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Convicted Rapist Running For Prosecutor Touts This Experience.

Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Note: This post is not a jab at Democrats or black folk.
I started the thread before even noticing that he was one.
It's just a rather astounding claim of qualification.

Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
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Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
YPSILANTI, MI -- An Ann Arbor-area lawyer is joining the field of Democratic candidates for Washtenaw County prosecutor, arguing his rape conviction makes him a unique choice to lead the county’s top legal office.

Hugo Mack, an Ypsilanti-based defense attorney, launched a campaign in early August. Mack says his experiences as a former public defender and his 10-year imprisonment make him a “once-in-a-millennium” candidate for the August 2020 primary because he knows the criminal justice system in its entirety.
 
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Terry Sampson

Well-Known Member
Hmm, ... reminds me of a certain RFer who recently attributed his liberation from bigotry to his crystal meth addiction. I'm not impressed by claims to "unique qualification" based on former misdeeds, although I remember a couple of televangelists who managed to use similar claims to get back on stage.
 
tytlyf

tytlyf

Not Religious
Revoltingest said:
Note: This post is not a jab at Democrats or black folk.
I started the thread before even noticing that he was one.
It's just a rather astounding claim of qualification.

Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
Excerpted....
Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
YPSILANTI, MI -- An Ann Arbor-area lawyer is joining the field of Democratic candidates for Washtenaw County prosecutor, arguing his rape conviction makes him a unique choice to lead the county’s top legal office.

Hugo Mack, an Ypsilanti-based defense attorney, launched a campaign in early August. Mack says his experiences as a former public defender and his 10-year imprisonment make him a “once-in-a-millennium” candidate for the August 2020 primary because he knows the criminal justice system in its entirety.
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He claims his innocence to this day. Appealed the convictions multiple times, lost his law license, etc. In 2010 he was given his law license back and has been an attorney the last decade.

Let the voters decide
 
Rival

Rival

se Dex me saut.
Staff member
Premium Member
'I'm qualified to be a mod because I have 57 infractions.'

Lol.

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A Vestigial Mote

A Vestigial Mote

Well-Known Member
I suppose there are those hackers that the government, or some private corporation ends up employing in order to make sure the security of their IT infrastructure is more "hack-proof." Maybe that was the angle he was going for? Though certainly a hacker has more technical knowledge of his arena of criminality than this guy could really claim to possess - especially considering his crime was "rape." Probably figured he had nothing to lose.
 
PureX

PureX

Veteran Member
Revoltingest said:
Note: This post is not a jab at Democrats or black folk.
I started the thread before even noticing that he was one.
It's just a rather astounding claim of qualification.

Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
Excerpted....
Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
YPSILANTI, MI -- An Ann Arbor-area lawyer is joining the field of Democratic candidates for Washtenaw County prosecutor, arguing his rape conviction makes him a unique choice to lead the county’s top legal office.

Hugo Mack, an Ypsilanti-based defense attorney, launched a campaign in early August. Mack says his experiences as a former public defender and his 10-year imprisonment make him a “once-in-a-millennium” candidate for the August 2020 primary because he knows the criminal justice system in its entirety.
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The voters will decide. IF they bother to vote. I, personally, would not vote anyone with a criminal past into the prosecutor's office. I believe in forgiveness, and giving second chances, but not in positions of significant power over the lives of others.
 
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columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Rival said:
'I'm qualified to be a mod because I have 57 infractions.'

Lol.

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I only have 43 warnings.

But I don't want to be a mod.

I've been there and done that. Being a mod on an internet forum is rather like being a senator in Revoltistan, also known as Ann Arbor Michigan. We all know what those people are like.
Tom
 
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columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Revoltingest said:
Note: This post is not a jab at Democrats or black folk.
I started the thread before even noticing that he was one.
It's just a rather astounding claim of qualification.

Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
Excerpted....
Prosecutor hopeful says his time behind bars makes him uniquely qualified
YPSILANTI, MI -- An Ann Arbor-area lawyer is joining the field of Democratic candidates for Washtenaw County prosecutor, arguing his rape conviction makes him a unique choice to lead the county’s top legal office.

Hugo Mack, an Ypsilanti-based defense attorney, launched a campaign in early August. Mack says his experiences as a former public defender and his 10-year imprisonment make him a “once-in-a-millennium” candidate for the August 2020 primary because he knows the criminal justice system in its entirety.
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I remember back when rape was a horrible crime, barely below murder.
Back then it was a violent assault. Or the violation of a young person. Or violating another guy in prison.

Nowadays, if a college girl gets too drunk to change her mind audibly she's a rape victim. If a wannabe starlet trades sex for a career boost, and doesn't get on a show, she's a rape victim.

Rape just isn't what it used to be. Nowadays, it's just bad sex. And there's lots of that.
Tom

ETA ~ Sorry if I didn't put a trigger warning at the top of my post. ~
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
PureX said:
The voters will decide. IF they bother to vote. I, personally, would not vote anyone with a criminal past into the prosecutor's office. I believe in forgiveness, and giving second chances, but not in positions of significant power over the lives of others.
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Setting aside the outrageous qualification claim....
I'd have to consider the possibility of his innocence,
& how qualified he is compared to his competition.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
columbus said:
I remember back when rape was a horrible crime, barely below murder.
Back then it was a violent assault. Or the violation of a young person. Or violating another guy in prison.

Nowadays, if a college girl gets too drunk to change her mind audibly she's a rape victim. If a wannabe starlet trades sex for a career boost, and doesn't get on a show, she's a rape victim.

Rape just isn't what it used to be. Nowadays, it's just bad sex. And there's lots of that.
Tom

ETA ~ Sorry if I didn't put a trigger warning at the top of my post. ~
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I haven't looked into his trial, but if it appears
to be that, then he'd deserve some slack.
 
Brickjectivity

Brickjectivity

wind and rain touch not this brain
Staff member
Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
Hugo Mack, an Ypsilanti-based defense attorney, launched a campaign in early August. Mack says his experiences as a former public defender and his 10-year imprisonment make him a “once-in-a-millennium” candidate for the August 2020 primary because he knows the criminal justice system in its entirety.
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Terry Sampson said:
Hmm, ... reminds me of a certain RFer who recently attributed his liberation from bigotry to his crystal meth addiction. I'm not impressed by claims to "unique qualification" based on former misdeeds, although I remember a couple of televangelists who managed to use similar claims to get back on stage.
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While I understand these doubts and see that its not wise to choose the worst candidates, I also think a couple of other things. It depends on if they failed and accepted their failure and learned from it. I don't support someone boasting that they were successfully corrupt, but that is not what he's claiming. It could be that being on the wrong side of the law has given him an education that he could not otherwise gotten. Its actually an appealing argument.
 
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Terry Sampson

Well-Known Member
Brickjectivity said:
While I understand ... , I also think ... It depends on ...
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Point made and taken. Yes, ... my previous response may have been too hasty; it does indeed "depend on" ...

Suppose I'm a candidate with a criminal record and am running for office.
  1. Was it a wrongful conviction as determined by approved authorities upon review and my record expunged?
  2. Was it a wrongful conviction, as claimed by me but not yet as determined by approved authorities?
  3. Was it a warranted and justified-by-sufficient evidence conviction that I neither protest nor deny?
Would you trust me enough to let me marry your mother/sister/daughter or hold your wallet and elect me if #1 was the case?
How about if #2 was the case?
What if #3 was the case?

It's a puzzle to be sure.
 
BSM1

BSM1

What? Me worry?
tytlyf said:
He claims his innocence to this day. Appealed the convictions multiple times, lost his law license, etc. In 2010 he was given his law license back and has been an attorney the last decade.

Let the voters decide
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Would you be willing to say that about someone who has never been charged with a crime but is still considered guilty by a great many misguided people?
 
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