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From: - Karma Kop
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00

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This is the best and most honest interpretation of the "paying for testimony" issue that
prosecutors have abused for far too long.

It's only shocking to many as it mirrors the "Emporer's New Clothes" fable in that,
whist being obvious, the farce was so ingrained for so long, that seeing it naked,
or realizing it naked, for the first time shocked many.

When a prosecutor can buy testimony via $$$$ or decades off of criminal sentences,
but the defense cannot, then there is no basis of fairness with which to secure
honest testimony.

The ruling could have just as easily evened the field by allowing the defense to match
dollar for dollar and year for year, any deal the prosecution might be allowed to make
in a given case.

- Karma Kop

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Date: 1998/07/14
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