re: Tucker: Lawyer for rapist admits def. will impugn accuser character

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The only problem is that you guys are slamming the lawyer of the illegal immigrants for doing his job. I'm sure he wants those a-holes in prison, but he has to do his job.

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Doubtful. Aren't public defenders usually liberals?

It's awesome that illegals get their legal fees paid for by the tax payers for their rape activities (allegedly).

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First off I want to know how they can use the defense that it was "consensual sex" when the girl is only 14? What is the age for consent in the state of Maryland?

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Per a poster on the other thread, a 14 year old can consent as long as the partner is no more than four years older.

§3–306. Sexual Offense in the Second Degree

(a) A person may not engage in a sexual act with another:
(1) by force, or the threat of force, without the consent of the other;
(2) if the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the sexual act knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual; or
(3) if the victim is under the age of 14 years, and the person performing the sexual act is at least 4 years older than the victim.

(b) A person 18 years of age or older may not violate subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section involving a child under the age of 13 years.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of sexual offense in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.
(2) (i) Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, a person 18 years of age or older who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of the felony of sexual offense in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 15 years and not exceeding life.
(ii) A court may not suspend any part of the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years.
(iii) The person is not eligible for parole during the mandatory minimum sentence.
(iv) If the State fails to comply with subsection (d) of this section, the mandatory minimum shall not apply.

(d) If the State intends to seek a sentence of imprisonment for not less than 15 years under subsection (c)(2) of this section, the State shall notify the person in writing of the State’s intention at least 30 days before trial.

§3–307. Sexual Offense in the Third Degree

(a) A person may not:
(1) (i) engage in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other; and
(ii) 1. employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon;
2. suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the victim or another in the course of committing the crime;
3. threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation, strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping; or
4. commit the crime while aided and abetted by another;
(2) engage in sexual contact with another if the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the act knows or reasonably should know the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual;
(3) engage in sexual contact with another if the victim is under the age of 14 years, and the person performing the sexual contact is at least 4 years older than the victim;
(4) engage in a sexual act with another if the victim is 14 or 15 years old, and the person performing the sexual act is at least 21 years old; or
(5) engage in vaginal intercourse with another if the victim is 14 or 15 years old, and the person performing the act is at least 21 years old.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of sexual offense in the third degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.

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It's awesome that illegals get their legal fees paid for by the tax payers for their rape activities (allegedly).

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They are protected by the 14th amendment. So yes they will get legal fees paid for like any other person who cant afford a lawyer. I think most liberals are flat out terrible human beings, but there is no way in hell they would use this case to push a certain agenda across. This is about doing his job whether he likes it or not. If he wins the case he gets a good bit of money, so i feel the lawyer is doing this to do his job and get paid.
ETA: I am hoping the case gets resolved truthfully. If the defendant is not guilty, he should be deported immediately. If he loses then he should die in a US prison.

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It's bad enough that she can't go to school without being brutally violated. Now she gets to have her name dragged through the mud.

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But the flip side of this is the Rolling Stone UVA story, Duke LaCrosse case, Matress Girl, and a number of issues on campuses where the accused are presumed guilty, can never face his accuser, and is expelled or worse--when he was probably innocent or at least far from being guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

And sometimes horrific crimes and clear guilt, before a trial, becomes a lot less clear and obvious during it.

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Joshjrn

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''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' - Henry VI, Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73.

So someone shouldn't be able to face their accuser or her behavior isn't worth examining? People lie all the time.

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It's wrong morally but the lawyer is just doing his job. He is hired to help make the defendant not guilty, and this is the best way he can do that.

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How do you make the guilty, not guilty?

A question for the lawyer folk here. (not throwing punches so take a breath). I just want to know.

As a defense attorney, how do you represent a client when you know that they are in fact, guilty of the crime they are accused of? How does that sit in the heart?

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As a defense attorney, how do you represent a client when you know that they are in fact, guilty of the crime they are accused of? How does that sit in the heart?

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This is from a post from five0 in the other thread:

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One of my mentors (highly regarded criminal defense attorney) told me defending the guilty is the easy part. "When you find yourself defending an innocent client, you will know sleepless nights." Imagine being directly responsible for an innocent person in prison because you screwed up.

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I had never thought of it that way as an outsider.