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March 28, 2005

Let's Be Honest: You Need Judges To Ruin This Country On Your Behalf

If not them, who?:

Former Manhattan judge Bruce Wright, who earned the enmity of the police union and others in the 1970s with his controversial bail policies for minority and low income defendants, has died. He was 86. [H]e was perhaps best known for his policy on bail, which prompted the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association to dub Wright "Turn 'Em Loose Bruce." The judge was adamant that his imposition of low bail was simply upholding the Eighth Amendment, which states that "excessive bail shall not be required."
The native of Princeton, N.J., first created a furor in 1972 when he released a man charged with killing a police officer on $500 bail -- a figure another judge boosted to $25,000. Two years later, he released without bail another suspect accused of the attempted murder of a police officer.

That same year, Wright was transferred to Civil Court -- a move the judge fought, suing to return to Criminal Court. He was transferred back in 1978, and quickly created another controversy by releasing without bail a suspect accused of slashing a police officer's throat.

Tipster RCL has come to praise Wright, not to bury him:

We must always remember, whether aiding and abetting cop killers or starving disabled women to death, judges and their rulings are never wrong.

Judges: lawyers who couldn't hack long hours and competitive careerism and so joined the good-enough-for-government-work civil service.

Is there anything they can't do?

posted by Ace at 02:34 AM

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Posted by: on March 28, 2005 02:46 AM

Is that a trick moth** f**king question.

'Cause unless it's a trick question there's nothing they can't do.

Or not.

B**ches.

Posted by: Birkel on March 28, 2005 03:24 AM

Out of the mouths of babes this weekend:

My oldest child, trying to be funny, jokingly asked my tough sh!t toddler in a cajoling voice "Do you want to be a dictator when you grow up?" The toddler replies "No I want to be a judzh" ..

No kidding.

That child must have been reading AceofSpadesHQ.

Posted by: psflanagan on March 28, 2005 07:43 AM

Anonymous sources found the following rough draft of a press release, allegedly from Michael Schiavo, in a confidential location:

Against my lawyer's advice, I felt the need to respond to the remarks on this website. I strongly resent all the "starved to death" references on this board.

As my attorney said, Terri looks "beautiful and peaceful". I would go farther. In fact, I would say she looks like a million bucks (maybe more).

Posted by: Ted Doppel on March 28, 2005 09:47 AM

"Turn 'Em Loose Bruce" played a major role in the decline of NYC in the 1970's. He, along with many other judges and lawyers, created a permissive climate in which minority criminals were given preferential treatment and (to the extent possible) received little or no punishments for their crimes. This resulted in guess what? An Explosion in crime!

While being perpetually attacked by them, Rudi Juliani and his get-tough policies cleaned up the mess that Liberals had created, which of course, they said was impossible to do. After all, the soaring crime rate was the result of racism, poverty, lack of equal opportunity, a young population, blah, balh, blah... The NYT actually protested the cleaning up of 42nd Streets red light district! And never stopped calling him a Nazi. God I hate Liberals!

As shall all of us, "Turn 'Em Loose Bruce" is now facing justice himself, and not the kind he meted out to society just to get even.

Posted by: 72VIRGINS on March 28, 2005 12:06 PM

Judges: lawyers who couldn't hack long hours and competitive careerism and so joined the good-enough-for-government-work civil service.

Whoa, there. There's a lot of sexy, smart bastards playing the prosecutor game. No need tarrin everybody with the ol' lazy, good for nothin, can't/won't hack it, gov't lawyer brush.

Posted by: Ray Midge on March 28, 2005 07:49 PM

Ah, Ray Honey--

Are you a lawyer?

How am I going to put you in a head lock if you're gonna up and sue me?

Posted by: Lipstick Dynamite on March 28, 2005 07:57 PM

Lipstick baby, can a lawyer sue sunshine? Sue sexiness itself? You got nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Ray Midge on March 28, 2005 08:13 PM

Ahhh

My little full-nelson of love....

Posted by: Lipstick Dynamite on March 28, 2005 08:16 PM

Ray sez he may be a lawyer, but there's nothing in his briefs but everlasting love for you.

Yup. That's what he sez.

Posted by: RaysBriefs on March 28, 2005 08:17 PM

And very smooth too, Ray.

Didn't answer the question and flattered the bejesus out of me....got me all flustered.

Yes, you are a lawyer. :)

Posted by: Lipstick Dynamite on March 28, 2005 08:21 PM