As Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Roy Moore argued in favor of a convicted rapist, whose victim was 4. years. old. Maybe not all of you know about this. This was not the only time Moore stood by the defendant in sex abuse cases. Excerpt from Think Progress article linked below:
“Moore was the only vote in favor of a day care worker who raped a 4-year-old, claiming there was no ‘implied threat of serious physical injury’."
LINK: thinkprogress.org/…
Again, this was not the only occasion Moore stood up for the rapist or pervert defendant. This, along with his admitted track record of trolling teen girls as a (supposed) adult, describes what legal doctrine and rules of evidence call a “pattern or practice” (in other words, Roy Moore’s... lifestyle).
Also, lawyers know (and wish more laypeople better understood), that when they take on or assigned a case, they are duty-bound to represent their client zealously. Even criminal case clients charged with ghoulish crimes. We must. If we didn’t, if we “threw” cases and worked in cahoots with government prosecutors, our legal system would eventually collapse into, well, North Korea.
But JUDGES are - at least in theory, if not often enough in practice — supposed to be neutral and unbiased either way. Again, Moore has demonstrated a bias, if not a downright proclivity, for taking the side of the worst of the worst sex criminals. In the case at hand, he didn’t want to just stand with and for the convicted rapist of a. four. year. old… he lamented not being able to set a precedent to draw a ring of protection around future child rapists.
The guy’s not just got a screw loose. He’s a freakin’ monster.
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