That's why LE is sticking the family with the bill. If he had been immediately arrested - or even arrested after he came out of his coma - the public at large would be footing the bill if he was under arrest. He's no threat to anyone tied up and guarded by LE, so there's no urgency to place him under arrested while there's a huge financial reason to not place him under arrest. His ongoing condition much of the time has been 'critical but stable,' which being 'stable' is not exactly a good thing in that context and certainly doesn't mean it would be cheap for the taxpayer if he fell under LE custody. You can't just take someone out of the hospital when they're in critical condition unless you are moving them to another hospital and mishandling the involuntarily removal of a critically ill patient could result in expensive litigation if not an expensive judgment as well if the person died in LE's custody...better waiting until he gets well on the family's dime than risking a $2 million Sandra Bland settlement.
I just saw the Bland settlemet too!
BUT the reality here is our justice system has nothing to do with guilt or innocnence. NOthing. We all know he did it. They have resources - hired the premiere lawyer in the area . This will go on for 5 years - nothing with justice.
One my colleagues husband was a judge. At dinners here is how justice works in AMerica.
Game rules: they all know each other personally . Judges, proscuters, public defenders, cops, attorneys. A lot of them vacation (yaughting seemed popular!) with thier kids on vacations. Their wives know each other and socialize and their children know each other. They are not adversaries. It is a game.
Its really like a football locker room. A lot of it has to do with male scoring a point if you know what I mean.
Just for ease I am going to call attorney Mr att -- going to call prosector Mr prosc-- going to call judge Mr jud
Here is how it works (disgusting to me)
Happy hour
All arrive first cocktail is small talk. Usually the wives *****ing about how the husbands dont notice the kids enought , and over in the husbands corner they are chatting about what they are in the doghouse for this week!
I dont think its a surpise I find upper lower case switching a issue- quotes are upper case - i wont use quote marks but this is basically dialog between one another at the table:
Mr procs=== So Mr att , I will give you life on Austin.
All at the table nod, their heads back, chuckle, sip thier cocktail
Mr Att ===laughs heardily and says to att you know there is no way I am taking that - my client has no previous criminal history (our Austin here is not our Austin charge wise)
chuckle around the table
Mr Judge pops in Guys you know you are sitting in front of William (another judge) he is not gonna play that game
another chuckle - another sip - bit of pause
Mr Att says to Mr J udge , I know I wish i was sitting in front of you I could get away with in front of you - maybe big chuckle smiles all around the table (The wives are chatting about the problem one of them is having with her maid!)
Now the scoreboard!
For the def attorney his victory is "not guilty". The more points of those he gets the better his billing hour
For the procextor No Contest is like a punt - and guilty is the touchdown
For the Judge their touchdown is getting a plea, over cocktails and steak - gets the case off the docket and everyone is AOk with the game
except the innocent.........
Then they can slide into their male bonding stuff. Man that was a brillant stategy on the Evans case, one closest to him slams him a couple of times on the back - chuckle chuckle
Man I thought Bob was gonna blow his gasket when you tried to pull that cr@p on the Smith case - hahahaha
Its basically who can get the most "points" as described above
IMO not justice - its a game
Think about it this high powered attoreney Austin has, KNOWS he stabbed two other human beings violent , nuched on another, and scarred another human for life
There is nothing to defend - she takes it . $$ Every career has ethics - but for a reason, except this system!!
I get it when it was desinged 200 years ago before cell phones and internet. ALl of us here have seen videotape of someone murdering someone , running over someone whatever. It can be in the system for years. The game proceeds.
That rape case where the rapist is out in three months -- give me a break -- talk about revcitimizing,
If we took the same case and put it in front of two different courtrooms there will be different outcomes
It turns into all sorts of legal stuff that has nothing to do with guilt or innocense at all
rant over
moo
PS: A lot of you will love these things. At the same time it is sleazy. Market research - sign up - the pay is awesome and its fascinating. Reason I am bringing that up - I have done like 4 court ones. They do focus groups , and present their case - then you get intense questionaires expalining how responded to this or that.
One of em did three juries - we deliberated for three hours! Every jury was different . It was about smoking and lung cancer - the mother sued for her daughter dying of lung cancer.Addiction based - they got her daughter addcited to nictine.
They ask you questions like did you find the def attorney or the prosecutor more authentic - explain in detail etc etc
It is big bussines. (Go online, find market research companies in your area and register!All kinds of em. One with coffee was two hours and gave you a $100 check. Cups with numbers on them sip write write write. Water . Sip write write.
One was watching a new sitcom - with a gadget in your hand and throughout you turned you dial related to how you were reacting to each character, the script etc.
Another was a RX company launching a new anti depresant and they present ad copy for it and we all got grilled on our reaction to the marketing material . Neat stuff!
They usually have folks behind a two way mirror watching. They tell you that. They are taking notes on the groups response to questions.
Point here is as far as legal system goes .............................................
