Comments on: Another Double Jeopardy victory.

By: DavidM

DavidM — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:37:26 +0000

In reply to Phys Ed. Phys Ed You are absolutely right on. When I was 22 I met a girl that I would have sworn was 16 . After talking with her awhile I found out she was 22 and a college student from Hamburg Germany ,going to college in this Country as an exchange student. The point is you cannot tell with any certainty how old someone is by a picture, or even looking at them in person. How a court can convict someone because they were shown a picture of a 14 yr. old who said they were 21 is a disgrace to justice.

By: Phys Ed

Phys Ed — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:14:53 +0000

We see a lot about the “Rule of Law” these days from both sides of the political Aisles in the Congress; there are actually three such rules of law, one for the government, which tends to ignore its own Title 18 Statutes when launching sex offense stings through the US Mails. There are at least five or six different laws broken when the Post Office launches investigations when working in collusion with the FBI where the FBI shares information it runs across for possible perpetrators on a busted website and then stands off until the postal inspector violates his Congressional mandate about not getting involved unless the Atty General of the US determines the postal service itself is being harmed by the alleged perp’s activity.
There’s also the second rule of law- for the rich and powerful with deep pockets able to lawyer up with heavier legal artillery than the government. The third rule of law is that brought to bear against the indigent, who in reality have no defendable constitutional rights at all-except for an over-tasked, under-resourced public defender assigned to them who is most often, in reality, working in collusion with the prosecutor to get the conviction by any means necessary, ANY means, subornation of perjury, falsified evidence, withholding of exculpatory evidence, or whatever else is necessary. Guilt and innocence do not enter into anyone’s thinking unless it’s the defendant. If a case can be made-or manufactured from whole cloth to get a conviction unlawfully, it often will happen THAT way. It DID happen that way in my case…

By: Aracely

Aracely — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 06:02:36 +0000

Another sex sting protecting imaginary children on adult dating sites instead of protecting real children on social media sites and apps that real children use. Yeah, like those who target minors online wouldn’t know that police only run these sex stings on adult dating sites, not on any sites or apps that real children use. Unacceptable Problem is the public just hasn’t been aware of this. They’ve believed the lies about real children being protected. They’re not real. They’re all imaginary.

By: Tereto

Tereto — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:18:18 +0000

In reply to Sc. Pretty much agree with you.

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:06:29 +0000

This is sort of what happened to me. I didn’t have the money for a trail so the none of the numerous repeat , fake, stacked and made up charges I got got tossed.
Am I saying I did not do “Anything wrong”, no, but the prosecutor made it sound like I was basically had sex with the entire population of Florida.
Every time my attorney started to speak and object, the judge shut him down like a scared puppy. When I saw how scared my lawyer was (He actually was excused to go puke) I froze and didn’t know what to do. I basically got “F-D” all the way to prison.
I will add when I was released, the same attorney had learned how to work the system and redeemed himself by getting a new judge to hear my appeal and I got the remaining 6 years of my sentence tossed.
I saw this when I worked in law enforcement. Someone would get pulled over for something and a joint was found in their ash tray. The next thing you know, the poor guy is being charged with possession with intent to distribute, transporting drugs, and whatever else they could throw at them to make sure they get some time.

By: Sc

Sc — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:25:26 +0000

They will continue to stack charges until either they are called on it by the Defense, Appellate, or they will “drop that charge as part of a plea deal.” Orrrrrrr… The circuit and the Appellate (even Federal) courts will ignore said case law and uphold convictions regardless.

Apologies for the negativity here. I’ve come across all of these scenarios.