted late last month by Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in a widespread critique of domestic-violence prosecutions in Manchester. MacDonald's critique led to the abrupt retirement of veteran City Solicitor Tom Clark and has put Clark's office under heightened scrutiny.
One questionable decision dealt with the case of Augustin Bahati, 33, who was arrested last August. According to court paperwork, he was accused of striking, pushing, grabbing, kicking and pulling out the hair of a woman who was 27 weeks pregnant at the time.
His case ended when Manchester prosecutor Andrea Muller - the domestic-violence prosecutor singled out by MacDonald - dropped six misdemeanor charges against Bahati in early March.
How Bahati avoided prosecution was spelled out in handwritten notes of District Court Judge William Lyons.
"The parties agree that the expert reports and analysis indicates that the defendant:
Not competent
. Not restorable
. Not dangerous
Consequently, the court must dismiss the charges," Lyons wrote on March 2.
New Hampshire law allows for charges to be dismissed when an expert determines that a mental illness or mental disability has rendered a defendant incompetent to understand the charges against him and assist in his defense.
Dox the judge, the prosecutor, and the perp.
So he doesn’t have to obey the laws of the country in which he lives because he has supposedly failed to understand our culture???
Let these gals and their male relatives handle their own "domestic violence" problems and they'll figure out that they need to get married instead of shacking up with a psycho who does drugs. Eighty percent of these cases would evaporate. And tragically, a whole industry of angry Leftists with police-state authority over other people's households will be out of work.
The US Attorney should file charges against the perps and the corrupt bureaucrats for violating the civil rights of the victims.
The US Attorney should file charges against the perps and the corrupt bureaucrats for violating the civil rights of the victims.
That would require Jeff Sessions to grow a spine. Currently his head is firmly inserted up his anus.
I suspect that he would have a problem in the Congo too if he beat up pregnant women. To say he didn’t understand that such behavior is wrong is an incredible insult. But liberals do believe that Blacks are inferior and thus are incapable of acting sanely. What arrogant evil bigots.
About 40 years ago, I had a judge in a court room explain to me
that it was my responsibility to know the law.
It was not the court’s or law enforcement’s responsibility, it was mine.
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse”, she said.
It was not a good day for me at all.
NH District Court Judge William H Lyons has been disciplined 6 times since 2013. He was suspended 60 days in 2015.
http://www.courts.state.nh.us/committees/judconductcomm/decisions.htm
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/07/11/high-court-in-n-h-suspends-judge-after-his-outburst/
Too ABSOLUTELY INSANE !!
I guess murder is okay in Manchester if the perp is good with it !
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