This poor girl was food dead in a trash bag with her wrists tied in wire still clutching a stuffed animal. This man not only abducted her, raped her, bound her in wire, but buried her while still alive. They found a bloody mattress in his house with her DNA on it and the girl buried in the yard and the judge has the gall to throw out his confession because he was not immediately given a lawyer when asked though willing to talk about among other things the murder of this girl. Has the court system gone too far to protect the rights of criminals in expensive of the victims?
2006-06-30 06:53:41 · 11 answers · asked by Love of Truth 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Some have indicated that the judge did the right thing and the cops messed up. In my opinion if indeed the cops mess up they should be penalized not the victim. If they find factual evidence, especially in crimes as grave as this, it should be admissible, no matter what. By the way these officers were just trying to save this poor girl’s life by continuing to question him. Through his own admission they were able to find the body. They did not know if she had died or was in immanent danger of dying. They did the right thing. It is the laws that are screwed up not the other way around.
2006-06-30 07:05:56 · update #1
babo02350, the fact of the matter was he also asked for a lie detector test around the same time he asked for a lawyer. The officers legitimately thought he wanted the lawyer for or after the lie detector test. In any case the point isn't what his rights are. They found the evidence proving him guilty. Again, if the officers did something wrong they should be penalized not the victim. If you are guilty you are guilty no matter what your rights are supposed to be. Your rights being violated should not mean a get out of jail free card. This is absurd logic. Again this can easily be solved by penalizing those who violated his rights. In my mind I do not even care about his so called rights. You act like that in society you by default have forfeited your "rights".
2006-06-30 07:13:36 · update #2
That's awful, just awful.
That's just one of the MANY things that is wrong with the judicial system today. When did we as a country begin to look out more for the criminal than the victim.
2006-06-30 06:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He did the right thing. While it seems unfair, the police are well aware that as soon as someone says they want to talk to a lawyer, the interview needs to end THEN, not after asking a few more questions. It's such a well-established rule that there's no question about.
In this particular instance, it sounds like there's plenty of physical evidence that will make it hard for this guy to get off. They don't need a confession to convict.
Edit: It is a well-established and firm rule of law that evidence obtained improperly is inadmissable. The police know this and are well trained in what is required of them. A mistake of this magnitdue does not deserve leniency or special consideration. There are some things, such as this, that are so fundamental to our judicial system that the prosecution cannot benefit from violating them.
2006-06-30 13:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by James 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you completely ---- I suppose going by the "rules" the judge did the right thing, but I also have the right to feel the "rules" are screwed up. Our legal system has shown time after time that they are more concerned with the criminal's rights than the rights of their victims/surviving family.
In the long run, this will not matter, because the DNA evidence should be more than enough to get a conviction.
2006-07-01 22:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In metting out justice, it is also the courts job to make sure that all the appropriate rules and procedures are followed by the people empowered to maintain law & order. The reason for this is to protect the potentiall 1 innocent person who could be harmed as a result.
The police know what the procedure is...they screwed up..not the court which is also a watchdog.
2006-06-30 15:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by boston857 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heard the news and wasn't surprised. What were the cops thinking when they were interrogating him and he asked for a
lawyer. Ignore him....man the cops screwed up on this one if thats the truth. No wonder the judge threw out the confession.
Luckily, they have enough to hang him big time. Even bad guys
have rights.
2006-06-30 14:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by babo02350 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the system really sucks. This criminals get a second chance to defend themselves, no matter how many evidence they have against them. I live in Dallas, Texas, here if you are Hispanic looking person and you have a warrant for tickets, you get treated like if you have killed 10 little girls. That is why people this days kill, they know they are getting away with it.
2006-06-30 14:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by Najera 23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think everyone need a fair trial, even if they did you it. There must be a lot of pressure on the Judge for the case to be equal. I think if the defense, because the guy is guilty, they want to try to save him from the max. Hopefully the prosecuting team has a lot of evidence against them.
2006-06-30 14:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by khstennis01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if the cops did there job right then this wouldnt have happened. You shouldnt blame the court system you should blame the cop who decided that procedure wasnt important in this case.
2006-06-30 13:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Lar-Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The criminal justice system is just that, criminals justice system, damn the victims. That judge should be shot IMO, but at least removed from the bench permanently.
2006-06-30 13:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by Vincent Valentine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Yes. Yes. And most definitely YES!!! Activists judges are ruining the country. So has the court system gone to far - answer - YES!!!
2006-06-30 13:57:23 · answer #10 · answered by doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋