Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denies Appeal;Innocent Man Spends Time In Prison

[Love As Arson]

My lawyer gave three reasons why Judge Sotomayor and her colleague should overturn the procedural ruling: 1) Upholding such a ruling would cause a miscarriage of justice to continue; 2) Reversing the procedural ruling could open the door to more sophisticated DNA Testing; 3) The late petition was not my fault or my attorney's. To our dismay, Judge Sotomayor and her colleague refused to reverse the ruling. "The alleged reliance of Deskovic's attorney on verbal misinformation from the court clerk constitutes excusable neglect that does not rise to the level of an extraordinary circumstance," they wrote. "Similarly, we are not persuaded that … his situation is unique and his petition has substantive merit." A second appeal to Sotomayor's court resulted in the same decision. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear my case, and I remained in prison for six more years.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/141197/judge_sonia_sotomayor_denied_my_app eal_and_i_spent_16_years_in_prison_ for_a_crime_i_didn%27t_commit/

[SlappedActor]

Sotomayor has an unbelievably shaky track record. I don't care for her at all.

[saysmydoctor]

Shady? Please. I doubt you've read any of her decisions to make such a claim.

Though, I disagree with this decision of hers.

[sayyes]

It's not a good start.

[open mind]

i think this case speaks to the inherent flaws of our judicial system more then it does to this particular judge.

[saysmydoctor]

Exactly, she was pretty much following precedent. Basically, not an activist judge.

[aolsux]

Yeah, I don't agree with this ruling, but anti-Sotomayor people are just looking for every single mess up to try to fuck with her. The thing is, as an "activist judge," whatever the fuck that truly means (mostly she doesn't take alot of shit), she is just a judge and probably is more qualified than most.