http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/07/quis-custodiet-custodes-ipsos.html the tao of criminal defense trial lawyering Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/07/quis-custodiet-custodes-ipsos.html/comment-page-1#comment-3898 lexcat Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:59:42 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/07/quis-custodiet-custodes-ipsos.html#comment-3898 Yet judges here routinely play the accountability card. Ever had a judge say to you that he/she can't set a lower bail because what if he releases the defendant on bond and the defendant commits another offense, drives drunk, or does something else the public finds offensive? How about the draconian sentences that they hand out, because the "public" demands it? Odd how they spend so much time pandering to the basest instincts of the public, and spend the rest of the time crouching in their robes, shielded from accountability and decency by their immunity. Yet judges here routinely play the accountability card. Ever had a judge say to you that he/she can’t set a lower bail because what if he releases the defendant on bond and the defendant commits another offense, drives drunk, or does something else the public finds offensive? How about the draconian sentences that they hand out, because the “public” demands it? Odd how they spend so much time pandering to the basest instincts of the public, and spend the rest of the time crouching in their robes, shielded from accountability and decency by their immunity.

]]> http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/07/quis-custodiet-custodes-ipsos.html/comment-page-1#comment-3895 john gibson Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:30:16 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/07/quis-custodiet-custodes-ipsos.html#comment-3895 sovereign immunity jesus you learn something everyday. john gibson sovereign immunity jesus you learn something everyday.
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