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'Prosecutors Are So Dreeeeeeamy!'

Houston attorney and renowned blawgger Mark Bennett says the state bar disciplinary counsel thinks "Prosecutors are so Dreeeeeamy." But when the state bar's disciplinary apparatus expresses such views, Scott Greenfield says forebodingly, it implies "that when one side is ascribed righteousness, the other is doomed."They're referring to a post on the state prosecutors user forum by State Bar Disciplinary Counsel Deputy Laura Popps, who began by declaring, "Some of you know me from my days prosecuting statewide for the AG's Office," then went on to request notification when local defense attorneys are convicted of crimes. That much might not bear mention, but then she concluded:I still think prosecutors are the best bunch of people around and I am proud to know so many of you! Keep up the great work! To which Bennett retorts:This explains why it?s so hard to get a grievance sustained against a prosecutor: even when they lie, cheat, hide evidence, and send unethical letters to people represented by counsel, they?re still the best bunch of people around...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).