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To: mph who wrote (307561)5/29/2009 3:06:49 PM
From: MrLucky  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793757
 
The problem I have is that far too many judges seem to find that applying the 'black and white' aspect of the law too difficult, so they turn it into 'gray' and then hide their decision under the rubric of he or she had their day in court.

Maybe Sortomayor is on to something. She has been known to hand down a sentence to a drug dealer while apologizing for his unfortunate upbringing, bad breaks in life and/or skin color. <g>