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Radical Left-wing Prosecutors After Rush
Limbaugh's pill use not extraordinary, lawyer says
BY DANIEL de VISE
ddevise@herald.com
Rush Limbaugh's attorney mounted an offensive Monday, accusing Palm
Beach County prosecutors of smear tactics and likening his client to
any ordinary American with chronic pain.
''This nation is full of people who take medication every day and will
do so for the rest of their lives,'' said Roy Black, speaking in a news
conference in Miami.
Discussing the prescription-drug abuse allegations in unprecedented
detail, Black reasoned that the quantity of medicine Limbaugh is
accused of ingesting -- 1,800 pills in 210 days -- works out to roughly
8.5 pills a day, ``certainly not an outrageous amount.''
Black questioned the motives of Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry
Krischer in releasing details last week of sensitive plea negotiations
between Limbaugh and prosecutors.
The December correspondence, unflattering to Limbaugh, shows the radio
talk-show host proposing to settle the case through treatment,
potentially averting a permanent criminal record. Prosecutors counter:
Plead guilty to a single felony charge of ''doctor shopping'' and avoid
prison time. Both offers were rejected.
Black said the plea negotiations shouldn't have been released. He
portrayed the incident as part of a politically motivated campaign to
discredit his client.
Black said the government's plea offer came with a veiled threat: If
Limbaugh did not plead guilty, the state would release his confidential
medical records.
''The only conclusion that I can draw is that Mr. Limbaugh ... is being
singled out more than anyone else for actions that no one else in this
community would be subjected to,'' Black said.
Black and other prominent South Florida attorneys said they couldn't
recall another case of plea negotiations released to the public.
''There has to be some thought about the long-term consequence'' of
routinely releasing such documents, said Robert Jarvis, a law professor
at Nova Southeastern University. ``And the long-term consequence in
this case is that no one would begin a negotiation about a plea.''
But Michael Edmondson, spokesman for the Palm Beach County state
attorney, said prosecutors were confident they'd done the right thing.
Prosecutors consulted the Attorney General's Office and the Florida Bar
in response to the Jan. 15 public records request by the Landmark Legal
Foundation, which sought all available documents in the case. They
concluded the state public records law required releasing the plea
dealings, even though doing so violates ethical rules for lawyers.
''The way the Florida public records law works is, anything that is not
specifically exempted under the law is permitted,'' Edmondson said.
State law trumps any ethical concerns, he said.
But he offered nothing in writing to back up that account. And
Limbaugh's legal team produced documents Monday that seemed to
contradict it.
Telephone notes from a Florida Bar attorney, paraphrasing Kirscher
himself, state that plea negotiations ``are not normally to be revealed
[and] so may or may not be [a] public record.''
Attorney General spokeswoman JoAnn Carrin wouldn't say what legal
advice her agency gave the chief Palm Beach County prosecutor, citing
the ongoing investigation.
Prosecutors began investigating possible prescription-drug abuses by
Limbaugh, 53, last year, based on a report from his former maid.
Limbaugh has not been charged with any crime.
Limbaugh's attorney accused Edmondson, the state attorney spokesman, of
leaking a false story last month that Limbaugh was poised to plead
guilty to doctor-shopping. Edmondson denied the assertion.
Doctor-shopping is duping multiple physicians into dispensing excessive
prescription medications.
''I can say categorically now that Mr. Limbaugh would not plead guilty
to doctor-shopping, and that's because Mr. Limbaugh did not engage in
doctor-shopping of any kind,'' Black said.
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Left-wing liberals are EVERYTHING they accuse the right of being. They
are mean, vicious, hateful, greedy, cold-hearted, closed-minded,
selfish, intolerant, bigoted and racist.
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12 Jun 2005 04:50:02 AM |
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Mossad Chief: U.S. to Be Mired in Middle East in Perpetuity
According to Ephraim Halevy, former chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence
service and current national security adviser to Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon, plans have been made for a substantial U.S. military presence
in the Middle East lasting decades.
You thought I was kidding when I asked "Who Is Congress Listening To?"
Do you get it yet? Has it sunk in? ISRAEL WANTS THESE WARS. Bush lied to you
to send your kids off to die in a war Israel wanted. Even Bush's own
advisers openly admit this.
Do you get it yet? Israel's desires, Bush's lies, your kids' lives.
Israel's desires, Bush's lies, your kids' lives.
Israel's desires, Bush's lies, your kids' lives.
Think about it.
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