What will Judge Sullivan do? I should think Professor Morris might have ‘looked into’ the situation before asserting that Steven’s was getting a ‘fair’ trial.

Prosecutorial malfeasance OUGHT to be one of the most heavily ‘punished’ destructive behaviors in the courtroom.

And, if such malfeasamce was orchestrated or ‘encouraged’ from ‘outside’ the Prosecution ‘team’, then there needs to be a follow up to establish such fact and pursue, very seriously, those involved.

I am not holding my breath in anticipation.

The law is being made mock of and the legal community had best decide just how much Bull Shit they are willing to tolerate, explain that to the rest of us, (and themselves) and acknowledge that the ‘rule of law’ is, at best, a sometime thing, and further, that the quality of ‘justice’ that most people receive is directly proportional to the size of their wallet and how well they are liked by those in power.

Is there an attorney in this country, anywhere, who ‘believes’ they can dispute the reality of these assertions? Bring ‘em on.

Like all things the LAW is a ‘work in progress(?)’ and subject to the visititudes of fate. At present, however,it runs the very real possibilty of becoming a joke.

I do NOT say that happily, but with great despair, I do not say that cynically, but because. I. care.

In a democracy, when it is under severe and deadly threat, should not lawyers be among the first in the streets? I can think of a somewhat recent example in another country, far more brutal and unstable than our own, where the lawyers actually stood (at some considerable risk to themselves, one might imagine) against tyranny AND for ‘the rule of law’.

“Although the court is persuaded there is a…violation, the court is not persuaded that dismissal of the indictment or mistrial is the appropriate remedy,” said U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. But he added that the government’s actions had broken his trust in the prosecutors. and he ordered them to give Stevens’ lawyers copies of all witness interviews.

“The court has no confidence in the government’s ability” to meet its obligations to ensure a fair trial,” he said.

“I want an answer,” the judge told lead prosecutor Brenda Morris. “How does the court have any confidence that the public integrity section has any integrity?”

No evidence of any sanctions whatsoever. This is a good article though, worth reading if you are interested.