Originally Posted by scoreman

No one likes to lose but for the Prosecutors its especially bad. Prosecutors get to choose their battles, unlike defense lawyers who have take the defendants as they find them, prosecutors can just elect to not proceed or plead down shitty cases. On the other hand they can offer NOTHING when they think its a lock win, and believe me they do exactly that when they feel its slam dunk city. I practiced as a defense attorney in Florida for many years and when my case was the worst thats the time negotiating with prosecutors was most like negotiating with a 2 year old. All you ever hear is NO! Back then nothing was finer than watching the prosecutors kiss my ass to plead a case down that really sucked and when I returned their 2 year old impression with my best impression of a Stone Golem to hear them say Nol Pros (we drop the case) when the Judge asked them to proceed.

Today the DOJ settled because they believed there was a very good possibility they could have walked out of Court LOSERS today and once again, that is just unacceptable. Instead, this deal was cut and the DOJ walked out with the right to prosecute those dumb enough to not join the FSC before next week sometime. And there will be plenty of those from the looks of this board tonite. For the DOJ something is always better than nothing.