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Re: What is wrong with our legal system?

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Originally posted by legion
More evidence of the "lottery mentality" that trial lawyers propagate.
In this case, it appears to be more the Judge(a lawyer) penalizing Gray for NOT hiring another lawyer.

I mean really; people (innocent until PROVEN guilty) defending themselves!?

Why that's worse than the mauled kitty. Such audacious accused people MUST BE MADE TO PAY! . . ..

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from Sea-Times
Gray did not appear in court for the case and was not represented by a lawyer,
Really, a judges decision like that says to the people, 'one way or another, we will make you a paying customer . . . "innocent until PROVEN guilty" --that's just a little lawyerly humor.'
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