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by thebmax
4912 days ago
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This is a great article. I have followed the Conrad Black case closely and have been amazed for some time at the ruthless nature of the prosecution. Not only do they freeze assets, and add on ridiculous charges like 15 counts of wire fraud because the document in question contained 15 pages, they also use effective PR campaigns - bringing out the defendant in handcuffs, staging press conferences where they go into detail on the alleged crime before the trial has even begun in order to taint the jury pool. For prosecutors, many cases are not about justice but about winning at any cost - often to further their own political career. If you are unlucky enough to be caught in the sights of a ambitious public prosecutor watch out. There is another case where the feds threatened a general labourer with 24 years in jail because he helped his boss move some bags of fertilizer. Turned out the government thought the bags might be used as a bomb making material and charged his boss with terrorism charges. He was an 'accomplice' to the crime and given the choice of pleading guilty and serving 2 years in jail or risking 24 years in jail at a trial. The article is here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044358930457763... Stories like this make me so angry. How many other innocent people are thrown behind bars by prosecutors 'win at all costs' style. |
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Where was the demand for justice when mobsters hired million dollar legal teams to beat murder charges? I think prosecutors are just responding to the demands of some of their constituents.