PARISA WINS!

[Anonymous]

I know and like both Parisa and Theo. They are both lovely people who have very different visions of what prosecution should look like. On a whole lot of issues (discovery, mental health, juveniles), Theo champions tactics that are regressive, ineffective, and a poor use of resources. Those things are real, and they matter for a whole lot of people. I get that Arlington is Arlington, but people are nuts if they think those regressive policies don’t harm real people who are not true dangers to the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know and like both Parisa and Theo. They are both lovely people who have very different visions of what prosecution should look like. On a whole lot of issues (discovery, mental health, juveniles), Theo champions tactics that are regressive, ineffective, and a poor use of resources. Those things are real, and they matter for a whole lot of people. I get that Arlington is Arlington, but people are nuts if they think those regressive policies don’t harm real people who are not true dangers to the community.

Thank you. Prosecutors matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know and like both Parisa and Theo. They are both lovely people who have very different visions of what prosecution should look like. On a whole lot of issues (discovery, mental health, juveniles), Theo champions tactics that are regressive, ineffective, and a poor use of resources. Those things are real, and they matter for a whole lot of people. I get that Arlington is Arlington, but people are nuts if they think those regressive policies don’t harm real people who are not true dangers to the community.

We shall see.

[Anonymous]

Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, this might be good for the people priced out of Arlington. Crime goes up, real estate values come down.

Just the opposite. Yorktown parents won’t have to pay lawyers to get pot possession records expunged. More money to spend on housing.

[Anonymous]

Y'all got problems

[Anonymous]

Dear Arlington,

Thanks for taking all our criminals!

- Montgomery county

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear Arlington,

Thanks for taking all our criminals!

- Montgomery county

And Washington DC / we already have your homeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

Parisa has never prosecuted a case, but she’s been in plenty or courtrooms. Prosecuting a case isn’t rocket science, and most cases plead out anyway. She’s a really talented lawyer, so i’m Guessing she can figure out how to do a direct, a plea colloquy, and a sentencing hearing. Not that the person who runs the office should be doing many of those.

Being an innocence lawyer involves investigating whether the claims are BS and, if not, developing facts to prove it. You have to think through how they’ll be in court, whether their testimony will be admissible, whether you can corroborate their story, and whether they’ll appear credible. All of those things are transferable skills and things many of us in the defense community would love to see prosecutors do more of (especially the corroborating).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

Parisa has never prosecuted a case, but she’s been in plenty or courtrooms. Prosecuting a case isn’t rocket science, and most cases plead out anyway. She’s a really talented lawyer, so i’m Guessing she can figure out how to do a direct, a plea colloquy, and a sentencing hearing. Not that the person who runs the office should be doing many of those.

Being an innocence lawyer involves investigating whether the claims are BS and, if not, developing facts to prove it. You have to think through how they’ll be in court, whether their testimony will be admissible, whether you can corroborate their story, and whether they’ll appear credible. All of those things are transferable skills and things many of us in the defense community would love to see prosecutors do more of (especially the corroborating).

Where is your defense community?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

Parisa has never prosecuted a case, but she’s been in plenty or courtrooms. Prosecuting a case isn’t rocket science, and most cases plead out anyway. She’s a really talented lawyer, so i’m Guessing she can figure out how to do a direct, a plea colloquy, and a sentencing hearing. Not that the person who runs the office should be doing many of those.

Being an innocence lawyer involves investigating whether the claims are BS and, if not, developing facts to prove it. You have to think through how they’ll be in court, whether their testimony will be admissible, whether you can corroborate their story, and whether they’ll appear credible. All of those things are transferable skills and things many of us in the defense community would love to see prosecutors do more of (especially the corroborating).

I’m guessing prosecutors focus on proving their cases beyond a reasonable doubt, within the boundaries of ethics and the law. And sometimes trials can be extremely complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t understand the posts above. Then I did some reading.
Parisa Tafti is a progressive prosecutor who plans to work to end mass incarceration.

Do scaredy-cat Republicans not like her because they’re actually afraid of minorities? Or are they just pushing the anti-minority white identity politics because that’s the only political play in their playbook?

Good for Arlington. Dems are putting their money where their mouth is: white and black people came together to fight racism.

48 percent of voters in a Democratic primary voted for Theo. Not sure why you’re ranting about Republicans. There really aren’t any in Arlington.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

Parisa has never prosecuted a case, but she’s been in plenty or courtrooms. Prosecuting a case isn’t rocket science, and most cases plead out anyway. She’s a really talented lawyer, so i’m Guessing she can figure out how to do a direct, a plea colloquy, and a sentencing hearing. Not that the person who runs the office should be doing many of those.

Being an innocence lawyer involves investigating whether the claims are BS and, if not, developing facts to prove it. You have to think through how they’ll be in court, whether their testimony will be admissible, whether you can corroborate their story, and whether they’ll appear credible. All of those things are transferable skills and things many of us in the defense community would love to see prosecutors do more of (especially the corroborating).

Where is your defense community?

I practice in and around DC, but I don’t think those feelings are unique to this area. Many who care about the accuracy of the criminal-justice system would prefer to see prosecutors corroborate testimony (particularly incentivized testimony) more carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hasn't Parisa never been in a courtroom?

Theo did some f'd up things so she deserved to be ousted, but kind of scared of Parisa's glazed over eyes SJW free-for-all mindset.

Parisa has never prosecuted a case, but she’s been in plenty or courtrooms. Prosecuting a case isn’t rocket science, and most cases plead out anyway. She’s a really talented lawyer, so i’m Guessing she can figure out how to do a direct, a plea colloquy, and a sentencing hearing. Not that the person who runs the office should be doing many of those.

Being an innocence lawyer involves investigating whether the claims are BS and, if not, developing facts to prove it. You have to think through how they’ll be in court, whether their testimony will be admissible, whether you can corroborate their story, and whether they’ll appear credible. All of those things are transferable skills and things many of us in the defense community would love to see prosecutors do more of (especially the corroborating).

I’m guessing prosecutors focus on proving their cases beyond a reasonable doubt, within the boundaries of ethics and the law. And sometimes trials can be extremely complicated.

In a post-conviction innocence case, the convicted person has the burden of proof, just like a prosecutor does at trial. Although the burden of proof technically may be lower than the beyond a reasonable doubt standard, the standard applied by judges often is higher — especially in Virginia. To win, you also have to present evidence that is admissible — often at a hearing that looks a lot like a very complicated trial. Prosecutors and judges also tend to assume (unfairly) that lawyers in those cases have engaged in unethical conduct, so innocence lawyers have to be incredibly scrupulous.

This is not to say that being a prosecutor isn’t an incredibly tough job. It is. But many of the skills required are skills Parisa has. She’s just used them in a different context.