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COME ON IN....TAKE A SEAT

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

UPDATE: We often opine that the ides of January are the worst time to try a case, as prosecutors and judges are busy working on their new year's resolutions to send more defendants to jail. Now come this from the Broward Blog that North of the Border Judge Ireland has confirmed that indeed her new years resolution was to send more defendants to jail.   How many times does an appellate court need to remind a trial judge that YOU CAN'T HAVE A POLICY OF SENDING EVERY DEFENDANT WHO LOSES A TRIAL TO JAIL?  Listen up you robed readers: considering all factors in arriving at a just sentence is what they pay you for.  Do you get the fact that any idiot can total up a score sheet and throw someone in prison, but it takes a learned and skilled Judge to arrive at a just sentence?  OK, I realize that the "any idiot" phrase cuts a little too close to home when talking about north of the border...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).