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Subject: Go to Ask the DA

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Josh Marquis

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Date Posted: 08/ 9/06 11:02am
In reply to: Carrie 's message, "Can/will you track ISPs?" on 08/ 7/06 3:27pm

1) I have no interest in "tracking" ISPs. Like most bloggers I'm interested in how often and how much people look at what parts of my blog.

2) The DAs office is so busy that we have no interset in taking guilty pleas from people who did NOT do it. Keep in mind that almost everyone who gets arrested claims they didn't do THIS crime. But the volume we deal with is so great and our ethical and moral charge to prosecute the guilty and protect the innocent so great that I challenge anyone to name cases whre innocent people were "forced" to plea bargain. Almost every child molester who is staring at 6 years and gets a deal for 3 claims they were coerced. If they didn't do it they should trust in the jury system. I do.

3) One poster talked about a case a decade ago wher I can only assume it was a juvenile dependency case wjhere the DA is one of several parties and the judge is asked to make a decision about where to place the kids. If a mother was abusing drugs she shouldn't get her kids back. Since 1996 we have established the Lighthouse Child Abuse Assessment Center and I have lawyers who specialize in child cases handling most of those appearances. Frankly they are probably better at making those decision than I, although I will say I've become les and less convinced that a bio-parent should automatically get custody if they are seriously messing up. Many times the DA's office recommends AGAINST DHS (the state agency) when they seek return because of our fears for the children's safety.

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Subject	Author	Date
Thank-you	Carrie	08/ 9/06 3:31pm