Comments on: Commonwealth of Massachussetts vs Roy Smith vs The Boston Strangler http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/ "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." --Robert Louis Stevenson Mon, 28 May 2012 04:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1837 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:51:54 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1837 It would be voluntary and the workers would be paid fair wages under my still forming and constantly evolving plan.

]]> By: Anonymous http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1838 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:51:54 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1838 Watching the transition on the tube, why is Cheney in a wheelchair? Did somebody shoot him? ACLU needs to go home

]]> By: larry http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1836 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:31:49 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1836 Baen, the ACLU would never let you do that

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1833 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:52:18 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1833 I pretty much have to agree with you on US drug policy. I’m not sure how to fix it, but I know we’re clogging our prisons with too many users. I think something like the depression era CCC camps would be good as alternatives to prison for drug user convicts. Put them in a semi-military environment doing public works projects.

]]> By: Zeek http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1827 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:18:38 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1827 To quote some great legal mind of long ago, “It is better that one thousand guilty men go free than one innocent man be convicted”, something like that. I am no lawyer, but through personal experience I can attest to the fact that while we still live in the greatest country in the world, our legal system is flawed. I think the root of its problems come from the govt.’s stance on drugs which has logjammed the courts and turned the dockets into a cattle-call conveyer belt wholesale of plea bargains. People do not have faith in a jury of their peers and would rather plea out for a semi-light sentence rather than risk a guilty verdict with a max sentence. Of course, upon release they will be faced with a criminal record that prohibits decent employment for the most part. Might as well turn to crime for a living. Vicious cycle. Any suggestions from the esquires out there?

]]> By: Madd Dawg http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1823 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:34:44 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1823 good stuff TB. I will be on the lookout for that, or a similar CLE, in the future.

]]> By: Stone http://travellinbaen.com/2009/01/17/commonwealth-of-massachussetts-vs-roy-smith-vs-the-boston-strangler/#comment-1815 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:20:37 +0000 http://travellinbaen.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-1815 I teach a couple of CLEs every year. It helps me get referrals and, best of all, it means that I do not have to attend any CLEs.

That is an interesting one. While totally worthless to my practice , it would be interesting.

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