Comments on: Abuse Charges Against Michigan Teacher Dropped As Prosecutor Faces Bar Disciplinary Action

By: Michael Ejercito

Michael Ejercito — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:41:02 +0000

The people responsible for this injustice should be publicly executed.

By: Stan in SC

Stan in SC — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:35:35 +0000

To Assistant Prosecutor Dean,

I confess! I have all seven books in the “Harry Potter” series. I also have all the “Star Wars” movies and even several books written about the fictional universe. Why, I even have an old VHS of( Dare I say it?) “Bedknobs and Broomsticks”! Come take me away Ms. Dean! I am obviously a danger to society in general and children in particular!

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:45:53 +0000

Susan,

I’m with you! I have no idea what she’s talking about but wicked broomsticks are a good guess!!! I think her statements say a lot about her, that’s for certain.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:30:37 +0000

Jill wrote:
Now listen here CroMM! Ms. Dean knows “non-erotic” pornography when
she sees it!
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Must be the sight of the kids flying around on broomsticks. Makes about as much sense as any other wacky “thoughts” she has on the subject.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:32:57 +0000

Now listen here CroMM! Ms. Dean knows “non-erotic” pornography when she sees it!

By: Cro Magnum Man

Cro Magnum Man — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:50:57 +0000

In response to your last question, Cro, only to a complete moron. That description also applies to anyone who would call the Harry Potter books “non-erotic pornography.”

Yea, like I said I’d be pretty upset if I were JK Rowlings. Obviously free speech allows the D.A to give her “opinion” but it really is unbelievable that she’d say such a stupid thing in court.

And “Little House on the Prarie”? It’s considered a CHRISTIAN show!

It runs almost exclusively these days on Christian and Family channels. It’s considered one of the most wholesome family oriented series in the world, as were the books.

I cannot in my wildest stretch of the imagination picture someone calling Little House on the Prairie “pornography”.

Ms. Dean is clearly not playing with a full deck.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:51:56 +0000

Rafflaw, I couldn’t agree more, especially with your last statement. I hope the bar charge against Gorcyca for prosecutorial misconduct will eventually get him disbarred. I know some folks disagree on this, but in my view, prosecutors who are more interested in their personal ambitions than in prosecuting cases fairly and responsibly do not deserve to keep their jobs as prosecutors or their license to practice law. The office of prosecutor is too powerful to allow anyone to abuse it without consequence.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:42:05 +0000

I have to applaud the judge for seeing through this charade of a case and not allowing the jury’s decision to stand. The hardest and most important job in the country is that of being a teacher. To put someone through this with shoddy, if not made up evidence is a travesty. I would hope the originial prosectution team is investigated for their unreasonable and immoral decision to prosecute.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:56:37 +0000

Cro Magnum Man wrote:
I’d be surprised if J.K Rowling, the studios, etc, don’t sue for slandering their work. “Little House on the Prarie” is “Child Pornography”?
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In response to your last question, Cro, only to a complete moron. That description also applies to anyone who would call the Harry Potter books “non-erotic pornography.”

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:50:12 +0000

I’d read about this travesty of justice against Mr. Perry on another site (TruthInJustice.org) which details many cases of egregious police and prosecutorial misconduct. I am very happy to see that Mr. Gorcyca will finally be facing disciplinary action himself. It is long overdue, and I hope this prosecutor receives the same punishment as former DA Mike Nifong; DISBARMENT. I wouldn’t be unhappy if Gorcyca faced criminal charges either. We have seen far too many cases of innocent persons being wrongly charged and convicted of sex crimes that as it turned out later, never occurred. Too many times, the cases are driven by a prosecutor’s political ambitions rather than the interests of justice. And as Mike pointed out, the questioning of children as young as four and five years old is very problematic. In a lot of cases, the interviewers do not audiotape or videotape the interviews with these children, nor do they take accurate notes. Under these circumstances, it is too easy to get false “admissions of molestation” from these children, which should be more carefully scrutinized.

By: Cro Magnum Man

Cro Magnum Man — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:53:39 +0000

I’d be surprised if J.K Rowlins, the studios, etc, don’t sue for slandering their work.

“Little House on the Prarie” is “Child Pornography”?

How can they get away with that?

I’d be suing them if I were the authors and studios involved in those movies and shows.

By: roycommi

roycommi — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:13:11 +0000

The jurors should also be ashamed. I am sure they ruined this poor mans life.

By: Mike Spindell

Mike Spindell — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:44:11 +0000

Apart from the fact that the adults in the legal community stepped in to end this madness, it is yet another example of the difficulty of choosing prosecutors in our legal system. Much too often the position of prosecutor is used as a political springboard, or as a means of putting one’s prejudice into action. Prosecutorial power then becomes corrupted in the interest of self service. When it comes to sexual abuse of children the egregious, publicity ridden cases, are all too familiar. The questioning of 4 & 5 year olds is quite problematic, as shown by most of the literature in this field, and too often turns on the skill (or lack of same) of the questioner. The child’s complaint needs to be taken seriously. However, in these cases the preference should always be for physical and corroboratory evidence beyond the child(ren)’s interview.