Minnesota Judge Smacks Down Larry Craig

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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"The defendant chose to not appear and to enter his plea by mail just so he could avoid any
such publicly .....

In refuting almost every claim put forward by Craig's legal team, Porter wrote that Craig's
actions in making the guilty plea were well thought out and a planned attempt to shield
himself from the public scrutiny of his crime, which would have likely come to light if he
pleaded not guilty and fought the charges at a trial.

"The defendant chose to not appear and to enter his plea by mail just so he could avoid any
such publicly (sic), of record, inquiry into his conduct," Porter wrote, underling the last portion
of his sentence for emphasis. "He kept many of the facts out of the record in so doing. He
cannot now complain that he should not have allowed to take advantage of an approved method
to enter a misdemeanor plea."




http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/10...


on edit -copied story from Botany

[Botany]

1. nice post

It looks like I have seen it somewhere before ....

You freaking copied my post word for word even down to the #
of periods after the Judge's quote.

What is up with that?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. You Took Information That Was In The Public Domain...

eom

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Res Ipsa Loquitur

In refuting almost every claim put forward by Craig's legal team, Porter wrote that Craig's actions in making the guilty plea were well thought out and a planned attempt to shield himself from the public scrutiny of his crime, which would have likely come to light if he pleaded not guilty and fought the charges at a trial.

"The defendant chose to not appear and to enter his plea by mail just so he could avoid any such publicly (sic), of record, inquiry into his conduct," Porter wrote, underling the last portion of his sentence for emphasis. "He kept many of the facts out of the record in so doing. He cannot now complain that he should not have allowed to take advantage of an approved method to enter a misdemeanor plea."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/10/craig_guilty_plea_stands_on_re.html

[Botany]

6. Bad Form is bad form.

and that was bad form on your part.

[Deja Q]

2. 'smacks down' or 'taps on'?

:hide:

[soothsayer]

3. he's prolly into that