tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post5846813261784538155..comments2024-03-28T15:52:41.682-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: "Marsy's Law" On Ballot in NovemberBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14981871514203726152019-10-05T14:52:48.311-04:002019-10-05T14:52:48.311-04:00The system is designed to benefit lawyers by deliv...The system is designed to benefit lawyers by delivering product (i.e. bad guys found guilty of any number of thousands of laws passed by ... you got it .... lawyers.) Victims gum up the works and only matter to lawyers on the civil side. These are facts. If your victimhood won't pay a lawyer, you ain't much of a victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47035772217477038742019-10-03T14:14:34.721-04:002019-10-03T14:14:34.721-04:00We live in dangerous times with erosion of some of...We live in dangerous times with erosion of some of the wisdom of our founding fathers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68864003212122838302019-10-03T11:55:50.838-04:002019-10-03T11:55:50.838-04:00Ye, Bernie that's how it used to be.Ye, Bernie that's how it used to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-63863631059772488572019-10-03T11:03:58.549-04:002019-10-03T11:03:58.549-04:00"I know the attorneys job is to prove his cli...<em>"I know the attorneys job is to prove his clients innocence but at what costs."</em><br /><br />You obviously don't know the attorney's job. He has no obligation to prove a damn thing. It is up to the Commonwealth to prove guilt, and beyond a reasonable doubt. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-22000649958333073572019-10-03T10:46:18.493-04:002019-10-03T10:46:18.493-04:008.06, the extortion of settlements from drug co. w...8.06, the extortion of settlements from drug co. who manufacture pain killers, is a good example. every prescription has the disclaimer listing all the possible side effects. Most never read them. No one wants to experience pain, and there are no pain killers that are not possibly addicting. For some time addiction may be necessary to cope with pain, then one has to such it up and get off the drug. Soon people who need pain medication will not be able to get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-16241852285656790892019-10-03T09:30:28.849-04:002019-10-03T09:30:28.849-04:00I know the attorneys job is to prove his clients i...I know the attorneys job is to prove his clients innocence but at what costs. Even when an attorney knows his client is guilty, he goes to extremes, even further destroying the lives of the victims if necessary to get an acquittal for his client. After all, that is why he is getting paid. Where do we as voters draw the line? I don't think an attorney should have the right to get a deposition from the person filing the complaint. They gets their chance at the accused in the courtroom through cross examination. Harassing the accused is a ploy of the criminal defense attorney and should be limited. This is indeed a mixed bag of bones. There has to be some middle ground. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-5057222156789187262019-10-03T09:07:55.615-04:002019-10-03T09:07:55.615-04:008:06 AM
"...we must not go down the road of ...8:06 AM<br /><br />"...we must not go down the road of judging on emotions."<br /><br />That road is already well-traveled.<br /><br />Just look at liability court cases...and wait until the "reparations" and "climate denial" trials start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-37686330941708662032019-10-03T09:04:52.329-04:002019-10-03T09:04:52.329-04:00Another great erosion of "innocent until prov...Another great erosion of "innocent until proven guilty". This foundational concept to our legal system seems to get discarded more and more every day. There is no criminal until <b>after</b> the accused have been convicted by self admission or trial. This is a feel good bill and not one based on the presumption of innocence. Sad times my friends...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14874721763569666832019-10-03T08:06:17.422-04:002019-10-03T08:06:17.422-04:00accused should be judged objectively by the law an...accused should be judged objectively by the law and the facts. we must not go down the road of judging on emotions. The victims should be informed about decisions made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31593416271365110162019-10-03T06:22:31.113-04:002019-10-03T06:22:31.113-04:00"* refuse an interview, deposition or other d..."* refuse an interview, deposition or other discovery request made by the accused;"<br />Due Process??????<br />This may be my hold out. Having experience in criminal matters I am well aware of "victims", who may not be as truthful as they should be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com