tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post5297591693003004556..comments2023-10-22T09:32:13.417-04:00Comments on Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog: Jimmy Binns Vs. The Daily News Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116104602505815614noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-90853908183046036022015-07-27T21:13:59.290-04:002015-07-27T21:13:59.290-04:00I totally see your side as I am a federal witnesse...I totally see your side as I am a federal witnesses family member<br />I know what a trial can do to a family and I do pray for these families as well as the accused but those who do wrong and know it seek problems for themselves. It's sad there are no rules for the feds it seems Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-9421118711817875302015-07-27T13:50:19.435-04:002015-07-27T13:50:19.435-04:00Unless your the innocent defendant, in America you...Unless your the innocent defendant, in America you can go to jail whether or not you committed a crime, the feds just need to say you did something illegal, its really that simple. The feds don't take any prisoners, they forgot to tell us the war games had begun, we are just waking up to realize we are under siege. It becomes more apparent each day, almost weekly exonerations, trials that should have never made it to the federal level, the destruction of the families with fathers and mothers in prison unable to support and nurture their children. Changing the way we view our citizens and our myriad of socioeconomic problems, would be the first step, not incarceration, not in all cases . We have to find a better way than ambushing our own people, I view the current judicial systems assault on its own people as crimes against humanity, the way genocide is a crime against humanity. I would rather our financial resources be spent on helping the mental impaired, so the are unable to buy guns to shoot in movie theaters,churchs or schools, to help families learn to break the bonds of poverty and drug abuse and stop the incarceration merry-go-round.<br />Crimes can not go unpunished but inventing crimes is doing more damage to our country , alienating millions of defendants and their families can not be the desired results the country wants to achieve. <br />Change needs to start at the top, Judge Alex Kozinski ( Ninth Circuit) has suggested changes to the system so defendants and prosecutors can achieve accurate ,truthful results. Some suggestions, such as, not to rely on eyewitness testimony as completely accurate, that fingerprinting is not foolproof as well as DNA evidence, human memory is not reliable, confessions by innocent people happens with surprising regularity, juries following instructions , prosecutors seeking justice not just a conviction, that police be objective in their investigations, guilty pleas are not conclusive of guilt and that long sentences are not a deterrent to crime. <br />Its seems somehow easier for us to adapt to new technology , a new phone , program upgrades, car advancements, than to keep pace with the revelations of the horrors of the judicial system, we either do not want to absorb the information or we do not care as we think it does not effect us personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-8535021426540849842015-07-26T18:42:32.228-04:002015-07-26T18:42:32.228-04:00Regardless of whose side you're on are the def...Regardless of whose side you're on are the defendants always any better than the prosecutors? Best not to put yourself in the position to begin withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-44548978074094735662015-07-25T10:10:49.878-04:002015-07-25T10:10:49.878-04:00How many Narcotics Traffickers have been prosecute...How many Narcotics Traffickers have been prosecuted for Tax Evasion, or even have been audited? An admitted Narcotics Trafficker who says he had "so much money" confiscated and then prosecuted for tax evasion might make these unfounded attacks against Police Officers diminish quite a bit.<br /><br /> A person’s taxable income will generally be subject to the same Federal income tax rules, regardless of whether the income was obtained legally or illegally. <br /><br />The United States Supreme Court has ruled that requiring a person to declare income on a federal income tax return does not violate an individual's right to remain silent,[2] although the privilege may apply to allow the person to refrain from revealing the source of the income.[3]<br /><br />(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_of_illegal_income_in_the_United_States) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-24155715522344501072015-07-25T06:43:09.886-04:002015-07-25T06:43:09.886-04:00Since I've been blogging big trials, I've ...Since I've been blogging big trials, I've been amazed by how much of what happens in a courtroom never makes it into the papers. No matter whose side you're on.bigtrial.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188557653424544411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-12745975593452477242015-07-24T23:38:13.889-04:002015-07-24T23:38:13.889-04:00Maybe to boost readership the media could start to...Maybe to boost readership the media could start to report what actually takes place in a court room, I bet the public would find it intriguing to know that the FBI lie, prosecutors distort facts, indict and threaten the innocent, obtain confessions from the innocent, threaten families and co-workers all while tainting the jury pool with their distorted, made up schemes to convict. The readers will hang on every word. My suggestion is to actually sit through a trial, not make guest appearances in and out of the courtroom, its what is required to get the facts right. Using the same reporter who is handed his articles from the federal prosecutors is a conflict of interests, compare notes with a reporter in the courtroom without any bias and one who is handed his script from the feds and see how they differ. The media has a great responsibility to the public , the unrest we see in almost every city in America today is a result of the treatment of its citizens at the hands of unscrupulous authority figures . There are real criminals out there and the public needs to be protected, but distorting facts and incriminating the innocent makes the prosecutors the criminals, it does not make it right. Standing blindly behind the prosecutors represent our country is no longer an option. I believed in my country right or wrong before witnessing, outright lies and the ruination of good peoples lives at the hands of deceitful prosecutors, who have no moral compass. Talk to defendants after a trial to see how they were treated, not the prosecution, who think they are right regardless. It's called government not GODverment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com