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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 05:05 PM
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Texas Justice Pondered--OMG, read this!
Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 05:10 PM by KCDem
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2290010

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Eyebrows were raised on the U.S. Supreme Court this week when a lawyer for the state of Texas argued that prosecutors had done nothing wrong by allowing witnesses to lie during a 1988 capital murder trial that ended in a death sentence.

Bowie County prosecutors deceived the jury and the judge during the trial of Delma Banks Jr., said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she questioned Assistant Texas Attorney General Gena Bunn on Monday.

Bunn was put in the awkward position of arguing that even if the prosecutors lied, it was the responsibility of the defense to uncover the lie.
--snip--

:wtf: Prosecutors can allow witnesses to lie, and it's up to the defense to uncover it? Egads, I hope I'm never in the wrong place at the wrong time in this state.
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LawSchoolLiberal Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 05:09 PM
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1. Umm...
Sure they can, if they're looking to get disbarred! Texas loves to string people up, but that's just crazy...
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impeach the gop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 05:20 PM
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2. Don't mess with texas
just another good old boy smirk doctrine for terra loving compassionate conservative COWARDS
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MrSandman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 02:46 AM
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8. Was that "The Night That The Lights Went Out in Texas"????
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 05:51 PM
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3. Good old boy justice
What a disgrace conservatives are....
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beevul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 09:11 PM
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4. Alarming
"Bunn was put in the awkward position of arguing that even if the prosecutors lied, it was the responsibility of the defense to uncover the lie."

Alarming to say the least. So much for fair and impartial....
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1a2b3c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 10:46 PM
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5. Come on guys its not so bad
Delma Banks Jr Care to wager on Delmas race? Its only one dead person. Many more minorities are still alive and well in good ol' Texas.
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RoeBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 11:34 PM
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6. Sarcasm...
...right?
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1a2b3c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 11:39 PM
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7. Come on now Roe
Isnt it obvious?
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RoeBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 09:35 AM
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9. Just making ...
...sure.
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1a2b3c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:10 AM
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10. ...
:-)
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RoeBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:30 AM
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11. Ok now you're making fun of my...
...trademark (...) aren't you?
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1a2b3c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-03 10:56 AM
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12. Dont hit alert
One more deleted post and i gotta take the mandatory time out. :-)
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