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Republican Supreme Court rules- Corporations have rights but people are disposable - NJMaverick - 03-31-2011 11:55 AM
Supreme Court rejects damages for innocent man who spent 14 years on death row
In a 5-4 ruling, justices overturn a jury verdict awarding $14 million to John Thompson, who had sued then-New Orleans Dist. Atty. Harry Connick Sr. because prosecutors hid a blood test that would have proved his innocence in a murder case.
Quote:The 5-4 decision delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas shielded the New Orleans district attorney's office from being held liable for the mistakes of its prosecutors. The evidence of their misconduct did not prove "deliberate indifference" on the part of then-Dist. Atty. Harry Connick Sr., Thomas said.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg emphasized her disapproval by reading her dissent in the courtroom, saying the court was shielding a city and its prosecutors from "flagrant" misconduct that nearly cost an innocent man his life.
"John Thompson spent 14 years isolated on death row before the truth came to light," she said. He was innocent of the crimes that sent him to prison and prosecutors had "dishonored" their obligation to present the true facts to the jury, she said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-prosecutors-20110330,0,1730487.story
Thomas is a vile human being. - There Is No Spoon - 03-31-2011 12:37 PM
Figures that vile hate-filled ass hole Thomas would want to deliver this verdict - he loves to share his hate-filled Teabagger views.
RE: Republican Supreme Court rules- Corporations have rights but people are disposable - Cha - 03-31-2011 02:50 PM
It's like we're living in a really bad nightmare where the fascist fools are everywhere stamping down people only this is our lives.
RE: Republican Supreme Court rules- Corporations have rights but people are disposable - SemiCharmedQuark - 03-31-2011 03:01 PM
Hmm, 5 -4.
Wonder what that would have been if Gore won in 2000?
RE: Republican Supreme Court rules- Corporations have rights but people are disposable - Velleity - 03-31-2011 03:07 PM
(03-31-2011 03:01 PM)SemiCharmedQuark Wrote: Hmm, 5 -4.
Wonder what that would have been if Gore won in 2000?
Gore did win in 2000, but I know what you mean.
I would love to see Obama pull an FDR and try to pack the court. Maybe if we can make a lot of gains in Congress next year, he could do it? I would just love to see the "conservatives" squeal like stuck pigs.
RE: Thomas is a vile human being. - Velleity - 03-31-2011 03:08 PM
(03-31-2011 12:37 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote: Figures that vile hate-filled ass hole Thomas would want to deliver this verdict - he loves to share his hate-filled Teabagger views.
Isn't he the oldest member of the court now? I figure his health can't be good forever, having drank all of that Coke with pubic hairs in it and all.
RE: Republican Supreme Court rules- Corporations have rights but people are disposable - Sugarloaf - 03-31-2011 03:52 PM
I'd like to know what's been going on w/Justice Kennedy lately. I'm not excusing the other 4, but always considered them to be lost causes.
Kennedy voted with them in the Citizens United case last year, is appearing to be in favor of chipping away at Arizona's public financing of campaigns, and now this new absurdity? Have we lost the man to the dark side forever?