Prosecutorial Misconduct - What's to be Done? A Call to Action

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Let me begin this post with an apology to all the prosecutors out there who are personally committed to upholding the highest standards of ethics and the law.  That being said, you know what they say about "a few bad apples."

Prosecutorial misconduct.  Well folks, this one is a hot button of mine.  Ask the average citizen, and they are totally unaware that such a thing ever happens.  

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Selective prosecution - when a prosecutor selects the cases that are brought to court by the win ability. If the case will be difficult to prove and the accused refuses a plea deal - often they drop the case rather than do the homework necessary to win an obvious homicide case. Prosecutorial misconduct is another gray area of prosecution - when false information is used, witnesses are persuaded to see the prosecutors point of view. Another issue is when coroner/medical examiners do not do the research they should do. Often elected to office by popular vote rather than qualifications, yet they testify in court as 'experts'.

House to Consider Late-Term Abortion Ban

See on Scoop.it – Corrupt elected officials, unqualified coroner

House will consider bill to ban abortion nationally after five months of pregnancy. SHARE THIS PAGE:

Shirley Sanservino‘s insight:

Thank God.  Time to contact your legislators in DC

See on joemiller.us

Family Pleads For Missing College Student’s Return

See on Scoop.it – Corrupt elected officials, unqualified coroner

There was a plea Monday from the family of a missing college student from Montgomery County.

Shirley Sanservino‘s insight:

Montgomery County Pennsylvania does not have a great history of homicide investigation.  The horror of this family not knowing, and suspecting the worst is like no other fear.

 

God bless this family 

See on www.myfoxphilly.com

Gosnell and the Abortion License: Incoherence at Its Best

See on Scoop.it – Corrupt elected officials, unqualified coroner

In the midst of government scandal, the Gosnell abortion verdict came and went. But the questions it raised will be debated for years.

 

Last Monday, a Philadelphia jury found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty on three counts of first-degree murder, one count of manslaughter and literally hundreds of lesser charges. The verdict came after nearly two months of testimony that described, in what the Washington Post called “gruesome detail,” the inhumanity and brutality of what can and does happen in American abortion clinics.

Shirley Sanservino‘s insight:

Murdered just because the innocent victim was born alive and survived the first attempt to kill it before it could see daylight. It  doesn’t get much worse than this and still be considered human. 

See on www.religiontoday.com

Department of Education to Eliminate ‘Mother,’ ‘Father’ From Student Aid Forms

See on Scoop.it – Corrupt elected officials, unqualified coroner

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that student financial aid forms will begin using the terms “Parent 1″ and “Parent 2″ rather than the gender-specific terms “mother” and “father.”

Shirley Sanservino‘s insight:

 

," the department said. "All students should be able to apply for federal student aid within a system that incorporates their unique family dynamics," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan."

 

"Unique" families now dictate the process for naming family members of non-unique families, one could suppose. 

See on www.religiontoday.com

Utah police close investigation into disappearance of Susan Powell

See on Scoop.it – Corrupt elected officials, unqualified coroner

A police agency is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect, citing a lack of leads.

Shirley Sanservino‘s insight:

This case begs WHY?

 

Why:

Susan Powell’s parents weren’t allowed more influence in the case? 

Why was Powell allowed unsupervised visitation with his children if he was suspected of murdering their mother?

Why wasn’t the suspect husband required to undergo mental evaluation?

Why wasn’t Powell required to visit his children in their grandparents home?

 

Susan Powell’s husband, Josh Powell and his brother were "pirme suspects" according to police reports.  Aparently police officers learned nothing from Drew Peterson case of the still missing Stacy Peterson and murdered wife Kathleen Savio.

 

 

See on www.foxnews.com

A new blog is launched today

Today a new blog is launched to broaden the scope of subjects that can be authored by victims as well as experts.

The matter of life and death , will have more content this week.  I am currently exploring all the new resources available with this new theme.

I hope you will visit and add your thoughts.

 

God bless.