Comments on: The High Cost of Justice

By: charlie

charlie — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:14:15 +0000

personally, i think our government should get “tough” on illegal aliens…making them either apply for citzenship from their country of origin…or simply deport them…regardless of how long they have been in this country…So many have had the opportunity to apply for citizenship but don’t bother because you have bleeding heart liberals trying to create a amnesty program….I am tired of hearing about drug smuggling and mexican mafias..and also the arrogant manner in which they come across our border to deliver drugs and mayhem. When it comes to doctors “enabling” drug use to anyone…certain jail time and a revokation of their medical license is in order…

By: belicoso

belicoso — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:28:17 +0000

If the state of CA were to allow criminals like the enablers of prescription drug addicts to skate because they don’t have a money in the budget to prosecute them correctly that is going to come back to them in future costs ten-fold. When other enablers see that high profile characters like Howard K. Stern and Anna Nicole’s doctors or Michael Jackson’s doctors get away with their crimes and receive a slap on the wrist…before too long these sorts of people will be coming out of the woodwork. An abundance of these sorts of criminals will tie up the CA legal system and the courts would have to break their previous precedent to finally send a strong message. I would urge the officials in charge of balancing CA’s budget to allow for a reasonable funding of the bureau of narcotics as well as the state’s attorney’s office so that cases against the likes of Howard K. Stern and others can reach a lawful conclusion and deter such abuse of controlled substances in the future.

By: noodlemonkey

noodlemonkey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:00:13 +0000

The other commenter is right–the 9th should laugh Stern and his posse out of court and leave the Marshall family in peace.

By: doris jean

doris jean — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:07:42 +0000

They should forget about prosecuting marijuana and save lots of money.

By: MJP1221

MJP1221 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:13:40 +0000

While you might be right about the budget’s impact, I think the high profile allegations linking MJ’s death to prescription drugs may push the already hightened judicial awareness of this issue to a new level. HKS and ANS’s DR best watch out- they are very likely to be made examples of. Maybe HKS should spend more time on his criminal defense than trying to con the 9th Circuit into giving him/ANS money that legitimately belongs to the Marshall family.