Judy Clarke: Jared Loughner's 'Amazing' Attorney

After reading oh so many of these comments I have concluded that 99% of the responses reference monies. Whether it be in the form of time or taxes, monies nonetheless.

We need to stop and focus on the reality of what is. A young disturbed man, who made many many references and whos onboing behaviors should have been attended to and wer not resulted in a hanious crime. An unbelievable amount of heartache and loss.

We need as a society as a nation to get back to our roots and run this country how God and our forfathers intended it to be run. We are so busy running around in our daily lives working multiple jobs to pay our bills, socialize to increase our networking and little if none left for the homefront. OUr mothers are working, our fathers are working our children are left uncared for or in the care of others who do not represent many times those of our family beliefs. OUr education system is failing when we focus social studies on history and not our social environment. WE AS A NATION ARE FAILING OUR CHILDREN.

In closing, my heart and prayers go to the families affected. To the indivudual who commited this hanious crime, you will have to stand and be accountable to society for a short time, you wll have to stand and be accountable to a more powerful God for always!

First, we need as a society and as christians pray for the families and friends of these individuals that have suffered loss and heartache.

Second, we need to also recognize and commit to the process of our constitution. This individual by his choices and his behavior warrant an equal consequence. As as christian, I do not support the death penalty, but as a nation of humanity he must at the very least be kept from ever having the freedoms to commit such a horrific act again.

Why is Adnrew Cohen (whoever he is) writing a paen to this defense attorney? Doesn't like the limelight? Then why does she take high profile cases covered by national media? How much is she paid?

I would like to start off by saying that my heart goes out to the victims and their families of this senseless tragedy. No amount of apologies, prayers or good intentions will ever undo the pain. I must also say that while Loughner is clearly guilty of these shootings, a case such as this, is not as "cut and dry" as most people would like for it to be. There will be many factors that will, and must, come into play to ensure that JUSTICE, not revenge, will be served here. Loughner's mental state must be taken into account to determine if he can LEGALLY be held accountable for his actions. This is based on the law, not some lawyers trick to run up an exorbitant fee for trial or an attempt to make headlines. What most of the commentators on here seem to forget is that our Constitution was written to protect the rights of everyone, not just those individuals that society deems fit to receive them. It is easy when angry to say that there is no need to provide the best defense possible for an accused person. It is easy to say "just give him the death penalty". What is not easy to do is to recognize that by defending Mr. Loughner's right to a fair trail, this country is continuing to defend the rights of ALL of it citizens. If we as a society stop allowing for true justice, then on a case by case basis, we inevitably will be destroying our own freedoms and protections as well. By taking these cases, Ms. Clark is not so much defending the actions of her clients as she is protecting the very rights that this country was founded on.

Do we, as a society, put to death someone who is insane, through no fault of their own? Just a question, with hard answers. I would say the answer needs plenty of thought. I am in favor of the death penalty, at least leaning that way, for this murderer, but I still question it.

When I was raising my two daughters I made sure I knew what they had in their drawers, love notes, candy, questionable possessions, whatever, especially, I knew what was under their beds. I had to know what they ate for lunch, etc, who their friends and their families, As long as they lived under my roof I had to know what is transpiring in their daily lives. I did not only question the questionable, I investigated.
In the case of Loughner, inspite of the exhibited bizarre behaviors, no one cared to investigate what he was up to?

The cost of appointing and paying for a defense attorney's time to defend someone is only a small cost of the trial. A courtroom, its judge and staff, the officers who hold the defendant in custody, and the facility and expenses of holding a defendant, the prosecutor and staff and investigators, the time taken off from work by a jury to hear a case, are all a much larger expense. To worry just about the defense attorney's cost merely expresses the rejection of our constitutional right to counsel if we should ever be accused of a crime. (I also read that Ms. Clarke returned her fee to the State of Carolina.)

Our Constitution says you have the right to a speedy trial. It seems that it only applies to the defendent. His Attorney will drag this on for years. I think they call it a cooling down period. His Attorney is running up a Bill with the taxpayers. The Judge is the only one who can speed up the trial but they are all buddy buddy in this game. This is a mockery of our Judicial system. If this Judge allows this to be extended more than a month, he should be impeached.

"Clarke also is likely to be aggressive when it comes to the venue for the case -- she may seek to have it moved out of Arizona altogether, depending upon which judge comes in to take care of the matter"
Ok, people, let's hear a rousing chorus of "SAN FRANCISCO, open your Golden Gate!"

WE ARE ALREADY PROVIDING INTERPRETERS IN THE COURT SYSTEM, AND IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMM AND IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, AND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM.... YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK - PRESUMABLY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IS ENTITLED TO THE SIMILAR JUSTICE ??