http://disqus.com/people/1e114a2429fd585a07398fc95a481260/enThu, 19 Jun 2008 13:26:35 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/a_perp_walk_for_a_purpose/#comment-1790363You do seem very enamored with perp walks. It doesn't give you pause that, as you <a href="http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/subprime-players-set" rel="nofollow">point out</a>, Rudy Giuliani pioneered the practice? Or that they're the very definition of gratuitous? Or that "Defense attorneys have argued for change of venue on the grounds that the perp walk has so tainted the jury pool that the defendant cannot have a fair trial in the district." (from the article <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1142862090121" rel="nofollow">you cite</a>.)<br><br>These questions aren't meant as snark--I like seeing white collar criminals prosecuted as much as the next guy. But reading TalkLeft (see <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/03/23/203/66813" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2003/09/11/264/46130" rel="nofollow">here</a>) gives me pause as far as these media spectacles go.flaxterThu, 19 Jun 2008 13:26:35 -0000