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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 08:37 PM
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Justice defends judge who freed killer accused in Graham murders
Source: Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts judge was just doing her job when she freed a convicted killer now charged with murdering a newlywed couple, the chief judge of the state Superior Court said Monday in a case that has become enmeshed in the presidential campaign.

Republican Rudy Giuliani has cited the case to criticize former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's record on crime. Romney, who appointed the judge, has called on her to resign.

On Monday, Chief Justice Barbara Rouse said Judge Kathe Tuttman applied the law to the facts that were before her when she made the decision to free Daniel Tavares Jr.

"Today, unfortunately, she is living every judge's nightmare: that a principled decision based on the law and the information provided to her was followed by tragic events over which she had no control," Rouse said in a statement.



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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-26-07 08:42 PM
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1. Mitt can be replaced by a pull string Ken doll
That says so-and-so should resign.

Nobody would know the difference.

Oh, and it's nine past eleven. Does anybody know where Rudy is?
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