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Re: Re:Nancy Grace kicked off from Court-TV.
Posted by Hank on 6/03/08

    I am disgusted by Nancy Grace's antics on that show of hers. I am so glad her
    backround has finally come to the light. She is so unfair and way to
    emotionally invloved, in an unhealthy way.


    On 5/12/07, Michelle from Madison wrote:
    >
    > Nancy Grace forgot to mention on her Thursday May 10th show that she was
    > kicked off COURT-TV for the rest of the season and will not return anymore.
    > Oops, guess Nancy forgot to mention the facts of things again.
    >
    > Instead, Nancy made assertions that Paris Hilton may need a sentence like a
    > death sentence for committing a couple of minor driving offenses. Wait a
    > minute, Nancy committed crimes far more severe than that of Paris before the
    > city of Atlanta threw Nancy out on her butt and took away her ability to
    > ever practice Law anymore anywhere in the 50 states of the United States.
    > Almost sounds hypocritical, doesn’t it?
    >
    > Ohh wells, at least Nancy got booted off the air, at least on that show.
    > It’s a start, and perhaps after all the lawsuits that numerous defense
    > attorneys are claiming will be slammed against Nancy Grace, maybe then Nancy
    > will be totally off the air to the welcomed relief of all the victims both
    > still alive and those that Nancy has had a part in their demise.
    >
    > Nancy Grace has defamed, slandered, libeled, twisted facts, harassed, and so
    > on and so on towards non-convicted victims. Nancy actually may be eligible
    > for some incarceration time by the end of all of this, according to some
    > attorneys. But, at least the “process” has finally materialized.
    >
    > Her downfall truly began earlier this year after Court-TV removed Nancy from
    > several days of coverage and limited her involvement in and with Court-TV.
    > Plus, CNN has contractually, since last year, mandated that Nancy Grace can
    > never be on any CNN broadcast without at least one of her Psychologists,
    > Psychiatrists, or other doctors present on the set. Good for them.
    >
    > At least they are beginning to recognize the dangers of Nancy’s
    > victimizations that have already cost more than one victim their life.
    > Finally CNN, go get ‘er. No more victims deserve to be victimized by Nancy
    > Grace, and no more people need to lose their life as a direct result of any
    > involvement with Nancy Grace.
    >
    > http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/09/709196-nancy-grace-to-end-show-on-
    > court-tv
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 4/23/07, Michelle from Madison wrote:
    >> Nancy Grace was proven wrong again on Monday April 23rd from all
    >> of Nancy’s assertions that KENNETH GLENN HINSON was guilty of crimes
    >> including kidnappings, sex crimes, and assault with intent to kill two
    >> teen girls in an underground bunker located in Darlington, South Carolina
    >> last year. Remember Nancy’s unfounded rants?
    >>
    >> After Nancy Grace pummeled, ridiculed, slandered, and defamed
    >> Hinson on multiple shows aired by Nancy Grace/CNN, the court jurors
    >> acquitted Hinson today of above charges that Nancy Grace implied
    >> repeatedly Hinson was guilty of. Hinson was facing the possibility of a
    >> life sentence without parole, and Nancy had conveyed her apparent desire
    >> that a death sentence against Hinson may be more appropriate for Hinson.
    >>
    >> But, sorry Nancy Grace, one has to found guilty of those crimes
    >> before those measures can indeed be taken. Nancy, is wrong again. It
    >> appears that the only crime and miscarriage of justice committed in this
    >> matter was the coverage of the case by Nancy Grace. It is suspected that
    >> Nancy Grace will need more direct-counseling, more “damage-control
    >> measures”, and possible more medications for the stresses Nancy is
    >> experiencing being proven wrong over and over and nearly every single day
    >> Nancy Grace broadcasts a show through CNN.
    >>
    >> Get your checkbook ready Nancy, you are certainly going to be
    >> writing some big checks soon to help cover some of these upcoming lawsuits
    >> against you. Hinson’s defense attorney, Rick Hoefer, will likely soon sue
    >> Nancy Grace and CNN of even more civil crimes that Nancy Grace has
    >> documented against herself.
    >>
    >> The upcoming lawsuits against Nancy Grace, alleging Nancy
    >> committing crimes against a suicide victim and estate, against all the
    >> Duke Lacrosse defendants, and against victims like Joran VanderSloot of
    >> the Natalee Holloway case are just a few upcoming lawsuits that will be
    >> filed soon against Nancy Grace and CNN according to many defense attorneys
    >> and blogs.
    >>
    >> It is clear that CNN Management does not even bother to watch any
    >> of Nancy’s shows. If they did, they would never allow Nancy Grace to ever
    >> be around any victim of any crime. Nor would they allow her to commit
    >> more crimes against more victims as Nancy continues to document against
    >> herself. How CNN can allow this unprofessional misconduct by Nancy Grace
    >> to continue to occur is beyond all sensible and rational reasoning. To
    >> make some money-profits over the best interests of victims is not a choice
    >> most well-educated and caring people would choose.
    >>
    >> www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18273283/
    >>
    >> and
    >>
    >> www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?
    >> ml_video=85250&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gatewa
    >> y_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=&37;
    >> 2F&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 6/24/05, DC Attorney wrote:
    >>> Let me guess - you got those stats from Nancy's own website?
    >>>
    >>> Well, I am an attorney, licensed in three states, including GA, and
    >> Nancy
    >>> has one claim to fame that I do not share. She has been reprimanded by
    >>> the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for unethical behavior as an attorney
    >> by
    >>> 1) "failing to disclose exculpatory evidence to a criminal defendant";
    >>> and 2) "playing fast and loose with her ethical duties as a prosecutor";
    >>> and
    >>> 3) "failed to fulfill her ethical duties as a prosecutor."
    >>>
    >>> She has also been reprimanded by the Supreme Court of Georgia for
    >> similar
    >>> antics during two other cases, one of which was reversed.
    >>>
    >>> Maybe I will print copies of the opinions and forward them to the State
    >>> Bar of Georgia for disbarment proceedings.
    >>>
    >>> Fancy Nancy should learn that nobody - not even her Peroxidness is above
    >>> the law. As this opinion shows, there is a big difference between being
    >> a
    >>> real attorney and prosecuting someone for a traffic ticket.
    >>>
    >>> Anyone who is a booster of Nancy's obviously is not an attorney and is
    >>> deluded by her self-serving and highly inaccurate press. Real attorneys
    >>> behave ethically and honestly, not like FancyNancy.
    >>>
    >>> DC Attorney
    >>>
    >>> http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/laura_i_applema.html
    >>>
    >>> I’ve been following the Nancy Grace case with much distress. For those
    >>> who haven’t been following the incident, Nancy Grace, the host of a
    >>> epononymously-titled legal show on CNN and CourtTV, was recently
    >>> chastised by the 11th Circuit as having "played fast and loose" with her
    >>> ethical duties as a Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor in 1990. See
    >>> Stephens v. Hall, No. 03-15251 (11th Cir., May 2, 2005).
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> On her Court TV biography page, Grace lists her perfect record of nearly
    >>> 100 felony convictions at trial and no losses. This record is slightly
    >>> less impressive, however, when you review the 11th Circuit’s decision,
    >>> which, while upholding the conviction, criticizes Grace for failing to
    >>> follow her obligation to disclose information about other potential
    >>> suspects to defense counsel, as well as knowingly using a detective’s
    >>> false testimony that there were no other suspects. And this wasn’t the
    >>> first time Grace was criticized for her unethical behavior as a
    >>> prosecutor. In 1997, the Georgia Supreme Court called her improper
    >>> summations and her withholding evidence from the defense "inexcusable."
    >>> Carr v. State, 267 Ga. 701 (1997). And in 1995, the same court reversed
    >>> one of Grace’s convictions because she "exceeded the wide latitude of
    >>> closing argument" by referring to the defendant’s prior convictions,
    >>> which were not relevant to the case. Bell v. State, 263 Ga. 776 (1994).
    >>>
    >>> I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to say that achieving victory for
    >>> your client, whether complainant or defendant, must be done ethically.
    >> In
    >>> Stephens, Grace failed to follow her basic ethical obligations to
    >>> disclose relevant information to the defense. This was not just a
    >> mistake
    >>> on Grace’s part, but a purposeful and egregious tactic done to ensure a
    >>> conviction.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Grace is completely unapologetic about her actions, saying only that the
    >>> case was one of 100 that she successfully prosecuted. This attitude is
    >>> completely unacceptable, however. The defendant in this case was denied
    >> a
    >>> fair trial due to the trickery and deceit of a state actor, which is bad
    >>> enough. But to have that state actor now star on her own legal talk show
    >>> and suffer no consequences? I am hardly the first to suggest this, but
    >>> let me add my name to those calling for Grace’s resignation from CNN.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Any lawyer can make mistakes or ethical violations in the heat of trial,
    >>> but Grace’s systemic abuse of her power as a prosecutor brings shame on
    >>> the profession. That we are currently rewarding her with national
    >>> television exposure is distasteful. If she does not resign on her own
    >>> accord, then CNN should take action and remove her itself.
    >>>
    >>> Laura I Appleman
    >>>

     
     

 
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