Reply To: In Defense of Judge Freier

Iacisrmma, you obviously have no clue regarding the NYC court system. Except in the Bronx, where the two were merged on the criminal side because of a huge backlog, Criminal/Civil court is separate from Supreme Court Criminal/Civil division. The former handles arraignments and non-felonies (Criminal) or lesser monetary claims (Civil). The latter handles more serious cases. This is in line with Yitro’s advice to Moshe (the latter changed it because din peruta din meah).
As for the 19 year old, you did not specify exactly what he did and why. Depending on the circumstances it could have even been a Class A-I felony, which is a potential life sentence. Afzal, on the other hand, was originally only charged with misdemeanors.

CTL,
1. You are correct that criminal law is covered by the bar exam but it is insufficient. This is why new ADAs get in-house training. Moreover, as the score is for the exam as a whole theoretically someone could fail the criminal law part and still pass the exam.
3. Both Abarbanel and Rav Hirsch say that the people should at least choose the judges on the Great Sanhedrin but they disagree as to whether they also choose the lower court judges or the Great Sanhedrin appoints them. BTW, while Civil Court judges are elelcted Criminal Court judges are appointed by the Mayor.

Philosopher, I already posted that prosecutors ask for more than they think is necessary and defense attorneys ask for less. This is SOP in negotiations.

Mod, why do you allow vicious hotzaat shem ra posted by sickies like Chong and Achdus (obviously his screen name is sagi nahor)?