By no means do I consider myself knowledgeable on the law.
For minor charges and serious crimes.
The garden variety kind no one cares about and high profile media circuses.
With defendants who were nobodies and some who were recognized by everyone in the building.
By way of background, arraignments tend to be misunderstood by the public.
They’re generally a very simple procedure, regardless of the nature of the charges.
The clerk calls the case.
The defend reports to the microphone.
Their lawyer introduces them to the judge and files an appearance.
The clerk reads the charges and enters them into the record.
While saying “A not guilty plea has been entered on your behalf.”
Meaning, you don’t get a say in the matter.
They don’t let you talk or state your side of the story.
So when the news reports “The defendant pleaded not guilty,” that’s not reallynews.
It’s just part of the process.
If the prosecution wants bail, they’ll get into the details of the charges.
Otherwise they just pick a date for the next hearing and you’re sent home until then.
It’s all pretty pro forma.
And I can honestly say, without fear of contradiction, I never saw anything like this.
Then there’s the way this lawyer is handling it.
Attorney Rosemary C. Scapicchio is representing Jones.
He’ll get his day in court.
He’ll answer these allegations.
We have nothing further until that time.
Burden of proof.And all that.
But holy moly, was I wrong.
And going on the attack against … pretty much everybody.
“They’ve turned him into a thug.
Labeled him a thug.
With no evidence whatsoever.”
“The guns were in a bag with his name on it,” she says matter of factly.
“But that doesn’t make him a thug.
That doesn’t make him a wanna be criminal in this case.
That doesn’t make him a gang member.
It makes him an individual charged with a crime.”
Then when the reporter replies none of them are saying that, she answers, “Well you were!
while the assembled reporters went “Whoa!
And a reminder that all Jones wants to do is play football talk.
And like I said, a legal approach unlike any I’ve ever seen.
Honestly, I haven’t seen either of those terms being applied to Jones on social media.
And for sure, not in regular media.
But I haven’t been looking for them, either.
Scapicchio has terabytes of posts on Twitter and Facebook calling her client that.
It just seems like a weird approach to very, very serious criminal charges.
The kind where a conviction can lead to serious prison time.
Worrying about what random assholes are saying online is sort of inexplicable to me.
But what do I know?
She’s the one getting paid the big billable hours.
What possible excuse is there for that?
That goes into the plus column for him for sure.
I mean, they throw your bottled water in the trash at the TSA counter.
But it didn’t occur to Jones NOT to be strapped?
Can he not say, “Icouldcarry these guns with me to Logan.
But that would be foolish.
So instead I shall do some other thing”?
The complete lack of judgement is a bigger concern than his public relations at the moment.
Jack Jones needs to stop being a shithead.
