Where do you live that the conviction rate is 90%? Stats to actually back that up, or are you just making shit up? I didn’t move the goal posts, your thoughts are all over the place, hard to keep responding... I do not believe there is enough evidence in this case to convict. However, I’m not on the jury, people have…

It doesn’t, they “bring” losing cases all the time. Now, if you’re solely talking about taking a case to trial, then yes, it does come into it. However, that’s not the only factor. For instance, in the trial of the officers in the death of Freddie Gray, the attorneys knew it was going to be extremely difficult to get…

You’ve been watching too much Law & Order.

No, it’s an absolute reality. Not sure what you do for a living. However, your idea of this glorious judicial system were prosecutors only bring cases forward that will get a victory is what’s naive. I’m in court every single day, and that’s not even remotely the reality of our system.

The big thing you’re missing is that people testify in a trial, you’re not talking about just physical evidence. You can’t know exactly how someone will testify until they actually take the stand. I’ve seen it happen a 1000 times, the State thinks they have an airtight case, then the star witness takes the stand and…

I’m not saying that unequivocally there isn’t enough evidence to convict, I just understand that the burden of proof is very high, and that it’s always an uphill battle for the State in these types of cases. You have a he said/she said and little else, it makes it incredibly difficult.

There was ABSOLUTELY enough evidence to bring the case to trial. I never said there wasn’t. The quantity and quality of evidence to reach the probable cause standard is far lower than that of the reasonable doubt standard. If I were a juror, my biggest issues would be the length of time form the incident to the…

You think prosecutors only bring cases that they think will get a conviction? That’s cute.

I know this comment will fall on deaf ears here. However, as an attorney, there just isn’t enough evidence presented at trial to convict. You have to understand the rule of evidence, what is admissible and what isn’t. While there is plenty to convict in the court of public opinion, not nearly enough for a court of…

Exactly where my thought went...

As a defense attorney, it is incredibly frustrating. I see clients all the time who have truly reformed themselves. They’ve done everything right, and they will still have to deal with their past behavior. It’s the age we live in, anyone can Google your name and see whatever comes up.

I guess “NBA star” doesn’t have the meaning it used to.

I posted his on another thread- but it deserves another post (in my mind, anyways):

And more importantly- to me at least- is this racist assumption that because this kid is black, from Baltimore, and learned chess in a barbershop, the only other option was for him to be on the streets.

Sounds like an amazing Bromance Comedy in the making...

Fuck you. Omar will live forever. He’s comin.

Thank God we let Wieters walk...

As a defense attorney, this shit is frustrating. Accusations are just that, they hold no weight on their own. Maybe he did it, maybe he didn’t. You don’t know, neither do I, neither do the Jaguars. If he did it, fuck him. If he didn’t, and this woman is fucking with him every time she gets mad, fuck her. Both happen.…

You’re using the term TV-star rather loosely, no?

I have no idea who these people are...