PROTECTING RIGHTS IS ONE THING ...

Another fine example of how far wrong we have gone to protect the rights of
individuals: A defense attorney has called into question a drug-sniffing
dog 's ability to correctly find drugs during traffic stops.

Never mind that the dog was right on and the attorney's client had 113
pounds of suspected marijuana in his van. He's reaching for any kind of
technicality to get him off. And of course a law professor chimes in to
say, yes, let's question the dog's reliability. He thinks the government
should check the dog's record. I guess the only way defense lawyers think a
trial is fair is if they can use any kind of ploy to get their man off.

Are there any defense attorneys out there who think our system has gone too
far and it needs to be corrected?

DAVID ANDERSON