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Date Posted: 00:16:45 10/02/02 Wed
Author: fighting4kids
Author Host/IP: cache-rg05.proxy.aol.com / 152.163.188.197
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Irresponsible Expert Witnessess
In reply to: Daniel 's message, "Tough on Crime???" on 12:30:59 10/01/02 Tue

Dear Mr. Hennessy...

Your proactive plan for arresting and prosecuting "more criminals" is a classic expample of you being soooooooo much a fence stander..Perhaps you should take a job with CPS or one of the other State Entities that can hide behind their amiguity.....

It is the job of any attorney to represent their client as best as possible. This is also true of criminal defense attorneys. Failing to do so is grounds for disbarment. This also includes the attorneys representing the state and their obligation to the state as well as the victim that they are personally responsible for prosecuting for....!

The Bill of Rights of the Untied States Constitution, which guarantees that the accused shall enjoy the right of a fair and expediated trial is biased. 3 years worth of delays and continuances with the defense is acceptable as standard...but a single delay from the prosecution is considered an atrocity and should be considered a violation of the perps rights.....!

It is interesting that the U.S. Bill of Rights only addresses the Perpetrator...? When does the victim enjoy the freedom of a fair trial....? NEVER in our system...and that is more than criminal....!

Therefore the job of the Defense Attorney is to make sure that the accused is afforded that right and that the State proves the case beyond a reasonable doubt AND that there is equal justice under the law for even our most vulnerable victims...our babies

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[> [> reply to fighting4kids -- W. Louis Hennessy, 05:53:06 10/02/02 Wed (cache-dh07.proxy.aol.com/205.188.208.171)

If you don't care for our Constitution I suggest you try to change it or leave the Country. The type of criminal justice system you crave for is available (Cuba, Iraq, Iran) and I doubt you believe it would be an improvement over ours.

This may come as a surprise to you but I did not write our constitution or the bill or rights. However, I believe strongly in our criminal justice system. If I have a problem with it I attempt to make changes to improve it. Complaining alone gets us nowhere.

With respect to my philosophy on addressing crime, I do believe in vigorous enforcement coupled with a prevention component. If I can prevent someone from committing a criminal offense where someone is seriously injured, that is far better than arresting the perpetrator afterward and the victim still suffers. If that is fence sitting I suggest you check out my record as Commander of the D.C. Police Homicide Branch. We implemented a similar program there which resulted in our arresting and sucessfully prosecuting more people for murder than at any time in history. At the same time we were able to reduce the murder rate by 20%. It works!

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