tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post821174287847273765..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: StuffEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-35784553725117145452009-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:00Or, even, haven't reassured me...Or, even, haven't reassured me...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-59998274270426602182009-03-30T09:25:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:25:00.000-07:00My experiences with the Philadelphia courts hasn't...My experiences with the Philadelphia courts hasn't reassured me...I was called to jury duty about six or seven times over the nine years I lived in the city, and aside from being excluded from every jury on a capital case because I won't vote for the death penalty...a very questionable allowance given the prosecutors...I also vividly remember the judge who had a tantrum (I do not exaggerate) because the defendant, having been introduced with the counsels, said hello to the potential jurors. I asked a bailiff afterward if that, and his other lapses of decorum, were typical of his conduct; the bailiff noted that he was one of the more "colorful characters" in the robes.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-44990578914098027102009-03-28T18:33:00.000-07:002009-03-28T18:33:00.000-07:00There was an academy award winning documentary fro...There was an academy award winning documentary from a few years back about a murder in Florida where a tourist was killed and the police needed someone arrested quickly, so they grabbed one of the first black kids they could find and manufactured a case against him, including taking him out to the woods and threatening to shoot him if he didn't sign a confession. Fortunately, the kid ended up with a really good lawyer who gave a damn, and this lawyer on his own found the actual killer and got this kid off. <BR/><BR/>On the other side of the fence, having witnessed a murder trial where the victim was someone very close to me, I know there was a lot of evidence that was excluded for different reasons--including a voluntary confession to the cops because the Miranda requirements of where they guy was caught and the state where the crime took place were different.Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-30484598197985176452009-03-28T16:51:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:51:00.000-07:00What leaves me a leery dude is the amazing number ...What leaves me a leery dude is the amazing number of convictions that have been overturned in recent years because of DNA evidence. In Houston along, the numbers are frightening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com