The Medill Innocence Project begs the question - rather it beats all of us over the head with it - "Their Featured Victim is Innocent -Believe It!"
Maybe. Let's go to Discovery - as the earnest lawyers always shout on them Cop/Lawyer TV Shows.
Discovery in Law:
In American law, discovery is the pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party through the law of civil procedure can request documents and other evidence from other parties and can compel the production of evidence by using a subpoena or through other discovery devices, such as requests for production of documents, and depositions. In other words, discovery includes (1) interrogatories; (2) motions or requests for production of documents; (3) requests for admissions; and (4) depositions.
"I don't think it's any of the state's business to know the state of mind of my students," Protess said. "Prosecutors should be more concerned with the wrongful conviction of Anthony McKinney than with my students' grades."
Professor Dave wants to deny the States Attorney Discovery? You have the Editorial Geniuses of the Trib with you Dave and they are always ready willing and able to bleed ink in their Pet Causes ( Smearing James Tyree, Smearing Sheriff Mike Sheehan & etc.). That is not Justice, Professor Dave.
Professor Dave!
Nice work Anita Alvarez. If Professor Dave and his Junior Future State Jackpot Lawyers' Innocent is innocent a court will decide - only after Full disclosure - Discovery, Professor Dave - Discovery.
Ah yes, discovery, the call of the woefully ignorant pseudo lawyers who like to ignore little things under the rules of civil and criminal procedure like "relevance."
ReplyDeleteFor your edification since you clearly fall into this category, discovery is not a license to subpoena anything that the an attorney wants. The academic records of the students is irrelevant to the arguments of the prosecutors with the exception of the one argument which in and of itself is irrelevant to the case.