THE FORTUNATE 2%

As you will now see, there there is a very fortunate 2% in Medina County upon whom Lady Luck has not only smiled, but grinned!

In a self-serving interview with the Medina Gazette, Medina County prosecutor DINO HOLMAN has boasted of HIS 98% CONVICTION RATE IN THE MEDINA COUNTY COURTS.  You can read the entire interview at http://medinagazette.northcoastnow.com/2008/10/06/holman-russica-to-face-off-in-nov/  (There will be more to discuss about this article in a future segment of the blog.)

I suspect strongly that DINO HOLMAN loses no small amount of sleep over the 2% that got away.  After all, DINO decided that they were guilty when he indicted them, but try as he may, he was unable to railroad them into the penitentiary.  Those juries must have been astute enough to realize that the antics and bias of COLLIER as well as the sleazy and underhanded trial tactics of HOLMAN's criminal assistants did not conceal the weakness of HOLMAN's cases!

You can be sure that those convictions did not flow from superlative police work and investigation by Medina County sheriff's deputies.  There must be, therefore, another explanation for this exceedingly high rate of conviction in Medina County.

For purposes of comparison, at last knowing, the approximate rate of conviction in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, located at Akron, is 50%.


I am sure that all will agree that Akron, Ohio is a significantly larger community and that Summit County has a larger commercial base.  There is also no doubt that law enforcement officers in Summit County see much more "action" than those in Medina County and therefore have acquired much more creditable experience.

So what can explain the disparity in the rates of conviction between Summit and Medina Counties?

For one, if you are charged with a criminal offense in Summit County, you are accorded your Constitutional Rights.  That is certainly not the case in Medina County!


The Summit County Prosecutor has not pledged to punish defendants INDICTED for criminal offenses.  Surely not the case in Medina County!

The Common Pleas judges in Summit County are elected in competitive elections.  Not so in Medina County!


County prosecutors in Summit County respect the U.S. Constitution and the law.  Not so in Medina County!


Prosecutors and judges in Summit County do not conspire to deprive defendants of a fair trial.  Not so in Medina County!


The judges in Summit County abide by the Constitution and the law and afford defendants charged with criminal offenses with fair trials.  Not so in Medina County!


I am certain there are even more factors at play, but it is obvious that in a county where the judges are not in the pocket of a lawless county prosecutor,  defendants stand a reasonable opportunity to defend themselves of the criminal charges brought by the state.  Such is not the case in Medina!


DINO HOLMAN must be champing at the bit to get another crack at that 2%.  You can be sure that next time they won't escape the punishment due them as deemed warranted by HOLMAN.  HOLMAN will see to that, no matter what he has to do to accomplish it!


MUCH MORE TO COME ....