Sounds to me like Mr. Temin just did his job and made a few postgame comments. I’m a prosecutor but greatly respect skilled, committed defense counsel. I have a friend in a Western State who does nothing but defend rape cases. She’s not pro-rape. She just understands what Jefferson said so well “Only when the least of us have rights will we all enjoy those rights.”

Thanks for the topic is an excellent prism to view the difficult topic of the role of defense counsel.

BTW, I think Dr. doriginality is off base with the “closet pervert” remark. He weakens a couple of otherwise good points with supposition and personal invective.

You advise Mr. Naumovich (we all know and love him as Dan) to not judge Mr. Termin’s statements made during a very complex situation, yet send him (Dan) a fairly strict warning that he, himelf should take caution against slander????? Mr. Termin is free to make public judgments about Mr. Karr, but blogfreespringfield cannot do the same of Mr. Termin? And I know Dan already commented on the irony of your “who are you people” statement posted under your “anonymous” username, but puh-leez!! You’re lobbing these lame pitches right at us.

Who are you?

Do you really think that Karr shouldn’t have been arrested given his statement

You’re right, I shouldn’t have judged Mr. Temin so harshly. But as a father of young children, I just can’t understand how anyone could be distressed that Karr was arrested after he claimed to have murdered a child, who claimed to have had sex with her, and who claimed to have tasted her blood. This wasn’t exactly a witch hunt.

Thanks for commenting, whovever you are.

I shouldn’t be posting, because the level of conversation is so low.

Did you see Seth Temin do an interviews during this entire fiasco? Did you see him on CNN, FoxNews, NBC, or any other station? No, you didn’t. Because he didn’t accept those interview requests. He said two lines at the end of this event. Those two lines likely represented enormous frustration at how the entire case was handled. Consider the circumstances. Other’s did.

Seth Temin has enormous integrity. He’s a public defender, not a supporter of child molesters. Don’t judge a person by a single statement made over a very complex situation. And do not accuse him of grandstanding. That is outrageous. And be careful where you tread. Slander results in liability.