Author Topic: DC sniper lawyers are the real criminals (Read 1117 times)

mrblack · « **on:** October 13, 2003, 03:22:42 PM »

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Sniper Defense Costs to Top $1 Million
(AP) - With the first trial in the Washington sniper case set to begin on Tuesday, the court-appointed lawyers for the two defendants have submitted nearly $900,000 in bills so far for reimbursement by Virginia taxpayers. The attorneys appear to be on their way to racking up the most expensive court-appointed defenses in Virginia history, though nobody keeps statistics on such matters. According to the Virginia Supreme Court, which keeps track of expenses incurred for indigent defendants, John Allen Muhammad's lawyers have filed for $401,785 through September. Lee Boyd Malvo's lawyers have filed for $478,677.

LePaul · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2003, 03:31:18 PM »

Oh its just begun....wait til the appeals....and the costs to jail em, etc etc

Gunthr · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2003, 03:32:38 PM »

What a frustrating thing for the taxpayer. I suppose its unavoidable. If there was ever a case for a 2-bullet execution within 30 days of their capture, this one would have been it.

Rude · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2003, 03:37:33 PM »

Speedy trial?

DmdNexus · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2003, 03:53:48 PM »

If they were child molesters... the prison system would have already take care of them just like it took care of Dalmer and that Catholic priest.

Vengence is mine sayith the Lord, aka Smith and Wesson.

GO NRA!!

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2003, 03:53:56 PM »

Not exactly Rude, I guess it mean : if they can run faster than a bullet they are innocent.

It's and old way of doing justice : itwas called "god jugdement" (jugement de dieu) in the midle age

Other technics were :
surviving a fall in a barrel
no sensation of pain when puting your hand in boiling oil
etc ...

It was a great period

Fishu · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2003, 11:35:51 PM »

Why does those murderers get so expensive lawyers appointed by the court itself?

Sandman · « **Reply #7 on:** October 13, 2003, 11:42:37 PM »

Well... unless they get the death penalty... a lifetime of incarceration is going to be far more expensive...

SOB · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2003, 11:48:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
Why does those murderers get so expensive lawyers appointed by the court itself?

Because everyone in the US is entitled to a spirited defense and if they can't afford a defense lawyer, one is appointed to them by the courts. The cash reciepts aren't for the public defender's salary...they recieve a paycheck like anyone else...most likely this is for costs associated with doing lawyerly stuff like rouding up witnesses and experts and paying to have women in stiletto'd heels stomp on their genitalia. I know Nimitz is particularly fond of this last one!

Fishu · « **Reply #9 on:** October 14, 2003, 12:26:58 AM »

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Originally posted by SOB
Because everyone in the US is entitled to a spirited defense and if they can't afford a defense lawyer, one is appointed to them by the courts. The cash reciepts aren't for the public defender's salary...they recieve a paycheck like anyone else...most likely this is for costs associated with doing lawyerly stuff like rouding up witnesses and experts and paying to have women in stiletto'd heels stomp on their genitalia. I know Nimitz is particularly fond of this last one!

I'm shuure they could've used cheaper lawyers

AHGOD · « **Reply #10 on:** October 14, 2003, 12:52:05 AM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
I'm shuure they could've used cheaper lawyers

but the media payout is far greater. Hence a lawyer will give himself to this "innocent" person and he can do whatever the hell he wants. lawyers and politicians bout as good as they come over here.

SOB · « **Reply #11 on:** October 14, 2003, 01:56:14 AM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
I'm shuure they could've used cheaper lawyers

The lawyers are public defenders - they get paid a yearly salary, whatever it is. Their pay is the same regardless of who they're defending. The money they're spending isn't going in their pockets, it's going for expenses used for building a defense. I doubt their salaries are even worked into the #s in the original post. The DC Snipers got these lawyers because they are in the public defender's office in the state/city they're being tried in.

Fishu · « **Reply #12 on:** October 14, 2003, 04:04:44 AM »

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Originally posted by SOB
The lawyers are public defenders - they get paid a yearly salary, whatever it is. Their pay is the same regardless of who they're defending. The money they're spending isn't going in their pockets, it's going for expenses used for building a defense. I doubt their salaries are even worked into the #s in the original post. The DC Snipers got these lawyers because they are in the public defender's office in the state/city they're being tried in.

So in other words, they've been buying all the evidence out of liquor stores..?

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2003, 04:45:47 AM »

Fishu shouldnt you be suprised that the evil forces in the USA you are complaining about just havent abolished the US legal sytem and had these two obviously guilty men shot on sight?

trolla · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2003, 07:03:17 AM »

Well you could always elect a islamic fanatic to president, that would fix that problem

(joke)

guess that is the price we have to pay as democratic countries, and its worth it in my opinion.
Its after all just money, but it sucks yes