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jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Fri Feb 7 16:40:32 CST 2003
on 8/2/03 9:16 AM, prozak at anus.com at prozak at anus.com wrote:
>> This is such a dud argument. There is not one system of jurisprudence, not
>> one defence attorney, who would even think to countenance a case on this
>> basis: "Your Honour, whether or not my client is guilty is irrelevant. There
>> are many other criminals who are just as guilty who are not being tried in
>> this court, ipso facto it's erroneous and unjust to try my client at this
>> time. I demand that we arraign the prosecutor instead." It's a load of
>> bollocks.
>
> this depends. if four men are arrested on a street for shooting guns,
> and all four were separate incidents, there will be comparisons among
> the prosecution (especially if race and class differences exist).
But this hypothetical doesn't match the context. The case here is more that
only one of them has been caught and the three others have gotten away (for
the moment). If guilty, he's still guilty, can and should still be
sentenced.
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