Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants

[deminks]

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/48371024?articlePage=1

It has been almost two decades since President George H.W. Bush nominated Thomas and his Senate confirmation hearings rocked the nation.

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As much as such off-bench activities draw headlines, Thomas is establishing a significant legacy on the law, notably on cases involving prisoners. This spring, he dissented alone when the court threw out a harsh re-sentencing order for an Iowa drug dealer who earlier had won leniency, entered rehabilitation and turned his life around.

Thomas also wrote the court's opinion reversing a $14million civil rights judgment for a New Orleans death-row inmate whose prosecutors had concealed blood evidence that could have helped him prove his innocence. And Thomas wrote a recent opinion against a California convict who claimed his lawyer was ineffective because the jury was never told about his childhood brain injuries, abuse and deprivation.

In that case, Thomas referred disapprovingly to an "infatuation with 'humanizing' the defendant."

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Oh, so much more at the link.

Clarence Thomas should recuse himself on healthcare cases. Clarence Thomas should be investigated for tax evasion.

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. IOW, he's not just a moron -

he is a psychopathic moron, unable to understand the concepts of compassion or empathy.

If he frets about the humanizing of the defendant, then his obvious starting point is he does not consider the defendant human. If that's the case, who else other than accused criminals does he consider less than human?

[w4rma]

2. Women. Definitely. (nt)

[Actionman]

4. Clarence is a denier of himself

"he is a psychopathic moron, unable to understand the concepts of compassion or empathy."

No so, he is and always has been trained to not have compassion for anyone that reminds him of who he is. And unless he is told by someone of his wife's race he will do neither the honorable or courageous.

[JDPriestly]

3. K&R Clarence Thomas lied on his financial forms.

I remember when Cisneros lied on an application for a housing loan. I think he may actually have served prison time.

[gratuitous]

5. Justice Slappy's judicial philosophy

I got mine, so fuck you.

[hifiguy]

6. If there were real justice, Thomas would be a defendant himself

very soon. Tax evasion and running a judicial influence peddling scheme used to be against the law in this country.

[mstinamotorcity]

7. Clarence Thomas

is not for the people. Clarence Thomas is for Clarence Thomas and those who helped him get there.