Comments on: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Anniversary edition

By: Dan Hull

Dan Hull — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:21:20 +0000

Thanks for the mention, sir.

By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:01:43 +0000

1. Elected judges: Wrote a paper on it last semester, still think they’re an awful idea. I’ve thought so for some time.

2. I hope the citizens of Arkansas are only paying for part-time legislators.

3. Very bitter about Virginia v. Moore, because I completed an appellate brief for that issue (in one of the two jurisdictions holding opposite to SCOTUS) back in January. That appeal, of course, is dead now. And I think the underlying legal theory SHOULD be sound, but isn’t, because of unreasonable SCOTUS precedent.

4. I think the criminal justice system is broken beyond repair, unless that repair involves what will be perceived as radical reforms to the idea of incarceration for certain crimes, particularly drug related offenses (including those involving transportation) and offenses that are related, in part, to drug addiction or abuse, and that decriminalization must be part of that reform effort.

That’s all for now. Your site is a nice distraction during my (LAST!) set of finals.

By: SPO

SPO — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:01:21 +0000

Hmmmmmmmm. Let’s see, lawyer in heat of moment makes a tasteless gesture in open court–gets 90 days–Mike Nifong screws over three innocent people and gets a day. Obviously, I know different jurisdictions, different judges etc. etc. But the moral of the story is don’t piss off some imperious judge–better to try to ruin an innocent man’s life.

By the way, Nifong should spend the rest of his life in prison for what he did.