My PD found a procedural error that got my case dismissed. I thought that was pretty good considering he only had ten minutes in his schedule to spend with me. PD’s aren’t dumb, per se, but they have very little time per client. (I used to drink. A lot. My bladder was full, I was near blind drunk, and I didn’t see the kids that saw me. There was no intent, but I could still have wound up as a sex offender for life.)
@gofinsc, Thanks to the Violence Against Women Act, the answer is no.
VAWA was attempting to address a long standing problem. Women were assaulted by boyfriends or husbands, and would be reluctant to call the police because usually there wasn’t enough hard evidence to lock up the offender - and the woman would get punished even worse for snitching.
Even when the guy was jailed, women addicted to a bad relationship would show up at court monday morning pleading to let the guy out again so he can go to work.
However, VAWA has created the opposite problem. Now, any accusation of “Domestic Violence” requires an arrest, regardless of evidence or lack of it. “Domestic Violence” is very loosely defined and includes “not giving the woman what she wants” (I kid not). Sometimes women in an otherwise good relationship call the cops in a fit of anger (or PMS or alcohol/med interaction) to teach her guy a lesson, and then spend years trying to get the courts to allow the buy back home. Far more often, women use the law as form of legal violence to punish the man, mirroring the abuse inflicted on women by violent men. An accusation with no evidence will jail a man, ruin his career, and generally provide (briefly) satisfying revenge. The Duke Lacrosse saga is actually a very common occurrence (just not usually in the media).
JP Steve Premium Member about 14 years ago
Innocent until proven lawyerless?
dataweaver about 14 years ago
Same thing: if you have no cents, you have no lawyers worth speaking of.
tis4kis about 14 years ago
If you have no cents, you get a lawyer who has no sense.
Rakkav about 14 years ago
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time…
(well, someone had to say it)
moronbis about 14 years ago
Is that why I see no lawyers behind the bars?
Charles Brobst Premium Member about 14 years ago
No money for a lawyer means no defense. A public defender is not paid for by the defendant and so is not answerable to him.
tim_1975 about 14 years ago
you mean public pretender?
magnamax about 14 years ago
My PD found a procedural error that got my case dismissed. I thought that was pretty good considering he only had ten minutes in his schedule to spend with me. PD’s aren’t dumb, per se, but they have very little time per client. (I used to drink. A lot. My bladder was full, I was near blind drunk, and I didn’t see the kids that saw me. There was no intent, but I could still have wound up as a sex offender for life.)
gofinsc about 14 years ago
Would that charge cause the same result if the offender were a female?
stuart about 14 years ago
@gofinsc, Thanks to the Violence Against Women Act, the answer is no.
VAWA was attempting to address a long standing problem. Women were assaulted by boyfriends or husbands, and would be reluctant to call the police because usually there wasn’t enough hard evidence to lock up the offender - and the woman would get punished even worse for snitching.
Even when the guy was jailed, women addicted to a bad relationship would show up at court monday morning pleading to let the guy out again so he can go to work.
However, VAWA has created the opposite problem. Now, any accusation of “Domestic Violence” requires an arrest, regardless of evidence or lack of it. “Domestic Violence” is very loosely defined and includes “not giving the woman what she wants” (I kid not). Sometimes women in an otherwise good relationship call the cops in a fit of anger (or PMS or alcohol/med interaction) to teach her guy a lesson, and then spend years trying to get the courts to allow the buy back home. Far more often, women use the law as form of legal violence to punish the man, mirroring the abuse inflicted on women by violent men. An accusation with no evidence will jail a man, ruin his career, and generally provide (briefly) satisfying revenge. The Duke Lacrosse saga is actually a very common occurrence (just not usually in the media).
rotts about 14 years ago
Spammerflaggen!