Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The Carly Gregg Postgame Show: WLBT Edition

 WLBT interviewed Carly Gregg' attorneys Kevin Camp and Bridget Todd for well over an hour on October 22.  The interview was streamed live on WLBT's Facebook page.  The stream predictably generated over 370 comments and replies.  However, Ms. Todd engaged in the online food fight herself as she repeatedly took commenters to task.  The exchanges are posted below. 



Um, not exactly.  Todd tried to get not just the media but the public banned from the courtroom as well.  Can't let anyone see what her little darling of a client did, now can we? She and her co-counsel argued with a straight face that allowing the public and media in the courtroom would violate HIPAA.  It was obvious from their motions they had not read case law such as Gannet v. Hand or the WLBT case.  



I somewhat agree with Ms. Todd here.  Gregg's mother was just that, her mother.  She probably would not want her child to go to prison for the rest of her life.  However, any such feelings, real or imagined, should not have any bearing on what happened in the courtroom.  There is a reason Judge Ratcliff did not listen to Kim Mardis when he sentenced Todd Mardis to the maximum sentence for beating his wife to a pulp.  It is not uncommon for judges to ignore pleas for leniency from families of murder victims.  The state and Court should be concerned with what happened, not what the deceased would want. 





True dat.  



Classy.  Professional. 


 


 
Ok, major problem here.  If Todd had her way, the media would not be allowed to cover certain criminal trials.  Well, the criminal justice system represents society.  Who is society? Us.  We have a very compelling interest in seeing justice is administered efficiently and fairly . Who represents the public in these matters? If Todd bothered to read Gannett v. Hand, she would have learned the Mississippi Supreme Court said the media, not the prosecution or defense represents the public .  

While Todd whines about stripping citizens of their rights to a fair trial and jury, which sound like the argument of an L2, she should perhaps stop and consider the other side of this coin.  

This is Mississippi.  We all know what that means and what took place in the past.  More than a few defendants were railroaded over the years.  Such shenanigans usually take place out of sight, out of mind.  It is the media who is best suited to stop such from happening. It is the media that enables the citizens to hold their prosecutors and other elected leaders accountable.  
 
Allowing the media and cameras in the courtroom ensures everyone plays fair.  Of course, allowing the media in the courtroom also means the public will be able to see when attorneys screw up, which unfortunately took place all too often on the defense side in this case. 
 
 


Damn.  Sounds like Chokwe making sure everyone knows he is a lawyer when he is challenged.  




 

What do you call falsely accusing the prosecutors of committing Brady violations?  Just curious. 


And you're going to lose every time because you are not able to use your best argument.  


It is probably a good idea for learned counsel to avoid engaging in Facebook fights.  No minds will be changed, emotions will be rubbed raw, and little good will come of it.  Oh, it's tempting, very tempting, to respond but sometimes it's best to just let the pitch go by. 



31 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

The current level of unprofessionalism that many attorneys are willing to display is quite upsetting.
I know there are some good ones left, but they are increasingly rare.

Anonymous said...

In his first comment, inserted during the above exchange, Kingfish proves to me that he should get a refund of all monies he paid for law courses.

He mentioned the word 'probably'. Probably is one word you will never hear made or allowed in a courtroom. Nobody knows or cares what a decedent might have thought or wanted, and the jury should have been told to disregard the suggestion. Ms Todd knew that. But she got away with it.

Anonymous said...

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit. But the glove did fit.

Anonymous said...

2:25, there are lots of good ones left; most just have their nose to the grindstone quietly doing their job so you never hear of them.

Anonymous said...

99% of attorneys give the other 1% a bad name.

Anonymous said...

Bridget - attention whore.

Anonymous said...

"One interview, that's all!"

Anonymous said...

I know Bridget Todd and I can believe everything she is doing because that’s who she is….a narcissistic drama queen. I would not recommend anyone using her services as an attorney because she will always be the most important person in the room (to her)! I fully think she went after this case pro bono for the notoriety. She’s getting it but not the kind I think she expected. I’m not surprised by her, but my main question is what in the world is Kevin Camp doing in cahoots with her??

Anonymous said...

Hmmm..."probably." As I read it, 'fish was probably just making an informal personal observation, not an argument to a judge or jury. And it's probably accurate enough when applied to many parents. However, since this particular parent was not available to testify as to her wishes and desires should her daughter blow her brains out, and apparently no one was claiming that she told anyone specifically of them, that's the end of that.

Where the "probably" reply, above, is correct is that testimony from anyone about what she "probably" (or using any other such wording) would have wanted - for or against whatever punishment or anything else - is really just guessing. Fine for here but not there. Now, if someone was prepared to testify that Mom had specifically stated to them that she would not want her daughter to receive life without parole if her daughter shot her in the face and murdered her, there might - even probably - be a different conversation. Of course, there would probably also be a conversation about false testimony, hearsay, and probably a few other things. Anyway, reminds me of a lawyer joke/anecdote, supposedly from an actual transcript:

(The Witness is the coroner)
...
Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"

Witness: "No."

Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"

Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."

Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"

Witness: "I suppose it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."

Anonymous said...

KF, in principle I'm with you. Then you have the dunderheads of WLBT which nearly caused a mistrial in the "St Paddy's Day" murder trial by showing the jury on the live stream after being repeatedly told by Judge Faye Petersen not to show the jury.
I laugh when any media member uses the term "professional."

Anonymous said...

It's a bad look on Ms. Todd. Unprofessional. You have to be above the pettiness of social media.

Anonymous said...

This attorney seems dumber every time I hear her beating her dead horse.

Kingfish said...

Thank you.

Kingfish said...

Let's not forget the Hattiesburg Patriot getting cameras canceled in a trial also. Usually it's rookies who make the mistake.

Anonymous said...

I remember people posting that Ms.Todd was also engaged in Facebook food fights almost every night during the Gregg trial.

What a buffoon !

Anonymous said...

4:24 pm Excellent comment.

Anonymous said...

Did WLBT think to ask Ms Todd if she is still the attorney of record for Carly?

Anonymous said...

8000 cases submitted to SCOTUS annually. 150 granted cert. 100 get some type of decision. Good luck with this one with all the evidence that the judge graciously allowed to you with all of your blunders.

Anonymous said...

Ms. Todd taking the commenter to task for a misspelling is choice, given what I've seen of Todd's writing in court documents.

Anonymous said...

It seems to me that Ms Todd is too close to the case. She appears to be taking this case personally. Perhaps another attorney would be better suited for appeal.

Anonymous said...

"Let's not forget the Hattiesburg Patriot getting cameras canceled in a trial also. Usually it's rookies who make the mistake."

What in the world is this all about?

GM said...

Well 7:49, if she wasn't handling the appeal ... then she would never again be interviewed by obscure youtubers.
goofy youtube

Anonymous said...

Wait..does nobody think the prosecutor waiving the gun around in the court room wasn't a bit off? I mean, we get the point, you don't know how to safely use a firearm, but still that woman looked nuts. If I were Ms. Todd, I would have objected right then and there. That was insane! Also, just curious, the whole "slippery slope" fallacy that Carley was just going to "shoot them all up" if she was released, was a stretch.

Anonymous said...

L2? You're being very generous.

Anonymous said...

I never thought I would have to advocate for a spelling test as part of the Bar exam. This attorney is wacko

Anonymous said...

I would like to propose a petition: Governor Reeves commutes Carly's sentence to 40 years in exchange for Todd's law license. Somone start the go-fund-me!

Anonymous said...

WTF. If my lawyer ever pulled that shit, they would be fired instantly.

In what universe is there any upside to engaging in this behavior?

Anonymous said...

An un-mentioned aspect of the Carley case is the report of her saying to someone after her arrest that she said that murder "was something you did, then you paid a lot of money and got off." I think this type of mindset/knowledge level for a high schooler tells us a big problem exists in education/raising children in the modern world. Trump and Vance and a congress must be elected now.

Anonymous said...

My 12 year old acts more mature than Bridget Todd.

Anonymous said...

She is way too close to this case. It's strange. She's going to lose whatever career she had left.


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