Comments on: Florida judge has compassion for child predator

By: doug

doug — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:46:05 +0000

Sometimes, Thanks for the insight. I was too lazy to go check election results before. Obviously, you are spot on. Here's the results from Broward in the last two presidential elections: 2004 Bush 244,674 Kerry 453,873 2000 Bush 177,902 Gore 387,703

By: Sometimes it's better not to speak . . .

Sometimes it's better not to speak . . . — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:34:06 +0000

when you don’t know what you are talking about. Sorry, Brad, but Broward County is one of the most liberal in the State of Florida. It swings democratic in almost every election. I also don’t know where you’ve heard of Judge Gold’s conservative reputation. He is known as one of the 2 most liberal and defendant friendly judges in all of the County. Lastly, if the prosecutor made so many mistakes the Judge could have granted a motion for new trial, which he didn’t.

By: Miguelito

Miguelito — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:26:15 +0000

I’ve been checking back, eagerly awaiting your response, Brad. I’ve been enjoying this little exchange. I’m rooting for you, since you seem to be the underdog (since this is Travis’ blog and all . . . oh, and since you appear to be losing badly in this pseudo debate)–so please get some more ammo and re-join the fray.

By: travis

travis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:48:49 +0000

Do a google search with your eyes open, and you will find a lot more articles

how about you pass along even one article. you can even email the defense attorney yourself and ask for a statement.

It is very good you know how to use wikipedia and cite it repeatedly. There is big difference though between what gets glossed over there and what the reality of legal practices are.

wow, someone who’s just been embarrassed to find out he’s completely wrong about something makes fun of being refuted with links to wikipedia. that’s original.

it doesn’t matter what the difference between the courtroom and the wiki is. you said prosecutorial conduct is not a procedural issue. it is. i didn’t link to a west hornbook because i don’t have a hyperlink to my bookshelf, and i figure if you don’t know that prosecutorial misconduct is a procedural defense, a wikipedia summary should be all you can handle.

but it appears even that was too much for you to take.

By: travis

travis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:38:59 +0000

brad, do you write for the infamous jaablog, by chance?

By: doug

doug — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:34:16 +0000

…lets please have your conjecture as to why you think the judge let the guy run free? Please do tell.

Haha…pot, kettle…

Brad, please do provide some links to info on Marc Gold or quit claiming that he is “known as one of the most conservative judges” and had to pass “the neocon litmus test.”

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:20:46 +0000

Travis – Do a google search with your eyes open, and you will find a lot more articles. It is very good you know how to use wikipedia and cite it repeatedly. There is big difference though between what gets glossed over there and what the reality of legal practices are. There is also a very big difference between a prosecutor screwing up and didn’t hand over some bit of trivial evidence (though we have disbarred prosecutors over that) and the kind of blatant misconduct no one talks about until you are back in front of a panel of judges.

Zach, lets please have your conjecture as to why you think the judge let the guy run free? Please do tell. Open your mouth and tell us how a judge known as one of the most conservative judges in one of the most socially conservative place in this country lets a child molester run free? Don’t tell us it happened, we know that, and none of us like it. Please do give us your conjecture, jackass. Is it possible you haven’t thought this through?

By: zach

zach — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:57:35 +0000

Brad, you are a jackass. No one needs your conjecture regarding why child molesters run free in broward county. If the prosecutor pulled out his johnson & pissed on the guy, he still should not be free pending his appeal. Try your best not to be a moron please. Did u ride a short bus to public school a**hole?

By: travis

travis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:55:22 +0000

Brad, don’t you think if there was prosecutorial misconduct, the defense attorney(s) would point that out to reporters who are asking WTF is going on? quite to the contrary, and as Doug points out, the defense attorney admits there were no procedural problems with the trial. You say prosecutorial misconduct isn’t a procedural problem. But you’re wrong!

In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct is a procedural defense; via which, a defendant may argue that they should not be held criminally liable for actions which may have broken the law, because the prosecution acted in an “inappropriate” or “unfair” manner. Such arguments may involve allegations that the prosecution withheld evidence or knowingly permitted false testimony. This is similar to selective prosecution.

Given all the evidence they have against this guy, I imagine, on appeal, that any procedural problems will be considered harmless error or excused under one of the many exceptions to the exclusionary rule, or what have you.

I would love to see some of your articles “hinting” at the prosecutorial misconduct angle, because my searches all turn up empty. ie,

http://news.google.com/news?complete=1&hl=en&q=Aaron%20Mohanlal%20%22prosecutorial%20misconduct%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&complete=1&hl=en&q=Aaron+Mohanlal+%22prosecutorial+misconduct%22&btnG=Search

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:12:38 +0000

Unhappy with the judge’s decision? Send your comments to him at:

marc.h.gold@17th.flcourts.org