Comments on: “It would be a miscarriage of justice to permit this case to go to the jury” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: New at Cato: case “never should have been prosecuted” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-122697 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:44:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22971#comment-122697 […] posted briefly on the Lauren Stevens acquittal last month, and now I’ve got a longer treatment up at Cato at […]

]]> By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-120912 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:32:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22971#comment-120912 Judge Titus’s ruling was wise, but I wonder if his wisdom came from knowing that “lying to the government” and “obstructing justice” charges best suited for tyranny, or simple empathy for the accused lawyer. The Martha Stewart prosecution and conviction shamed our USA.

]]> By: David Smith https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-120634 Fri, 13 May 2011 21:22:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22971#comment-120634 Sorry,

“I vas only following oders” doesn’t fly in America.

]]> By: Mike https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-120595 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:53:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22971#comment-120595 the prosecutors may been been directed to pursue this case by their “superiors”.

]]> By: jkoerner https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/it-would-be-a-miscarriage-of-justice-to-permit-this-case-to-go-to-the-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-120565 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:51:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22971#comment-120565 I have noticed that no one calls out the prosecutors by name. I feel like it would be at least a small deterent to bad behavior if sites like this with high google site-ranking called out prosecutorial misconduct like this by explicitly stating names.

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