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Monday, June 18, 2012
Roger Clemens acquitted
Congrats to Rusty Hardin and his team for this great result. I wonder if the Feds are starting to get the message that these sorts of cases (Clemens, John Edwards, etc) are a waste. The federal government used to bring the biggest and most serious cases and leave the rest to the discretion of the States. Now, it seems, the feds bring anything they can bring -- big or small, important or not. If Republicans are as serious about small government as they claim to be, then I would think they should push to reduce the machinery of the federal criminal justice system.
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Uh, wasn't this a Democrat prosecution?
here here... do the feds win any cases any more that they don't bully into a plea?
David,
I didn't know you were a Republican? Seems counterintuitive. That would mean less prosecutions, which would mean less business for you.
hard to convict a famous white ball player , unless you have evidence. its not like other criminal cases.
Unfortunately, the Clemens/ MLB Roids fiasco is one of the few truly bipartisan efforts in Congress. Why did they have hearings on steroids in MLB to begin with? Congressional hearings can be very effective tools to solve, or at least get a start on, complicated, contentious, sensitive issues facing our country. Unfortunately both parties use them as either: 1) a tool to embarras or harras an administration they are at odds with or other political foes; or 2) grandstanding photo ops. Folowing the MLB hearings, they were supposed to have hearings on steroids in rap music (true story) until someone wisely decided it might be a waste of taxpayer money.
Let's not forget that Hardin's idiotic advice got Clemens into this mess in the first place.
103 pm- exactly
I hacked David's email and here's some of what I found:
1) A receipt from ITunes "ABBA's greatest hits" for $13.95.
2) A monthly renewal for World of War Craft.
3) An email to the US court of appeals, part of which reads "....[s]o as I understand it there is no prohibition on me having a part of the court's opinion, in which I am referred to as "an elite defense attorney" cast into bronze?
4) An electronic subscription to the magazine Model Trains;
5) A portion of an Amicus Brief entitled "Just Say No To prosecutorial misconduct"
6) A receipt for discontinued merchandise from the Florida Panthers, including, somewhat disturbingly, a goalie's mask.
LMFAO
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