http://stolenboy.com/2009/03/09/brandon-mcinerney-files-petition-for-review-with-california-supreme-court/ by Michael Mehas Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:51:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://stolenboy.com/2009/03/09/brandon-mcinerney-files-petition-for-review-with-california-supreme-court/#comment-897 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:45:32 +0000 http://stolenboy.com/?p=1549#comment-897 I’ve read Wippert’s petition for review. It’s incredibly short-sighted. It’s long been thought that one of the best assurances of individual liberty, one of the best protections against prosecutorial overreaching, is the trial by jury. As I understand it, Wippert wants Brandon to be tried by a judge, in a secret hearing, with no accountability. There will be no press reporting of the trial. There will be no public review whatsoever. It will amount to nothing. The supreme court will not force a prosecutor to disclose his reasons for filing a criminal case absent some showing there’s been improper action. And Wippert’s citation of a few quotations by the prosecutor isn’t going to cut it.

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