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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166659)	7/20/2005 6:40:31 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think an arrest for having eaten a single French Fry in an area where food is not permitted, is outrageous. I can’t imagine a judge who would not simply dismiss a case that had no more merit than that. Which on first instinct leaves me curling my brow over this whole media event. I think judges should take extenuating circumstances into account, not in determining whether or not a law has been violated but what sentencing is warranted when a law is violated, and when it is a miner issue with questionable merit they should simply dismiss it from the docket. I have been told that we don’t even have sufficient resources to properly prosecute and bring to justice class A felons. So I ask my self, “What’s up with this, especially considering the other credentials of this judge.” Given the tendency, of the messengers to sensationalise, I find myself more skeptical than usual. We were led to believe that an innocent little girl of 12 was singled out of a crowd at the transit system by a militant force of policemen because of her possession of a single French Fry. Further we are led to believe that an equally militant Judge couldn’t wait to cast her in Irons. Then I get a brief media article that shows the judge in a slightly different light as one who judges correctly that the law was broken and that the police acted overly zealous. As it turns out the laws/policies themselves needed to be revamped, which is not the job or fault of a judge. I also suspect the real concern should be how this tale of the ‘innocent’ 12 year old is being spun. I figure we will hear much more in the weeks to come so I will reserve my option to change my opinion until more is revealed… but for the time being … I smell something unwholesome here.