Questioning The Very Basis Of Our Legal System?
Jeff Woods sits down with Bob Clement and gets some answers as to why his campaign is linking Karl Dean to Paul Dennis Reid:
According to this new interpretation from Clement, the real problem is not that Dean represented the accused but that he did it well. “...His nickname is ‘Magic,’ ” Clement claims. “Karl Dean, they call him ‘Magic’ because he’s gotten people light sentences and was able to get people out who ought not to be out on the streets again.” Here’s more from the interview:
Scene: “So because someone has been public defender, is that person disqualified from serving as mayor?”
Clement: “No, I’m very supportive of public defenders. But I’m talking about people who have committed heinous crimes.”
Scene: “So they’re the ones who shouldn’t get a fair trial?”
Clement: “No, they should get representation.”
Scene: “Just not very good representation?”
Clement: “Well, you gotta use some common sense and good judgment. These people are a threat to society. Aren’t you doing them a favor by keeping them incarcerated and locked up? You’ve got cases where certain people should not be back on the street because of their record and the number of their crimes. That’s where the public defender and the prosecutor and all should come to the table and say, ‘If this person gets out, we’re going to have trouble. This person is going to do it again, and how many more lives do they have to destroy?’ ”
Scene: “What you’re saying, Congressman, is that if a guy is bad enough, what the public defender should do is just lay down and toss in the towel? What should Dean have done?”
Clement: “Represent them, No. 1, but No. 2, be sensitive to the community. Share information with the prosecution. You’re doing the person a favor by incarcerating them rather than turning them back onto the street where they can commit horrible crimes again.”
To counter Clement’s barbs, Dean is airing a TV ad featuring an endorsement from A.A. Birch, the first black chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. “He fought honorably for his clients, and he never gave up,” says Birch, who retired last year.
Dean himself says, “It’s a criminal justice system where your job is to represent the client and do what’s best for him and they’re guaranteed that by the Constitution. They’re guaranteed a vigorous, zealous defense.”
Wonder how the Bill of Rights would fare in Clement’s polls?
Firstly I will answer your question. Fairly well thank you! it has for nearly 20 years!
next step... It is common practice for the sharing of information between the defense and the prosecution; to assume otherwise is to deny the truth of the changes in modern America.
Now to properly defend Bob, let me explain what he's saying clearly and concisely for those who think he's the next Bush. In the modern process Defense Attorneys (especially PUBLIC Defense attorneys) co-operate with the prosecution as if their client is guilty; to give their client a chance to plea bargain for the easiest, lightest sentence possible. Evidence sharing is required by the court as any evidence withheld from the prosecution could be detrimental to the prosecutions case. NOW, that said Bob is back tracking because he can't Say KARL is a part of the problem because he's a MODERN attorney... But to deny standard practice as if it is improbable and unconstitutional is incorrect. Attorneys have been doing this for years; ever wonder why a defense attorney knows everyone in the court??? ITS A MONEY GAME!
Bob's best line of defense is to reword his statement as opposed to lose votes; for coming out and attacking Karl for being an attorney. (which in this day in age is a fairly deplorable position...)
secondly; what happened to the original question?
Why did Nashvillians pay for a trial in Montgomery County?
the sun is shining in today. Its too damn hot for sun, and my blinds are too short.
