The Texas Judge Did What!?!

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
WTG, Plato.

DITTO QFT!!

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


I can assure you, I know better than anyone on this forum (including you) the failures of the criminal justice system, from prosecutors to defense attorneys to judges.

My complaint against the judge goes to the scheduling of the hearing being posthumous, not the allegations towards the presiding judge and prosecutor.

I am a former Federal Police Officer who has had the pleasure of dealing with juridictional issue depending upon the bloodline of the party involved, just curious how you know more than anyone?

Not trolling, just asking....

Donegeal is a current Lawman..Wisconsin perhaps..

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


I am a former Federal Police Officer who has had the pleasure of dealing with juridictional issue depending upon the bloodline of the party involved, just curious how you know more than anyone?

Not trolling, just asking....

Donegeal is a current Lawman..Wisconsin perhaps..

Right, Donegeal is more versed than me by virtue of age.

Me-attorney who spent most of my (still young) career dealing every day with prosecutors, judges, criminals (alleged and convicted) victims, defense attorneys.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


Right, Donegeal is more versed than me by virtue of age.

Me-attorney who spent most of my (still young) career dealing every day with prosecutors, judges, criminals (alleged and convicted) victims, defense attorneys.

Thats cool

I had no idea what your RL job was


Gives a varied and sometimes jagged view of how Lady Liberty sometimes doesnt live up to her billing


Thanks for the reply

[Kuciwalker]

What does "interloc" mean in this context?

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
What does "interloc" mean in this context?

In limited circumstances, such as in my case from today, you can take up an appeal on a specific issue prior to final judgment being rendered.

[Solomwi]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


In limited circumstances, such as in my case from today, you can take up an appeal on a specific issue prior to final judgment being rendered.

Short for "interlocutory appeal," in case Kuci was still wondering how to get from one to the other.

[Winston]

They've had almost 20 years to raise this issue on appeal, you have to wonder why they waited until the very last moment to do so.

Meritless stalling tactics? Nah.. that couldn't be, never heard of that in death penalty cases.

As always, my compassion is with the murder victims and their kin, not the guy who gets all the press just before he croaks it.

[Sprayber]

I'm curious what sort of punishment the former judge and prosecutor might face as a result of this if any. Since they are no longer at their jobs are they pretty much off the hook?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by PLATO
So after "lengthy" appeals and 19 years after the crime, his lawyers are just now , two days before execution, going to bring up a potential conflict that could send the whole case back to retrial?

I don't think it is only the judges that we should be judging here.

So...you think the judge and the prosecutor told folks back then that they were having an affair?? The clock should start running when the defendant and/or his attorney found out.

[dudemanjack]

Originally posted by PLATO
So after "lengthy" appeals and 19 years after the crime, his lawyers are just now , two days before execution, going to bring up a potential conflict that could send the whole case back to retrial?

I don't think it is only the judges that we should be judging here.

I'm sure the strategy of the defendant was to sit in prison for 19 years before trying to get a retrial.

[PLATO]

I am overwhelmed by the defenses incredible ability to dig up details of an affair 19 years after it happened. I am also amazed at the ability of the participants in said affair to have kept it secret that long only to let it slip here at the 11th hour.

[Wiglaf]

This is why you should work in the circuit courts. District judges are retarded.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
It's the Leglislature that determines "what's right." It's teh judge's friggin' job to follow the law. He took an oath unto God that h'd do so!

Are you sure you aren't a Republican?

[asleepathewheel]

So it turns out that yes, the judge and the prosecutor were having an affair, though neither would admit that it continued through the trial they both admitted to traveling together after the trial occurred, so I'm guessing they were less than truthful on the end date.

say what you want about the late timing, but there's no way you can execute a man who was convicted under these circumstances.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6023855.html