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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I have argued before Tjoflat before. He pulls no punches and is VERY direct, which IMO is what you want when orally arguing a case. He also IMO is a good jurist.
I know. From my point of view, the parents are frantic in their grabbing at straws. I feel badly for them and, again, cannot say I would not be doing the same if I thought my child wanted to live. I also think the powers to be that are driving them are filling their head with tripe like "you still have a chance" and, perhaps, "you owe us this appeal for all the support we have given you." The whole thing is just tragic and I truly feel for the parent's pain in this.
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That's interesting that you have an inside point of view on Tjoflat. I agree that being direct is one of the best qualities that a judge can have. I cannot stand when judges are "all over the place", especially on their evidentiary rulings. I don't do much appeal work now; mostly trial work.
How much do you think Gibbs and Felos are pushing this for their own agendas?
Gibbs is on MSNBC now.
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