re: Prosecutor says De’Andre Johnson’s victim committed no crime

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That's not precisely what I'm saying.

Did this quote come from before or after charges were filed, or a decision to file them had been made? Surely after. And once charges get brought he's an advocate for his client

So in sum:
1. The decision to bring charges is not going to be divorced completely from the merits of the case, but will be dictated as much or more by politics (i.e. PR, how does this look? Are we going to get bad press if we don't charge the football player? Does it really matter if the an assault case against the girl si orders of magnitude stronger if everyone's gonna think we're a bunch of assholes if we go that direction, etc. etc). And please don't claim this is me being cynical. This is absolutely how it works.
2. Once charges have been filed, it doesn't matter if the merits of the case are Nifong-level garbage, that's the prosecutor's case. He's an advocate. And in that sense, the stuff he says is every bit as biased toward one side as...
3. The criminal defense lawyer's quote will be toward the other.

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From your very first post I considered it very clear. I think some people in here just read half of what you said and just wanted to have a "Haha i got you moment"