Authority Figures

Unfortunately these professions sometimes attract power hungry people. I think it is terrible that your husband has to plead guilty to save his own skin. I have felt that I have been harassed for a couple of years, but then it stopped. No charges were ever filed we just were followed and stopped frequently. All because we had a dog that barked and we possibly bought a car that had been used suspiciously. I did not like it when it happened.

I thought if I wrote one more book it would be called...walk a crooked mile. We have had so many of our authority figures in our little community that have been crooked or crooks....our former mayor was convicted of tag switching...our former abstract company manager swindeled people out of over a million dollars....one of the "upstanding" businessmen had a camera in the lady's room so he could watch the girls drop their britches...I could continue and we only have 20,000 in our town...it's an embarassment! So you are so right.....your husband shouldn't have to plead guilty but it's like the corupt all run in a group...including cops, business men and politicians! Good luck to your hubby.

It's because of bribery and corruption our authorities no longer perform their job well according to they have promise to the public. It seems there's a big changes to attitude of most of people lately. Sometimes, we are a victims of a sin we didn't do

I'm not sure if I've been victimized personally but definitely in a general sense. I don't believe in 'blanket respect' of people who are considered to be authority figures, except in the parent/child arena. I am the final say when it comes to my daughter . Other than that, it really depends on the behavior of the person. If they lie, cheat, are corrupt, accuse people of things with no evidence, harass, make fun of, or abuse others, they don't deserve any respect at all, nor should anybody listen to them, believe them, or allow them to continue acting this way without retribution. I believe people who are put in any position where they have a chance of being 'over' others or affecting the outcome for others, like in government, healthcare, community services, emergency aid, etc, these people need to be held to a very high standard by OTHER people who EXPECT a high standard and remove them from their positions if they are caught screwing around. I am very sick and tired of these ridiculous people getting away with things because OTHER PEOPLE COVER FOR THEM. So so wrong, ALL of them should be punished severely, and I mean that, not just the original perp, the people who cover should also be punished because they are just as much at fault!! They are dishonest lying cheaters and shouldn't even be allowed to work alone in a styrofoam plant where they couldn't hurt anything or anybody if they tried! I have a certain basic level of uneasy trust which either goes up or down immediately upon my first interactions with a person. Normal people who don't have the power to hold something over my head generally get much more leeway, so the trust factor is proportionate to how much the person could actually affect me personally if they went nuts. I think the burden of proof for respect should be on the person demanding it. If you want to deserve respect, then make sure your actions go along that path. I think you need to speak to another attorney. I have sat on a jury for a DWI case before, and if there is insufficient evidence (you said he was wrongly accused), there should be enough of a question to cause a jury to not be unanimous. Was there breathalyzer results or anything that can't be argued? I guess I'd need to know more about the situation before I say anything else.

30 yrs ago my son went through a very messy divorce and his wife knew some of the court officials. my son was guilty in the marriage of a lot of wrong doing to her but for revenge she didnt want him to have the child visits. prefering he suffer from not seeing the child so she falsely accused him of things that anyone who knows him would know thats one thing he wouldnt do is be abusive to a child. so he didnt contest any of the costody. thing is, after 12 yrs of being married to the rich guy she wanted, she sent my sons daughter to live with him. so everyone seen then what his ex had been up to all along. she just wanted to hurt him. grand daughter is grown now and she feels bad that her mom used her to hurt her dad. thats the worst injustice

This happens in Mexico with people alot. Sometimes by pleady guilty to a charge here, they get off with a small, fine and probation. No jail time. if they go to trial, they face a bigger fine and jail time. Plus atty. and court costs. So people are forced into guilty please just because. Is this the case there??

I used to think that they should be respected, the authority figures. But nowadays, I figured that they only have to respect them if they deserve to be respected. If I find them not worthy of my respect then I just shut up and do my best not to get noticed. I hate that many authority figures nowadays abuse their authority and use it for their own selfish motives. They don't care so much about the welfare of other people other than their own. I wish there was a way to eliminate them. Most people have so much to lose that they just bow their heads down to these abominable and abusive people to prevent trouble. But where will that ultimately lead? it will only make the evil people more powerful and more abusive. Your husband should stand by the truth. It's not necessarily the easiest way but it is the right thing to do. Owning up to sins that he didn't commit might shorten his jail sentence but in the end he still ends up in jail and he'd feel much worse for owning up to something that he did not do at all. He deserve a better lawyer. We all deserve justice