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IGNORING THE LESSONS OF HISTORY

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

UPDATE. (And at 7:20 am, perhaps the earliest update in our history.) This you gotta read. The Broward blog recounts the long sad tale of a defendant who stood up to the SAO. To make a long story short, after losing a PVH, winning a jury trial on the same charges, and doing 48 months in prison, the SAO waits until the defendant is released from prison before filing a one count misdemeanor battery charge related to the defendant being tased in court during his PVH sentencing. They just don't get the concept of justice in Broward, do they. The blog article is here. BTW- how they get away with tasering a defendant whose arms and legs are in chains is beyond me. From the discussion on sentencing yesterday, one of our dear readers saw fit to do a bit of research and post this gem: From Wilson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).