The World According to Mike: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Don't dare to morn your loved one lest his killer go free...

Saturday, April 23, 2005

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Don't dare to morn your loved one lest his killer go free...

In a recent decision by my favorite communist courthouse in San Francisco a murder conviction was overturned because the victim’s family wore badges with the victim's picture on them! Are you kidding me?

In 1995 Mathew Musladin was convicted of shooting Tom Studer to death. During the trial Struder’s family wore small buttons with his picture on them. Musladin was ultimately sentenced to life in prison without parole. Now, 10 years later, the Ninth District Court has ruled (2-1 decision) that the buttons, worn by a grieving family, may have biased the jurors. This is an outrage! Hopefully, the district attorney will be able to salvage the case but the bottom line is we shouldn’t have to convict a man by a jury of 24 of his peers when the law says 12!

In my opinion this is the only reason a person should need to vote conservative. Imagine what would happen if we had a longer run of liberal presidents appointing judges like this!

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2 Comments:

At 5/11/2005 6:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

mike:

if it takes buttons to get mathew musladin a new trial then maybe JUSTICE 'will' be done!!!!you people need to do your home-work before you make your comments known for the whole world to see..This man was not the BAD guy..he wasn't the one full of meth...studder was!!!!but because certain D.A.'s will do anything for a win, alot of people go to prison who shouldn't!!!maybe someday you will be in a position to have to defend yourself against druggies...if you do you may wind up in prison while the rest of the GANG goes free...GET THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY!!!!!!

 
At 5/11/2005 10:49 PM, Blogger Mike said...

The issue you raise is one for appellate courts to decide. I know nothing of the details of this particular case nor do I care to. I simply used this case as one example of how far left the Ninth Circuit Court is. To say small buttons on some folks shirts bearing a photo could bias the jurors is absurd. Hell, why don't we make everyone entering the court room wear identical uniforms?!?!

 

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