Tying Up The Courts---What A Waste Of Money!!!
Two stories in my local paper
Two stories in my local paper
spurred my indignation level.
Two years after being convicted of murder, Michael Skakel’s attorneys have decided that there is a statue of limitations on murder, and his conviction should be overturned. Really now. And worse still, the attorneys claim that the prosecution erred in closing arguments by calling him a killer and a spoiled brat. Well, I think that’s what closing arguments are. Arguments. And almost any argument should be okay. ( Same with the defense, by the way. ) And I think that there should be a statue of limitations on horse-feathers appeals.
The other store was about a woman named Audra Soulias, who accused William Kennedy Smith of sexually assaulting her: SEVERAL YEARS AGO! Oh and by the way, in case you missed the story, she then admittedly had consensual sex SEVERAL TIMES after the supposed assault. Say what??? I think we know why she continued to have sex with him.
I don’t know if Smith was innocent or not; ( he was acquitted, by the way ). What I do know is that she should have reported the alleged assault the same night, and then she should have stayed out of his bed and out of his life, except for charging him with a crime then, not 5 yrs. later.
I don’t know why the courts allow this kind of crap. It is an asinine waste of court time and tax-payer’s money. How about we deluge our congressman with
e-mails and faxes to write some intelligent legislation about this.
A. Charges must be pressed against anybody within 30 days, with law enforcement having the needed time to make a case or not. Accusations should ABOLUTELY not me made public until charges are brought, to avoid slandering those who really are innocent. I don’t believe
the public has a right to know who is being investigated; only who is being charged. ( Actually, I don’t believe the public has a right to know anything about other people’s business, but that’s another letter. )
B. People like Audra Soulias should be prosecuted for something between malicious mis-use of the courts and just plain stupidity.
C. Convicted criminals should have 90 days to file their one and only appeal. Too many bites from the apple as it is.
D. Once convicted ( after losing the appeal ) criminals must serve the time. And no time off for good behavior. What the heck does that mean anyway? It should be added time for bad behavior.
E. And just for luck, ignore the nonsense about judge’s discretion. Too damn many activist judges as it is. The courts should be run like I run my restaurants. I pay my managers , tell them how I want the food prepared and served, and they do what I pay them to do. Well, I think judges are like my managers; they are told what is law.
Two years after being convicted of murder, Michael Skakel’s attorneys have decided that there is a statue of limitations on murder, and his conviction should be overturned. Really now. And worse still, the attorneys claim that the prosecution erred in closing arguments by calling him a killer and a spoiled brat. Well, I think that’s what closing arguments are. Arguments. And almost any argument should be okay. ( Same with the defense, by the way. ) And I think that there should be a statue of limitations on horse-feathers appeals.
The other store was about a woman named Audra Soulias, who accused William Kennedy Smith of sexually assaulting her: SEVERAL YEARS AGO! Oh and by the way, in case you missed the story, she then admittedly had consensual sex SEVERAL TIMES after the supposed assault. Say what??? I think we know why she continued to have sex with him.
I don’t know if Smith was innocent or not; ( he was acquitted, by the way ). What I do know is that she should have reported the alleged assault the same night, and then she should have stayed out of his bed and out of his life, except for charging him with a crime then, not 5 yrs. later.
I don’t know why the courts allow this kind of crap. It is an asinine waste of court time and tax-payer’s money. How about we deluge our congressman with
e-mails and faxes to write some intelligent legislation about this.
A. Charges must be pressed against anybody within 30 days, with law enforcement having the needed time to make a case or not. Accusations should ABOLUTELY not me made public until charges are brought, to avoid slandering those who really are innocent. I don’t believe
the public has a right to know who is being investigated; only who is being charged. ( Actually, I don’t believe the public has a right to know anything about other people’s business, but that’s another letter. )
B. People like Audra Soulias should be prosecuted for something between malicious mis-use of the courts and just plain stupidity.
C. Convicted criminals should have 90 days to file their one and only appeal. Too many bites from the apple as it is.
D. Once convicted ( after losing the appeal ) criminals must serve the time. And no time off for good behavior. What the heck does that mean anyway? It should be added time for bad behavior.
E. And just for luck, ignore the nonsense about judge’s discretion. Too damn many activist judges as it is. The courts should be run like I run my restaurants. I pay my managers , tell them how I want the food prepared and served, and they do what I pay them to do. Well, I think judges are like my managers; they are told what is law.
We, the bosses, through our elected officials, write the laws, prescribe the sentences so they are consistent everywhere, and pay the judges to run the court proceedings and inflict the punishment if a criminal is convicted. Very simple. If the judges feel the need to inflict their opinions and do things their way, they should resign and run for congress.
Rock
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