Comments on: The smudge on Judge Alito’s spotless record http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/04/the_smudge_on_j_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lorcan Otway http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/04/the_smudge_on_j_1/comment-page-1/#comment-102004 Lorcan Otway Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:33:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2466#comment-102004 <p>I don't think the important part is that the prosecutor was "crazy" as much as comparing her actions to that of other lawyers. I think there is a double standard, that the lawyers who represent the status quo in the US are seldom prosecuted for their bad actions, while defense lawyers are held to a higher standard. I was involved in the case, as a paralegal for the defense and found the entire process very disturbing. The US was giving weight to evidence gained under torture, and frankly I find that as disturbing as Judy Russell's actions. All the best Lorcan Otway</p> I don’t think the important part is that the prosecutor was “crazy” as much as comparing her actions to that of other lawyers. I think there is a double standard, that the lawyers who represent the status quo in the US are seldom prosecuted for their bad actions, while defense lawyers are held to a higher standard. I was involved in the case, as a paralegal for the defense and found the entire process very disturbing. The US was giving weight to evidence gained under torture, and frankly I find that as disturbing as Judy Russell’s actions. All the best Lorcan Otway

]]> By: Mark http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/04/the_smudge_on_j_1/comment-page-1/#comment-97455 Mark Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:50:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2466#comment-97455 <p>I found this interesting, if only for the fact that I had this "crazy" prosecutor as a law school professor in the early 2000's.</p> I found this interesting, if only for the fact that I had this “crazy” prosecutor as a law school professor in the early 2000′s.

]]> By: Jeremy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/04/the_smudge_on_j_1/comment-page-1/#comment-33534 Jeremy Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:40:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2466#comment-33534 <p>Whoops, when I said "your own" referring to racism, I referred not to Mr. Sidhu, who has uncovered an interesting story, but to the peddlers of the mafia prosecution slander against Alito.</p> Whoops, when I said “your own” referring to racism, I referred not to Mr. Sidhu, who has uncovered an interesting story, but to the peddlers of the mafia prosecution slander against Alito.

]]> By: Jeremy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/04/the_smudge_on_j_1/comment-page-1/#comment-33533 Jeremy Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:36:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2466#comment-33533 <p>I think Alito is being smeared for his own Italian-American ethnicity. The charge that he has differentially prosecuted South Asians or others sounds trumped-up. This accusation follows an attempt to say he rolled over on a mafia prosecution when he was a New Jersey prosecutor in 1988. The very fact that he became a prosecutor, of mafia, and in New Jersey (!) speaks strongly for his courage.</p> <p>Accsusing your target of racism is a good way of hiding your own.</p> I think Alito is being smeared for his own Italian-American ethnicity. The charge that he has differentially prosecuted South Asians or others sounds trumped-up. This accusation follows an attempt to say he rolled over on a mafia prosecution when he was a New Jersey prosecutor in 1988. The very fact that he became a prosecutor, of mafia, and in New Jersey (!) speaks strongly for his courage.

Accsusing your target of racism is a good way of hiding your own.

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