Give me a break. I used to work for the Allen County Public Defender's Office and had access to a list of the confidential informers. Can we say "big joke". People it is the undercover police officers who have the real power, not confidential informers. When was the last time you were arrested by a confidential informer?
Confidential informers are not worried about being caught, but more about keeping their own behinds from doing time in prison. So they will lie and set up innocence folks to remain in the community to cause more harm to its community. It's a lifestyle..no different from pimps looking for innocence girls. Come on folks, tell me again, what is it you working with? The blurb coming from the television called news!!! A confidential informer is a snitch only when he or she turns in their partner in crime rather than an innocence bystander. Are you having a light bulb moment, yet?
Second, scheduling for the courtroom are between 9-3:30 generally. You will find the processing of criminals quick. These judges don't have time for them, the judges have to know the law, and where do you find the law in books, in cases, and from some brainy attorney who appears in their court with some new law the judge was caught sleeping on.. come on people stay with me. Furthermore, few cases go to trial because it would cost the attorneys too much of their time overlapping and eating away at their private practice income.
Third, part of the funnel of the criminal justice system, to reduce the court load burden and makes the judges time on a the bench a piece of cake, is the mechanism of plea bargain. Let me repeat, the judges do not want to see these folks in their courts, it takes up too much of the judges time. Many defendants without or with little money are appointed a lawyer. Many of these appointed attorneys have way too many clients including their private clients to adequately represent these defendants. Often times, not all the times, these defendants will not see their attorney until they appear in court. The next piece of correspondence they will receive from their attorney will be an opportunity to "cop a plea".
Fourth, the jury must exit and enter the same doors as witnesses and spectators. Did you notice how I lumped them all together in one sentence. Surely, you did not think the jury was on the same level as the judges. You need to get out more. Many folks do not want to be even a part of the jury pool because they know they are not taken seriously. But here's a big one, it is a crime to threaten or intimidate a witness or juror. The last thing you want to do is have a juror report acts of intimidation. Give me a break. Juveniles are protected by private hearings. So what is all the noise? It's just some folks who have a lot of time on their hands. Just visit the courthouse anytime, roll the dice and see how many time you will find all the courtrooms with a judge sitting on the bench. It is not going to happen. Safety, sounds more like a George Bush mentality, tell them any lie to keep them in fear so that we can continue to do what we do.
Fifth, attorneys get business by folks knowing who they are, so when did they begin requesting privacy unless they are doing drugs with their clients,beating their wives, or stealing money from their client's trust funds. Oh yeah it happens. Usual, it is the clients who are giving the attorneys grief, telling the attorneys how they want to be represented in court with a dream team and the client does not have a pot to pee in.
Sometimes the client need to be proactive, because the attorney does not have a clue.
For a person who has studied the criminal justice system and criminal law, can you tell me again why cellphones without cameras are being banned from the courtroom?
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