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He took (none / 0) (#22)
by Wile ECoyote on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:40:49 AM EST
himself down.  Did someone hold a gun to his head and make him purchase the services of a pro?

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Hold A Gun To His Head? (1.00 / 1) (#69)
by squeaky on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 01:34:51 PM EST
Sometimes law and order types like handcuffs too, from what I have heard.

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I'm not implying Spitzer used/uses Viagra (none / 0) (#30)
by ding7777 on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:50:11 AM EST
but somewhere down the road there is a defense lawyer who will make that claim

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He did make it easy for them... (none / 0) (#36)
by ineedalife on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:53:43 AM EST
but with them hunting him, if it wasn't this, it eventually would have been something.

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You mean he was engaged in other, additional (none / 0) (#64)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 12:16:39 PM EST
illegal activities for which he would have eventually been caught? Like what?

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It's hard (none / 0) (#65)
by Deconstructionist on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 12:34:04 PM EST
 to understand what motivates people to write things such as that when they want to support a person. "They'd have caught him sooner or later" is not a ringing endorsement.

  I can't tell you the number of clients I have had, though, who feel the best defense theory is that, "the cops were out to get me." Not surprisingly, that is often very true.

  That necessitates explaining to them that most people on juries expect cops to be out to get people who broke the law and would be upset if they weren't. So, the "they had it in for me, so you should acquit" defense is  not often viewed as persuasive by impatial observers.  Usualy, they come around to agreeing we'd probably be better off seeing if we can find some weakness in the facts the prosecution is using to establish they broke the law.

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Classic. (none / 0) (#66)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 01:02:42 PM EST


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I understand your point (none / 0) (#68)
by eric on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 01:26:25 PM EST
But the anti-police defense does work for me.  I would rather see a guilty man go free than reward overreaching police.

BTW, did I mention I have jury duty next week?

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Okay (none / 0) (#73)
by scarshapedstar on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 04:56:51 PM EST
So you're saying the FBI started tapping his phone because they suspected the Mann Act was being violated?

Yeah, I'll buy that for a dollar.

Witch hunt, through and through. I'm sure you were one of the brave patriots who insisted, in 2001, that the new domestic "security" apparatus would never, ever, not in a million years, be used for political purposes. I could probably look through your comments and find you spinning the yarn about how they're only eavesdropping on "the terrorists" and we wouldn't object so much if we "got it" and understood that the existential threat of 16 guys with box cutters requires a G-man listening in at all times.

At least it's not surprising.

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