tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post1425054143543472755..comments2024-01-06T05:01:09.131-06:00Comments on The Defense Rests: Dropping the other shoePaul B. Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-65677320292253191372013-04-23T17:00:51.885-05:002013-04-23T17:00:51.885-05:00I cannot help but wonder how many other innocent d...I cannot help but wonder how many other innocent defendants have been railroaded by Anderson and those who agree with his policy of hiding the evidence when you believe the defendant is guilty. I also wonder how many times as a judge he was decidedly unhelpful regarding defense discovery motions and Brady requests. This is the kind of thing that just strikes fear in me. Knowing that if my client is innocent, a conflicted prosecutor can just decide that an important piece of evidence is immaterial for Brady purposes and an ex-prosecutor judge won't act to insure a fair trial. <br /><br />A judge who gets a file with six pages in it for in camera review when those six pages supposedly represent all of the notes of a sheriff who conducted an extensive murder investigation then only asks the ADA if he has turned over all exculpatory evidence is amazing. The trial judge should have smelled a rat especially when the sheriff was not called. If I am the judge, that sheriff will be in front of me answering how this file is only six pages long and what else should be in it. Judges must insure a fair trial. There were many clues that this was not happening for Michael Morton and the judge allowed the fox to guard the hen house...for twenty five years. How many lives has this kind of bias allowed to be wasted? Anderson was allowed to make vial unsupported conclusions unsupported by evidence to turn the jury against Morton. <br /><br />A scholarly blogger pointed out that in Harris County he runs into "incipient" Andersons every year. So do I and they act so offended when you call them on it. <br /><br />There is just no will to turn the light on these people who treat prosecution like a game of battleship and think it's so clever to lie to win. Because the defendant is probably guilty anyway, it's justified. If one Michael Morton gets caught up by mistake, that's just fine as long as we convict those "guilty" people by any means necessary. Brad Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425364468832502100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-11051138190681608812013-04-22T08:46:17.399-05:002013-04-22T08:46:17.399-05:00Ken Anderson has no honor....He has demonstrated t...Ken Anderson has no honor....He has demonstrated that by word and deed numerous times...He is a classic example of "It's not about justice...It's about winng or losing."Cleverly Disguisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534013977707590759noreply@blogger.com