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Blog Entries by Judge H. Lee Sarokin from 04/2011

What's Worse: Burning the Koran or Killing Innocent People Not Responsible for It?

| Posted 04.04.2011
Read More: Pastor Terry Jones, Burning Koran, Qur'An, New York Mosque, General Petraeus, Ground Zero Mosque, Koran Burning Retaliation, Mosque Construction, Koran, News

No matter how despicable Pastor Jones and his band of unmerry men might be, nothing can possibly justify this brutal retaliation or the failure to speak out against it.

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Why Should a Person Wrongly Convicted Be Required To Sue For Compensation?

| Posted 04.11.2011
Read More: Wrongful Convictions, Prisons, Failure to Train, Compensation for Wrongful Conviction, John Thompson, Supreme-Court-Connick-v-Thompson, Exonerations, Prosecutorial Misconduct, News

Why should a person who has been wrongly convicted, declared innocent, acquitted and exonerated have to prove anything in order to be compensated? Every state should have mandatory compensation in all such cases.

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Why Barry Bonds and Not Mortgage Brokers and Bankers?

| Posted 04.19.2011
Read More: Foreclosures, Steroids, Barry Bonds, Lance Armstrong, Roger Clemens, Mortgage Fraud, News

Athletes and hopefully children have received the message regarding the dangers and consequences of using steroids. Isn't it time for the mortgage lenders, brokers and bankers to learn their lesson?

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Does the Norquist No-Tax Pledge Violate the Congressional Oath of Office?

| Posted 04.25.2011
Read More: No-Tax Pledge, Mental Reservation Under Constitution, Grover Norquist, Congressional Oath, News

Jurors are expected to decide cases based upon the evidence and facts presented to them and not prejudge them. Should anything less be expected of our elected representatives?

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