mleus
08-13-2009, 09:29 PM
More Judges Dissent on Behalf of Death Row Inmates - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/us/14dissent.html?hp)
It took just 80 words for a federal appeals court to deny Kevin Cooper�s most recent plea to avoid execution. But attached to that order was a forceful 101-page dissent by a judge, all but pleading to spare Mr. Cooper�s life.
It's true - judges, many of whom are former prosecutors, are simply becoming rubber stamps for D.A.s. It often takes defendants years and more intelligent higher court judges to reverse errors.
It took just 80 words for a federal appeals court to deny Kevin Cooper�s most recent plea to avoid execution. But attached to that order was a forceful 101-page dissent by a judge, all but pleading to spare Mr. Cooper�s life.
It's true - judges, many of whom are former prosecutors, are simply becoming rubber stamps for D.A.s. It often takes defendants years and more intelligent higher court judges to reverse errors.