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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Harris’ attorney, Cormac Boyle, said that District Attorney Keith Stutes’ office agreed that his client “received ineffective assistance at sentencing and was entitled to a lesser sentence,” but at the time Harris’ lawyer remained silent when the judge claimed he had no choice but to condemn him to life imprisonment as a habitual offender.

Harris also noted that his previous attorney didn’t even remind the sentencing judge that he had a duty to deliver a less severe prison term if the mandatory minimum sentence “shocks the conscience,” reports NOLA.

what a piece-of-shit attorney! How would you like to be facing life in prison for .69 grams of pot (literally not even worth $7) and to have your own lawyer just accept the sentence and not say or do anything.

[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Public defenders should be held liable for negligence when they do shit that is so egregious. It has become a joke that they don't bother to do their job. Something should be done about it.

But to say that he got this sentence for selling pot when in reality he got this sentence for being a career criminal who was violating probation and showed zero interest in stopping being a life long criminal is plainly bullshit.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why just public defenders? Why not hold prosecutors personally liable, with equal punishment to the one they allege, when they charge people for "crimes" they damn well know they shouldn't be? Start putting heads on pikes and maybe they'll learn their lessons. Whether figuratively or literally I don't care. The first and foremost people responsible for the utter horseshit our "justice" system is are the prosecutors.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good point. There should definitely be laws against malicious prosecution.

[–]teelo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lets start with laws against malicious arrests.