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2016 Postmortem

NPolitics1979

(613 posts)

8. I agree that good politicians were once prosecutors.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:26 PM

Jan 2013

But there are two types of prosecutors.
Prosecutors who would ask for concurrent maximum sentence and Prosecutors that ask for a consecutive maximum sentence for a defendant convicted of a crime.
The latter prosecutor believes in the ends justify the means mentality, care more about giving the accused a maximum sentence-guilty or not guilty in order to convince the public that they are tough on crime.

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Aha. There you have it. Thumbs down, Martha, thumbs down... Berlum Jan 2013 #1

There is something wrong with her thumb. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #5

That may be bluestateguy Jan 2013 #2

Ortiz, apparently today, released this statement... DonViejo Jan 2013 #3

And Ortiz is a lying piece of shit. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #9

I haven't been following the story... DonViejo Jan 2013 #10

Here's some info. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #11

Cool. Thanks, backscatter. nt DonViejo Jan 2013 #12

No problem. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #13

Her whiney response still doesn't justify the charges in the first place. jerseyjack Jan 2013 #4

Most defense lawyers... BlueDemKev Jan 2013 #6

Many good politicians were once prosecutors karynnj Jan 2013 #7

I agree that good politicians were once prosecutors. NPolitics1979 Jan 2013 #8