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TRY IT AND LOSE IT

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

For those of you who have never been in a courtroom as a trial lawyer, (and yes that includes most of you robed readers) have you ever wondered what really bothers us about Broward? No it's not the horrible parking, or the sanctimonious Judges who in the past would blatantly discriminate against attorneys from Dade and their clients. No, the real problem with Broward was the SAO and their "I'd rather try it and lose it" then make the correct call and dismiss the case philosophy. You must read the Broward JJA blog's post about just this sort of prosecutorial abuse. The jury found the Defendant not guilty of the main charge of attempted murder "in about 30 seconds.". According to the post, the charge was increased from Agg assault to attempted murder after a prosecutor took a one minute statement from the alleged victim a few years after the case was filed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on May 26, 2010 (boomark / email).