tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post806312362427142557..comments2023-11-05T06:01:46.501-05:00Comments on Solo Docs, So Long: Witch HuntsOnaColasantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-65107547461714706112012-11-08T16:50:09.123-05:002012-11-08T16:50:09.123-05:00No, the accused is not likely to hear, “Sorry! Mad...No, the accused is not likely to hear, “Sorry! Made a Mistake!” at all. It’s much more likely that the accused will be an object of scorn. <br /><br />If faced with no sustainable evidence against an accused, I believe that a prosecutor is thinking only of himself at times like that. <br /><br />I’m sure that the prosecutor called the ‘victim’ in for an interview in order to determine the strength of his only witness. I cannot imagine what the prosecutor thought when he saw evidence of tardive dyskinesia caused by the ‘Victim’s’ use of the anti-psychotic medicines Pamelor and Navane. His symptoms are profound…hard to miss. <br /><br />He was not motivated to file ‘Information’ but he waited almost another five months before he filed ‘No Information’. <br /><br />You cannot convince me that prosecutors think anything but, “this person is guilty, it is just that the evidence is insufficient.”<br /><br />I believe that if someone were arrested for murder but the evidence would not sustain conviction, a prosecutor would gladly settle for a plea deal, a guilty adjudication, for say, ‘spitting on a sidewalk’ (it doesn’t matter). A prosecutor is thinking that your case would be reopened at some point due to a violation of probation, at which time, the plea deal would be automatically revoked. Then, what is outstanding is the guilty adjudication on the original charge of murder. That guilty adjudication is used to send you to prison without trial and a lesser charge/penalty is not offered. The convict will then automatically get the maximum sentence. From my research, cases that are pled out are very often reopened. This is what is done all the time. <br />Rinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510703079566541948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-70718370661227548842012-11-08T13:26:53.192-05:002012-11-08T13:26:53.192-05:00Wow! What a joke! And this was the basis for try...Wow! What a joke! And this was the basis for trying witches, condemning them, and rousting out the devil?OnaColasantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-44671235358185691982012-11-08T13:21:11.290-05:002012-11-08T13:21:11.290-05:00Your experience sounds terrible, and makes a trave...Your experience sounds terrible, and makes a travesty of our justice system. The system itself is flawed--which means that even when good people try to do the right thing, they are guided by the system to do the wrong thing, the unjust thing. So when the "victim" was interviewed, he/she was guided to say things that would incriminate you. The prosecutors in cases like this aren't asking, "Is this person likely to be guilty, or not?" but, "How can I turn this into a guilty person and make myself looke good?"--especially after the case is underway. Backing out, apologizing, or saying, "Sorry! Made a Mistake!" just don't seem to be respectable options for prosecutors, or for anyone in the justice department. OnaColasantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-41598742986896198682012-11-08T09:07:11.701-05:002012-11-08T09:07:11.701-05:00Plea-bargaining only benefits the guilty where the...Plea-bargaining only benefits the guilty where there is strong evidence of guilt! Pre-Enlightenment thinking must be akin to Stinking thinking.<br /><br />The prosecutor subpoenaed the ‘Victim’ in my case to appear for an interview session 20 days after my arrest. Two hours after the prosecutor interviewed the ‘Victim’ my attorney got a call from the prosecutor. Note that my alleged ‘crime’ carries a mandatory minimum five-year sentence. The prosecutor offered that I plead guilty to a lesser charge of (I don’t remember what) and receive two years probation. <br /><br />The lesser charge was just another totally made up charge. Our whole justice system is crap. How can a prosecutor go from what the judge said was a ‘very serious crime’ that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five-years in a state prison upon conviction to a lesser (misdemeanor) charge? <br /><br />The victim’s mental illness (a breach with reality) must have rubbed off on the prosecutor during the interview. <br /><br />When I demanded to go to trial on the original charges I ended up wearing an ankle bracelet for six months ($76/week fee), remained under house arrest, and I couldn’t go to my sister’s funeral as punishment for not playing ball, so to speak. <br /><br />This is our justice system? <br /><br />To my prosecutor I say what should be sobering thought, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7-8). <br />Rinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510703079566541948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-68547897441505556462012-11-07T17:35:37.123-05:002012-11-07T17:35:37.123-05:00You may be interested in the original algorithm fo...You may be interested in the original algorithm for with hunts: <br /><br />http://laphamsquarterly.org/visual/charts-graphs/?page=161<br /><br />As you might expect - none of the outcomes are good.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.com