NIGHT STALKER Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 What a joke... As it turns out, Daunte Culpepper might have been able to duck the charges pending against him without getting on the witness stand and confessing to illegal gambling. (Although yours truly doesn't handle much criminal law, we think it was stoopid for Culpepper's lawyer to allow him to testify at a preliminary phase of the proceedings. Now, the prosecution has a road map for trying to show that Culpepper is full of poopie at trial.) Per Alex Marvez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the judge handling the case is wrestling with an argument that the prosecutor's decision to charge Culpepper and Vikings running back Moe Williams with indecent behavior, disorderly conduct, and lewdness reflects a racial bias, given that prosecutors filed no charges against two white men who have admitted to sexual impropriety on the cruise. Judge Kevin Burke said Wednesday that the failure to charge the white men "looks bad." In our opinion, prosecutors didn't give the two white guys a pass because they're white, but because they're not football players. Prosecutors love to fry big fish, since most prosecutors have higher political aspirations. Our guess is that, if the two white guys had been named "Birk" and "Rosenthal," they would have been charged, too. As to the pending case, the judge has asked the lawyers to submit additional legal argument before he rules on the motion to dismiss the charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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