Prosecutor adds a confession to transcript, but it's okay: it was just a joke.

[Dr. Strange]

Prosecutor Corrupt or Foolish? Defends Transcript Fabrication as a Joke

A Kern County judge has thrown out all child molestation charges against a defendant who was facing 16 years in prison because the prosecutor in the case added sentences to a transcript that indicated the defendant had admitted guilt when he hadn’t.

Deputy District Attorney Robert Murray has been placed on paid administrative leave since the Kern County Public Defender’s Office brought attention to the fact that he made changes to a transcript he sent to defense counsel in the case of Efrain Velasco-Palacios. Velasco-Palacios was charged with five counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years.


More at http://www.prosecutorialaccountability.com/prosecutor-corrupt-or-foolish-defends-transcript-fabrication-as-a-joke/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Shouldn't end with P.A.L.

As a society, we've allowed the criminal justice system to devolve into an unfunny joke, but that's no excuse for allowing such an egregious case of railroading a defendant - followed by backpedaling called 'just kidding.' I'd prefer that this poor excuse for a lawyer - much less a prosecutor - face charges (preferably felonious charges) and get the sort of justice meted out to those without wealth and power, then see how fucking funny he thinks the law is then.