US District Judge William Martini has a
new admirer: me. Prosecutors are supposed to represent the people and
seek truth and justice, but it is all too obvious that Bergrin's
prosecutors lost their way long ago, as many have in courts around
the US.
We are in week #2 of one of the most
watched trials in recent history and US District Judge William
Martini is already tired of the government procession of lying
convicted felons brought from prison to testify against Paul Bergrin.
One can only imagine what Judge Martini would have thought if he had
presided over the Nino Lyons trial in the Middle District of Florida
with 31 convicted felons transported from prisons to testify (or
rather testilie) for prosecutors.
These days prosecutors ignore truth and
forget that they're supposed to be representing the people. The one
and only goal is to obtain convictions at all costs. According to
MaryAnn Spoto with The Star Ledger, Judge Martini has sent the
jury out of the courtroom twice so far today to refresh AUSA Joseph
Minish's memory as to why he is there: “The process here is to
search for the truth.’’
If these prosecutors had ever been
searching for truth, there wouldn't be a trial.
Peter Sampson with The Record
reported that AUSA Stephen Sanders had the audacity to complain to Judge Martini
and actually stated that, “It is the jury’s job to determine who
is telling the truth”.
Yes, it is the jury's job to determine
truth; however, it is the prosecutor's job to present witnesses that
they at least believe to be truthful. With the witness
testimony in the Bergrin trial and a list of other cases I have
watched, including my own in past, it is clear that these prosecutors
are either dumb as doorknobs or knowingly offering-up liars with the
hope that the jury is.
It's great to know there are still
judges around that believe in truth and justice in the
courtroom!
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