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Ha Ha Ha, A Prosecutor Got Arrested

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

That's not the reaction of every defense lawyer.But recently, a Texas prosecutor, tough on DUI cases, was arrested for DUI. Former Houston prosecutor Murray Newman got upset at the reaction, calling it a "double standard."The entire situation sent the criminal defense blogosphere in to a frenzy, as noted by Scott Greenfield:Taken from a particularized instance to a generic battle, this blew up into a seething animosity lurking just below the surface between prosecutors and defense lawyers. It spawned posts by Matt Brown and Jeff Gamso about the relative nature of our work, our relationship with legal concepts and human reality, and the philosophical foundation for irony. These are all big concepts.It all started with Houston's own Mark Bennett responding to former Houston prosecutor turned defense lawyer Murray Newman's post:The presumption of innocence exists and applies to Murray?s friend as much as to anyone: if he is punished for DWI when the government hasn?t proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, that will be offend our senses of fairness...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).