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Her lawyer on Monday separately filed a motion to disqualify the Manhattan DA's office from handling the case, asking that a special prosecutor be appointed. He argued that the DA has "sabotaged" the prosecution, leaked false statements about the maid to the press and subjected her "to verbal abuse and outright disrespect."

His motion quotes a prosecutor telling the maid's attorney in June that "no one with half a brain would ever put her on the stand," and alleges a member of the prosecution team "repeatedly screamed at and outright disrespected her."

"In short, the DA has demonstrated clear bias and prejudice and this court respectfully should appoint a special prosecutor to restore the confidence in prosecution of this matter," the motion says.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle


Those who were stupid enough to jump to the wrong conclusion might reflect upon how events have turned out, and ponder the extent to which their political judgement has been warped by the (usually Right wing) ideologies that determine their opinions for them. This is surely another piece of evidence to add to the existing mountain of evidence demonstrating the tensions and conflicts between Right wing ideologies and basic human decency.

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ORIGINAL: lovmuffin

Those who were stupid enough to jump to the wrong conclusion might reflect upon how events have turned out, and ponder the extent to which their political judgement has been warped by the (usually Left wing) ideologies that determine their opinions for them. This is surely another piece of evidence to add to the existing mountain of evidence demonstrating the tensions and conflicts between Left wing ideologies and basic human decency.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

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ORIGINAL: lovmuffin

Those who were stupid enough to jump to the wrong conclusion might reflect upon how events have turned out, and ponder the extent to which their political judgement has been warped by the (usually Left wing) ideologies that determine their opinions for them. This is surely another piece of evidence to add to the existing mountain of evidence demonstrating the tensions and conflicts between Left wing ideologies and basic human decency.

Ummmm, sorry but...........

How is this a left/right thing?

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Her lawyer on Monday separately filed a motion to disqualify the Manhattan DA's office from handling the case, asking that a special prosecutor be appointed. He argued that the DA has "sabotaged" the prosecution, leaked false statements about the maid to the press and subjected her "to verbal abuse and outright disrespect."

His motion quotes a prosecutor telling the maid's attorney in June that "no one with half a brain would ever put her on the stand," and alleges a member of the prosecution team "repeatedly screamed at and outright disrespected her."

"In short, the DA has demonstrated clear bias and prejudice and this court respectfully should appoint a special prosecutor to restore the confidence in prosecution of this matter," the motion says.

And NONE of that bothers anyone?

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle


Those who were stupid enough to jump to the wrong conclusion might reflect upon how events have turned out, and ponder the extent to which their political judgement has been warped by the (usually Right wing) ideologies that determine their opinions for them. This is surely another piece of evidence to add to the existing mountain of evidence demonstrating the tensions and conflicts between Right wing ideologies and basic human decency.

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ORIGINAL: lovmuffin

Those who were stupid enough to jump to the wrong conclusion might reflect upon how events have turned out, and ponder the extent to which their political judgement has been warped by the (usually Left wing) ideologies that determine their opinions for them. This is surely another piece of evidence to add to the existing mountain of evidence demonstrating the tensions and conflicts between Left wing ideologies and basic human decency.

Ummmm, sorry but...........

How is this a left/right thing?

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra

I would just like to know if Steve is still so proud of the obviously superior US justice system?
But you did never come back to the thread you started about it, once people started formulated different opinions, did you?

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I would just like to know if Steve is still so proud of the obviously superior US justice system?
But you did never come back to the thread you started about it, once people started formulated different opinions, did you?

Well, I've rethought things.

We still don't know what happened.  The truth is that the prosecution dropped the case because they thought it couldn't be won, not because DSK is innocent or guilty.  It IS true that our justice system will prosecute even the high and mighty, more so than the European system.  Whether we have too trigger-happy a system, or the European system is too slow to act...

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And OJ was innocent and looking for the real killer.

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra
I would just like to know if Steve is still so proud of the obviously superior US justice system?
But you did never come back to the thread you started about it, once people started formulated different opinions, did you?

Well, I've rethought things.

We still don't know what happened.  The truth is that the prosecution dropped the case because they thought it couldn't be won, not because DSK is innocent or guilty.  It IS true that our justice system will prosecute even the high and mighty, more so than the European system.  Whether we have too trigger-happy a system, or the European system is too slow to act...

We still don't know what happened but it is very possible Diallo was inventing things due to inconsistencies. In France some believed it was an effort to discredit him due to the prospect that he was running for the presidency. What I found unpleasant was the failure to accept that he was innocent until proven guilty and a lot of feminists (Luvmuffin: on the left) used it as political capitol: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/dsk-case-gross-injustice-used-as-vehicle-to-paint-men-as-predators/story-e6frg6ux-1226119945413

DS, unrelated to DSK , I can't see it as a mattter of US justice vs. European. Legal systems developed in different ways in sovereign nations around Europe for hundreds of years. There is some broad leglislation that applies across the EU but little of it applies to serious crimes except some instances of European wide issues. I think the real problem is the loss of DSK as head of the IMF, contributing to more market uncertainty. The IMF in Ireland were actually far more generous than their supposed EU buddies, partly due to DSK.

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You need to read posts 3 and 4. I simply repeated part of it changing the word "Right" to "Left".

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I'm not on the left, I'm on the right.  I'm not a feminist, and I'm not a woman. I'm a lesbian in a mans body.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Oddly,there are many in France whov`e become fed up with men treating woman badly,because of this very case.

Not that anyone knew who was and wasn`t guilty,but because of the bad way some leaders and the media handled it.

There were a lot of folks who wanted to just forget her and many in France who wanted to attack the victim,way before anyone knew any of the details.

This jumping the gun pissed off a lot of French women and some men and will continue to be a subject of discussion far beyond the DSK case.

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Some of us just knew the story didnt ring true.  Others were labelled misogynists for even doubting

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-Charges-Dropped-Motion.html



Stroll on down memory lane for a refresher on who said what when it broke.  Sort of a "who is the asshole now" moment.

http://www.collarchat.com/m_3676777/tm.htm#3681358

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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Her lawyer on Monday separately filed a motion to disqualify the Manhattan DA's office from handling the case, asking that a special prosecutor be appointed. He argued that the DA has "sabotaged" the prosecution, leaked false statements about the maid to the press and subjected her "to verbal abuse and outright disrespect."

His motion quotes a prosecutor telling the maid's attorney in June that "no one with half a brain would ever put her on the stand," and alleges a member of the prosecution team "repeatedly screamed at and outright disrespected her."

"In short, the DA has demonstrated clear bias and prejudice and this court respectfully should appoint a special prosecutor to restore the confidence in prosecution of this matter," the motion says.

And NONE of that bothers anyone?

No, what a defense lawyer says doesnt really bother me. There was no physical evidence consistent with a rape, so its he says she says, and shes a proven liar. They arent going to prosecute a case they have little hope of winning.