Comments on: Flying the Pirate Flag: Ed Peters as Prosecutor

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:57:02 +0000

Any word on whether the damn Hinds County “judicial” system may proffers its?

By: satchmo

satchmo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:40 +0000

any word on whether Cynthia Stewart may proffer her bar card?

By: NMC

NMC — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:39:30 +0000

like that, ccvz

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:35:51 +0000

3dS, they’re Cynthia Stewart (for Peters) and Cynthia Speetgens (the old Sweet Potato Queen herownself, for DeLaughter). If you put their names, in quotes, in our search box, you’ll find their history here. I think they share/d office space but aren’t formal partners. confounded knows more about them, as I recall.

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:29:08 +0000

Can somebody give me a primer on the lawyers in Jackon named “Cynthia”? I know there are at least two. Are they law partners? I’ve heard they’re quite good at what they do — and this one so far appears to have done a great job for Peters — but I suspect I’ve blended them together in my head.

By: ccvz

ccvz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:26:31 +0000

…like the murder weapon in his father-in-law’s bedroom?

By: NMC

NMC — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:23:50 +0000

I don’t know, Federati. One thing I do know, though, is that the fairy tales about how the evidence was “rediscovered” always rang very false to me.

By: Federati

Federati — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:19:24 +0000

NMC, do you think it’s possible that Delaughter and Peters may have created or manipulated evidence in the Beckwith trial? Peters has something on Delaughter that he’s used like a joystick to force Delaughter down some regrettable paths, like the one to prison. It was that conviction that put Delaughter on the map, and it seems he would do anything to protect the glory gleaned from that victory.

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:15:47 +0000

Excellent point, rogerwilco. The coziness between judges, prosecutors and probation officers — some kind of work-family same-paycheck-source unspoken cameraderie — often works to permit prosecutors to get awasy with antics and outright justice denial. Not sure what can be done about it. Of course 80% are high minded folks who don’t do such things or (in the case of high minded judges) condone it, but man do the ones who are less ethical create a cesspool.

By: lotus

lotus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:13:05 +0000

I’ve thought for a long time that judges need to put aside the niceties of professional courtesy (or political considerations) and sanction the hell out of lawyers for intentionally abusive practices in their courts, whether the lawyer is a civil or criminal attorney.

YAYmen to that, rogerwilco, and sua sponte too!