USNRET Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 if you had a client that appeared in front of this judicial system do you think you could win a DWI case? I know that I would want to just say I'm so sooorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I was passed out in a ditch when they found me and I didn't want to see my dash cam footage played in court. So I decided to save money on a lawyer and just take responsibility for my actions. After 15 months of probation and $10k in various fees and services I had learned my lesson. This article makes me angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 That is the problems with laws, the punishment is different in cities, states and municipal distristric. American justice is the best that money and status can buy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Animal Farm. We are no longer a Nation of Laws, we are a Nation of Men. I wonder how long it can last. Edited March 21, 2015 by Steven1963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 POS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 This is typical. I don't see the big deal. People who are generally-perceived as "respected" citizens are treated with more leniency. Usually, their accomplishments (or lack thereof) tend to tell you whether they are the type that needs a good whoopin' or not. Why not cut an accomplished, first-time offender some slack? I'd rather see that than the "zero tolerance," "one size fits all" disciplinary policies that schools, for instance, implemented in order to avoid perceived "favoritism." When assessing whether to punish and to what degree, a person's accomplishments ought to be considered. Just my 2 cents... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hey Jeff... when I look at the shape of your paragraphs above, I see the faint outline of a gun. I think you should get several warning points and be expelled from the forum for 45 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeydeal Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 So I have to be a subscriber to see the story? I guess all of you are? Shakey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 This is typical. I don't see the big deal. People who are generally-perceived as "respected" citizens are treated with more leniency. Usually, their accomplishments (or lack thereof) tend to tell you whether they are the type that needs a good whoopin' or not. Why not cut an accomplished, first-time offender some slack? I'd rather see that than the "zero tolerance," "one size fits all" disciplinary policies that schools, for instance, implemented in order to avoid perceived "favoritism." When assessing whether to punish and to what degree, a person's accomplishments ought to be considered. Just my 2 cents... while I might tend to agree with this on some levels, I can not with judges or police, How can one charge / judge someone for failing to follow a law when they themselves do not follow it............................Hypocrisy at the highest level Agree with Carl POS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) This is typical. I don't see the big deal. People who are generally-perceived as "respected" citizens are treated with more leniency. Usually, their accomplishments (or lack thereof) tend to tell you whether they are the type that needs a good whoopin' or not. Why not cut an accomplished, first-time offender some slack? I'd rather see that than the "zero tolerance," "one size fits all" disciplinary policies that schools, for instance, implemented in order to avoid perceived "favoritism." When assessing whether to punish and to what degree, a person's accomplishments ought to be considered. Just my 2 cents... while I might tend to agree with this on some levels, I can not with judges or police, How can one charge / judge someone for failing to follow a law when they themselves do not follow it............................Hypocrisy at the highest level Agree with Carl POS. That depends. Do we have any evidence that she sentenced first-time offenders to hell? Judges are supposed to be people, too. I know if I was standing before a judge, needing a little mercy, I'd sure want that judge to see me through human eyes. I wouldn't want some infallible, intolerant judge judging me. I would be afraid of that. Judges are in very powerful positions. I think they ought to be able to relate and sympathize with normal people who find themselves caught-up in their own bad judgment. Yes, people need to pay the price for their bad judgment, but the price they pay should be a fair one. I think you might tend to get a more fair price from a judge who knows how to put a price on something through his/her own experience. If this judge is a decent person, then, I imagine that from now on, she will temper her rulings in DWI cases by her own experience. After all, the state bar could have come down on her much harder. She got a break. These kinds of things can shape her into an even better judge. Edited March 21, 2015 by Jeff Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Can't read the story as I am not a subscriber. However, she is very attractive. At least that gives you something to think about while in jail. Try to weigh the positives and negatives! After all, justice is a balancing of the equities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 For those who can't read the story, a Corpus Christi judge was arrested for DWI. It was videotaped. She was trying to get the police to let her go by saying she was a judge. That did not work. Eventually, the DWI charge was dropped, but she plead to (I think) reckless driving or something less. The state bar gave her a public censure (or whatever they call it). Basically, no adverse treatment, except for a slap on the hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 For those who can't read the story, a Corpus Christi judge was arrested for DWI. It was videotaped. She was trying to get the police to let her go by saying she was a judge. That did not work. Eventually, the DWI charge was dropped, but she plead to (I think) reckless driving or something less. The state bar gave her a public censure (or whatever they call it). Basically, no adverse treatment, except for a slap on the hand. Absolutely inappropriate. How can she ever sit on a DWI case again? DWIlawyer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Sorry, didn't a subscription yesterday. Yep, she got zip, nadda. I saw the dash cam version when it happened and any other citizen would have been been under the jail for the way she treated the cops. I was wrong, she was punished. She was required to apologize. Edited March 21, 2015 by USNRET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 How can she ever sit on a DWI case again? By giving first time offenders the same treatment she got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) lady justice.jpg Can't read the story as I am not a subscriber. However, she is very attractive. At least that gives you something to think about while in jail. Try to weigh the positives and negatives! After all, justice is a balancing of the equities. I don't see a blindfold on that lady-justice statue. She must have seen that she a judge and turned to ignore the whole damn, rotten, stinking, mess. Edited March 21, 2015 by Steven1963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 This smells of a cover-up. First, they had her clearly for DWI but no such charges were ever filed. This allowed a circumvention of the justice system completely in this regard. Had they charged here with DWI in the first place minimum sentencing standards would have come into play. This is not simply a case of being lenient because she was a judge, this is a case of completely sweeping the issue under the rug. Animal Farm. Plain and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted March 22, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2015 I was passed out in a ditch when they found me and I didn't want to see my dash cam footage played in court. So I decided to save money on a lawyer and just take responsibility for my actions. After 15 months of probation and $10k in various fees and services I had learned my lesson. This article makes me angry. Was the engine running? Key in the ignition when they found you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) Was the engine running? Key in the ignition when they found you? Not funny and it was in Iceland where the 'laws' are different but when hosting a party in the base housing a CD was missing and needed to be recovered from the car. Open the car door to retrieve the disc, naturally the keys were in hand, and the Icehead police decided that there was intent to drive never mind all the guests in the house and holding a compact disc. DWI. Just a side note; we were only permitted to have 10 CDs in the vehicle and all of them had to be registered with security, change a CD take a trip to security. Couldn't have us selling compact discs on the black market. Did you know that a properly flushed windshield wiper washer system could dispense alcohol as long as you had a tube to attach to the nozzle? No booze allowed off the 'agreed area' either. Edited March 22, 2015 by USNRET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted March 22, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2015 if you had a client that appeared in front of this judicial system do you think you could win a DWI case? I know that I would want to just say I'm so sooorry The DA, Rene Guerra, should be indicted. The new AG should appoint a special prosecutor to put her on trial now, that statute of limitations hasn't expired and I doubt he dismissed it with prejudice. Even if there wasn't a video she could still be prosecuted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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