tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1024935848923145047..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indiana™: Where Do Prosecutor Candidates Stand On Prosecuting Public Corruption?Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41776683908527374822010-09-14T20:23:42.995-05:002010-09-14T20:23:42.995-05:00Modisett is listed. I just didn't identify him...Modisett is listed. I just didn't identify him by party.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60454404447076086952010-09-14T16:50:09.362-05:002010-09-14T16:50:09.362-05:00Gary,
I think you forgot one Democrat who was ele...Gary,<br /><br />I think you forgot one Democrat who was elected in 1990. Jeff Modisett. He served one term before running for Attorney General.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035404467800218819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49442113189226809132010-09-14T14:55:25.355-05:002010-09-14T14:55:25.355-05:00Carlos, Prosecutors focus so much on those cases b...Carlos, Prosecutors focus so much on those cases because it's a piece of cake to send people to jail for many years who can't afford a good criminal defense attorney. Public defenders are assigned far too many cases and cannot devote the attention each of those cases deserve. Public corruption cases typically involve well-paid, politically-connected white collar defense attorneys, which means the prosecutor has to work much harder to win convictions in those cases and runs the risk of alienating big-time contributors. It's a lot easier to ignore those latter cases, but the rotting effect it has on the system, the increasing sense of distrust of the government and belief that there really are two forms of justice in this country for the haves and have nots is totally undermining our constitutional form of government. When we cease to be a nation of laws and become instead a nation of men, it is only a matter of time before the very foundation upon which our government is built cracks and crumbles into a state of chaos.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-12684975931825144882010-09-14T14:47:19.479-05:002010-09-14T14:47:19.479-05:00Gary, I agree that corruption is an issue that sho...Gary, I agree that corruption is an issue that should be rooted out. It affects EVERY taxpayer.<br /><br />At the same time, the effects of corruption are not immediately felt and--as a consequence--corruption doesn't have the same "urgency" as do crimes like robbery, burglary, rape, and OWI.Carlos F. Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309803301603359239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34649367162974267882010-09-14T07:06:07.975-05:002010-09-14T07:06:07.975-05:00If the Marion County Prosecutor wants to prosecute...If the Marion County Prosecutor wants to prosecute white collar crime, it is fine with me. The principal focus of his job should be, however, the jailing of violent Marion County offenders.<br /> Wouldn’t our energies be better utilized if we pressed the Legislature to change the Attorney General’s office?foretellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132108750565141732noreply@blogger.com