Quote Originally Posted by FlyGuyOU
First post. Came on here with a vengeance eh?
ven·geance (vµn??j?ns) n. Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution: ??Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time. An aromatic wine it seemed? (Charlotte Brontë). --idiom. with a vengeance. 1. With great violence or force. 2. To an extreme degree: December has turned cold with a vengeance. [Middle English, from Old French, from vengier, to avenge, from Latin vindic³re. See VINDICATE.]
I did say it strongly-my points are, 1) "checks and balances are all but gone", 2) how sadly a statement the article made, and the judges actions proved that the 'Justice System' to be that it seems more and more that it's not the truth that counts, nor what you know that counts...only whom you know that counts. Where's the justice here? I bet the judge would had a shit fit if the tables were reversed, and his precious was killed by her drunk boyfriend, and HIS daddy presided over the case and had behaved the same..... Also, I wonder if the boyfriends family have considered a lawsuit, it worked in the O.J case, which demostrated that justice is not balanced, or blind, and there goes protection from double jeopardy, which states: in many countries (such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and India, a constitutional right) which forbids that a defendant be tried twice for the same crime. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict (a peremptory plea); meaning the defendant has already been acquitted or convicted of the same offense. If this issue is raised, evidence will be placed before the court, which will normally rule as a preliminary matter whether the plea is substantiated, and if it so finds, the projected trial will be prevented from proceeding. If this is vengeance than I am guilty as tagged. Thanks for the feedback. I don't mean to soap-box, I am very passionate in my convictions--no pun intended!