# How Dare They Not Prosecute Tom Delay?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 24, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-they-not-prosecute-tom-delay/551280 "2010-08-24T12:43:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-they-not-prosecute-tom-delay/551280/150 "2010-08-29T20:04:27Z")

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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> Hey, it’s based on sound premises. Mind you, I think Tom Delay is factually innocent until proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be guilty.

No, it’s not. I said that as a public defender, I believed I never had an innocent client. There is absolutely nothing to allow you to infer that because it was true of my long-ago career as a PD, it’s also true of anyone I choose to defend in argument here.

Is there?

So what are the sound premises you mention?

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