Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Justice Building Blog

Criminal Law

: Justice Building Blog

LAESER, WAKSMAN, GILBERT TO RETIRE.

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The title of the post links to the New Times article. Budget cuts are to blame.   The Dade SAO now loses three top trial prosecutors who have over 100 years of combined experience. The loss of these three prosecutors is bound to adversely affect our community. They did their job for decades, and they did it supremely well. But lets look a little deeper. Certainly  the prosecutors' office loss of three  top trial lawyers  may result in a rare not guilty on a serious capital case in the future. But what the  Dade SAO also loses is the experience that is passed on to younger and less experienced prosecutors. When Mr. Laeser tried a case, he usually had a younger prosecutor with him. Someone who could study and learn what it takes to throughly investigate and prepare a case for trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).