Rutland Herald
Opinion
June 04,2016
I’m not a lawyer. I’m a farmer. I always
thought that law was about precedent and prosecutorial discretion more
than the text of legal statutes. Prosecutors need to understand their
communities’ values and traditions and use their discretion to help
those communities thrive; otherwise why not just replace the members of
the legal community with computers.
Craig Mosher owned an animal, the animal escaped and wandered onto the road. Everything about Mosher’s actions was reasonable and consistent with the values and traditions of animal husbandry in Vermont. If a horse spooks and throws its rider and then runs into an oncoming car should the rider be charged with a crime? Rose Kennedy’s failure to exercise prudent prosecutorial discretion has severely damaged this state. Things may never be the same again.
MICHAEL CONNOR
Brownington
Comment: Thanks Michael. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Vito
Craig Mosher owned an animal, the animal escaped and wandered onto the road. Everything about Mosher’s actions was reasonable and consistent with the values and traditions of animal husbandry in Vermont. If a horse spooks and throws its rider and then runs into an oncoming car should the rider be charged with a crime? Rose Kennedy’s failure to exercise prudent prosecutorial discretion has severely damaged this state. Things may never be the same again.
MICHAEL CONNOR
Brownington
Comment: Thanks Michael. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Vito
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