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EAGLE COUNTY - District Attorney Mark Hurlbert, a Republican who lives in
Breckenridge, is facing a challenge from Democratic defense attorney Bruce
Brown, a Clear Creek County resident.
Eagle County is part of the 5th Judicial District along with Summit, Lake
and Clear Creek Counties.
Hurlbert has been the district attorney since December, 2002, when he was
appointed by Gov. Bill Owens. Since last summer, he had overseen the Kobe
Bryant case until all criminal charges were dropped Sept. 1 when the accuser
decided not to testify.
Brown, currently in private practice, has never been a prosecutor.
Q: What were the positives and negatives of the Kobe Bryant case?
Brown: The Kobe Bryant case was a total disaster for the integrity of our
prosecutor's office. As a consequence, true victims of crime are now more
reluctant than ever to report offenses because they don't feel well
protected by the prosecutor's office. Limited prosecution funds were poured
down the drain, there being no public safety benefit from the nearly
$500,000 added costs, wasted on a case that never went to trial.
The only way to reap any benefit from this fiasco is to coordinate existing
community-based resources to reach out to victims and let them know that if
they have been the victim of a a criminal act they will be safe and
protected in court by a capable prosecutor.
We, as a judicial community, have a duty to spearhead those efforts to
restore a now tarnished reputation.
Hurlbert: Although, this is a rather unfair question as my opponent has not
seen any of the police reports, never even came to one hearing and is
relying on Front Range newspaper reports, the people of Eagle County deserve
a fair and unbiased view of the Bryant case from the chief prosecutor in the
district.
On the plus side, we showed the people of the 5th Judicial District that
they have a District Attorney's Office that will fight for them if they are
hurt. The people of the 5th also know that they have a District Attorney's
Office that will not allow one type of justice for the rich and famous and
another for the rest of us. Another plus is the District Attorney's Office
now has two prosecutors that have prosecuted at the highest level in the
country. This is an experience that cannot be discounted and provides an
incredibly high level of prosecution in this small district.
On the minus side, we learned that our little office cannot prosecute such a
huge case without help from the rest of the state. The defense filed over
700 motions, responses and replies. Given our small staff of 10 attorneys,
it would have been impossible to keep up with such a huge case, even though
we had the experience at that time. If we were to use just the attorneys in
the office, justice would have ground to a halt in the other cases. It is a
simple matter of numbers.
A minus was that some Front Range defense attorneys were allowed to destroy
an Eagle County woman who was hurt. Although my office fought for her,
seeing a rape victim's sexual history paraded on national television
certainly has resulted in other rape victims not reporting. This is an
unfortunate, but temporary situation as my office will have a deputy
district attorney that will exclusively prosecute sexual assault cases and
reach out to victims to know they have a District Attorney's Office that
will fight for them.
Another minus is that almost 700 citizens of Eagle County showed for jury
duty on a case that was ultimately dismissed. That will not happen again as
long as I am the district attorney.
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EAGLE COUNTY - District Attorney Mark Hurlbert,
a Republican who lives in Breckenridge, is facing
a challenge from Democratic defense attorney
Bruce Brown, a Clear Creek County resident.
[...]
Brown: The Kobe Bryant case was a total disaster
for the integrity of our prosecutor's office. As a
consequence, true victims of crime are now more
reluctant than ever to report offenses because
they don't feel well protected by the prosecutor's
office.
Hulbert is drunk on chivalry toward any female
who dresses up as a damsel-in-distress and
Brown is drunk on feminist sloganeering.
Btw, how do those fools even know there is
a "victim" of a crime until _after_ a jury reaches
a guilty verdict? Answer: They don't, they let
some crying female's tears tell 'em what
they're supposed to believe.
[Brown, continued:] The only way to reap any
benefit from this fiasco is to coordinate existing
community-based resources to reach out to
victims and let them know that if they have
been the victim of a a criminal act they will be
safe and protected in court by a capable
prosecutor.
Brown's working definition of "a capable
prosecutor": Gullible swallower of anything
a female blurts out no matter how often
she 'adjusts' her tale of woe and unwilling
to prosecute cases of 'herjury'.
Hurlbert: Although, this is a rather unfair question
as my opponent has not seen any of the police
reports, never even came to one hearing and is
relying on Front Range newspaper reports,
As if Hulbert only looked at the facts of the
case instead of being eager to form a lynching
party to publicly string up a black man at whom
some white female was pointing a finger
and snarling, "rape!"??? Yeah, sure. Hulbert,
the gullible, chivalrous-toward-females-to-a-
fault, was more worried about what the papers
and Tee Vee reporterettes would say about
him if he disbelieved the white female and
believed her co-workers and the evidence
instead. Sheesh!
--
Feminists like Brown and traditionalists like
Hulbert are no more than two sides of the
same Womanfirster coin.
the people of Eagle County deserve
a fair and unbiased view of the Bryant case from the chief prosecutor in
the
district.
On the plus side, we showed the people of the 5th Judicial District that
they have a District Attorney's Office that will fight for them if they
are
hurt. The people of the 5th also know that they have a District Attorney's
Office that will not allow one type of justice for the rich and famous and
another for the rest of us. Another plus is the District Attorney's Office
now has two prosecutors that have prosecuted at the highest level in the
country. This is an experience that cannot be discounted and provides an
incredibly high level of prosecution in this small district.
On the minus side, we learned that our little office cannot prosecute such
a
huge case without help from the rest of the state. The defense filed over
700 motions, responses and replies. Given our small staff of 10 attorneys,
it would have been impossible to keep up with such a huge case, even
though
we had the experience at that time. If we were to use just the attorneys
in
the office, justice would have ground to a halt in the other cases. It is
a
simple matter of numbers.
A minus was that some Front Range defense attorneys were allowed to
destroy
an Eagle County woman who was hurt. Although my office fought for her,
seeing a rape victim's sexual history paraded on national television
certainly has resulted in other rape victims not reporting. This is an
unfortunate, but temporary situation as my office will have a deputy
district attorney that will exclusively prosecute sexual assault cases and
reach out to victims to know they have a District Attorney's Office that
will fight for them.
Another minus is that almost 700 citizens of Eagle County showed for jury
duty on a case that was ultimately dismissed. That will not happen again
as
long as I am the district attorney.
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"s_knight8" <s_knight8nospam@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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A minus was that some Front Range defense attorneys were allowed to destroy
an Eagle County woman who was hurt. Although my office fought for her,
seeing a rape victim's sexual history paraded on national television
certainly has resulted in other rape victims not reporting. This is an
unfortunate, but temporary situation as my office will have a deputy
district attorney that will exclusively prosecute sexual assault cases and
reach out to victims to know they have a District Attorney's Office that
will fight for them.
Well I think I remember that even at the very beginning of the case,
the earlier judge asked the prosecution whether they were up to
the job, and Hurlbert couldn't be beaten away from this case
with a stick.
The truth is that (a) the case should never have been brought
and (b) if it was to be prosecuted properly, it should have
been moved to Denver.
The fact is that Hurlbert saw this as an opportunity, and his
lack of judgment kept him going and going and going...
Alex
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The fact is that Hurlbert saw this as an opportunity, and his
lack of judgment kept him going and going and going...
If he is not elected DA, how long before his book about the case comes
out? 1 month or 3 months?
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