The AG race and "frivolous lawsuits by prisoners"

[underpants]

okay maybe I have missed something here but what is this all about?

I keep hearing about how Deeds (the conservative Dem) is FOR these FRIVOLOUS lawsuits while Bob McBobMcDaniels is AGAINST them.....AGAINST them.

I googled several search parameters on this and really only found new articles about the campaign ads. There was a paper from 1994 on it (highlighting the most ridiculous ones-throw directly out of court) but that is pretty much it.


Are they a lot of these such suits? Is it possible to stop people from filing lawsuits?

Last and most importantly-IF there are such suits didn't this occur while Kilgore as AG? (note he QUIT to run for Governor).

My nose tells me this is a BS Repub created and framed (non) issue that they just read their talking points on over and over and over.

I call such issues "weird cousin" issues-there are complete lunacy but if you mention that you have to deal with the weird cousin flipping out and throwing mashed potatoes and doilies around so everyone humors him and no one mentions that it is made up.

Any help is appreciated.

[DfenderOvFreedamn]

1. GREAT STORY ON THIS FRIDAY

Jerry Kilgore and the Wrong Message on Justice

excerpt:
....Clifford Williams still lives in Culpeper, and the memories of the murder of his wife, Rebecca Lynn, remain vivid. He remembers the relief he felt when Earl Washington Jr. was arrested for the crime and the sense of closure he felt when Mr. Washington was sentenced to death. Mr. Williams also remembers his anger when volunteer lawyers agreed to challenge the conviction.

While the state turned a blind eye, Kenneth Maurice Tinsley, the real killer of Mrs. Williams, remained at large and raped two more women at knife point.

Mr. Washington came within nine days of execution in the electric chair. He eventually was exonerated by DNA evidence, but Mr. Tinsley's role as Mrs. Williams's killer wasn't confirmed until Mr. Washington's lawyers, over the strenuous objections of then-Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, conducted their own tests of crime scene evidence. Mr. Tinsley's DNA was found in the victim's body.

...This needs to be a Kaine AD.