OT- Curtis Flowers Prosecutor Running for Judge

[CoolDawg]

I know it is off topic, but since the case has been discussed in here in the past, I thought I would post this link about the Curtis Flowers prosecutor running for judge.
https://www.djournal.com/news/state...cle_78afa278-ab45-549f-8fbe-baca6589bbf7.html

 

[FreeDawg]

That pos needs to be disbarred, not made a judge but wonder how he’ll do in the popularity contest

 

[Maroonthirteen]

I am sure you Curtis and OJ are looking for the real killers.***

 

[goindhoo]

While I understand the sarcasm, that is not flowers job and is partly why he was tried 6 times unsuccessfully. Law enforcement failed to investigate any other suspects. Oj is a different situation.

 

[Maroonthirteen]

No. 4 times successfully.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

+1. That he is still practicing law is a tragedy. To be allowed to be a judge would be terrible.

 

[msu86]

It blows my mind that people really believe bc they listened to a college age reporter make "into the dark" podcast they think they have ALL the information to determine innocence or guilt enough to say stupid stuff like "I can't believe he still has a license". I don't have enough info to say for sure either....I have my assumptions(Guilty btw). I do think it was obviously someone else with him but I do think he was there. I wish there were some way to know the absolute truth but unfortunately without technology there is not.

 

[natchezdawg]

Disbarred for trying a case against a man who was indicted...

for four separate murders and never acquitted?

 

[GloryDawg]

I figured Prosecutors always tried to get the best jury to get an conviction and the defense tried to get the best jury for acquittal.

 

[Shmuley]

Maybe disbarred for violating settled constitutional protections?

"Writing for the U.S. Supreme Court majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh determined in 2019 that Evans engaged in a “relentless, determined effort to rid the jury of black individuals.”

 

[Maroonthirteen]

Maybe disbarred for violating settled constitutional protections?[/FONT]

While you are at it.... go after all the co-conspirators. The judge and the members of the MS Supreme Court. ***

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I think the failures in this case come down to two main issues. Piss poor police work and incompetent representation of Flowers.

The old saying is "cases are won a jury selection," so I don't know if you can blame the prosecutor for tryin the get the best jury. A few years ago, a white Sheriff Deputy from Carroll County was convicted in Holmes County by a majority black jury, so a jury of different race than the accused is not unheard of.

An entertaining podcast about the legal system (and current events) is "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" by famed attorney Mark Geragos and comedian Adam Carolla.

 

[dawglawz]

The "best" jury for a prosecutor and a constitutionally permissible one are not necessarily the same thing. You can't exclude jurors based on race, which he did. So, yes, you definitely can blame him, as SCOTUS did.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

The "best" jury for a prosecutor and a constitutionally permissible one are not necessarily the same thing. You can't exclude jurors based on race, which he did. So, yes, you definitely can blame him, as SCOTUS did.

Question, did he exclude jurors based on race? Did he say to a juror, you're black/hispanic, etc., you can't be on the jury?

If so where was the judge and objection from the defense?

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Question, did he exclude jurors based on race?

Supreme Court of the United States said he did in a 8-2 decision. Not exactly a squeaker or partisan ruling.

 

[Shmuley]

He consistently used his peremptory challenges to strike black jurors off the venire. He had [x] peremptory challenges and he struck [x] blacks and only blacks. The defendant was black. He's the prosecutor. Straight up violation of Kentucky v. Batson. When Kavanaugh blasts your *** for obvious racial animus, you need to take your 17n medicine and voters need to take that into account.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

voters need to take that into account.

This cat has been in office since 1992 and last faced an opponent in 2003. So he will probably win going away.

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

The Supreme Court specifically call out the trial judge. Essentially Evans used a peremptory strike against a potential black juror for cause. When Evans explained the reason for striking, the defense objected and pointed out a white juror had essentially the same ties as this lady, but Evans did not strike her. The only real difference between the two was she was black and he was white.

After calling out that the trial court made an error, they proceed to say Evans has a pattern of using discriminatory strikes and he has been called out by the State Supreme Court for it before.

So trial judge screwed up, defense tried to object but was ignored and Evans is a scumbag. I have no idea if Flowers did or did not commit the crime.

 

[PBDog]

It blows my mind that people really believe bc they listened to a college age reporter make "into the dark" podcast they think they have ALL the information to determine innocence or guilt enough to say stupid stuff like "I can't believe he still has a license". I don't have enough info to say for sure either....I have my assumptions(Guilty btw). I do think it was obviously someone else with him but I do think he was there. I wish there were some way to know the absolute truth but unfortunately without technology there is not.

Agree. Flowers did it and SJW are always looking for a cause. They closed the OJ case for the same reason ….there’s not another suspect.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Agree. Flowers did it and SJW are always looking for a cause. They closed the OJ case for the same reason ….there’s not another suspect.

Noted SJWs Brett Kavanaugh, John Robert's, and Samuel Alito