I want to see Scooter
burn go to jail as much as the next Bush hater, but my main thing right now is wondering how come all these brilliant legal, political, and journalistic minds can't care even one-tenth as much about a guy on death row whose lawyer fell asleep at trial.
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good point.
The judge in the case pretty much said as much, when in accepting the amicus brief, he footnoted it with the following (via Obsidian Wings):
"It is an impressive show of public service when twelve prominent and distinguished current and former law professors of well-respected schools are able to amass their collective wisdom in the course of only several days to provide their legal expertise to the Court on behalf of a criminal defendant. The Court trusts that this is a reflection of these eminent academics' willingness in the future to step to the plate and provide like assistance in cases involving any of the numerous litigants, both in this Court and throughout the courts of our nation, who lack the financial means to fully and properly articulate the merits of their legal positions even in instances where failure to do so could result in monetary penalties, incarceration, or worse. The Court will certainly not hesitate to call for such assistance from these luminaries, as necessary in the interests of justice and equity, whenever similar questions arise in the cases that come before it."
P.S. Bonus fun watching me get my a$$ handed to me in a debate in the comments.
The judge pretty much hit the nail on the head, but I also think that the same could be said for the other side of the fence. We (Left Blogistan) seem more interested in seeing Scoot spend a few months in a minimum security facility than in freeing the many, many men and women spending years of their lives in jail because they were busted with enough weed, crack, or heroin that they could be tagged a dealer and thrown in the clink on a third offense.
Theoretically, this power of the blogosphere can be used for more than just embarrassing our political opponents.
i know scoot's lawyer real well. i was rooting for 'em, what with the old Son of a Defense Lawyer syndrome being what it is. rooted for the OJ team, too.
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