A real “leader” would never flex the fact that they’ve ignored public sentiment of the people who elected him, or reduce the opinions of those people who pay his salary by assuming that they are incapable of also forming an opinion based on fact

@thelifeoffitzy If they cared so much about the children, they would have had it in them to utter one word of condolence to their father and grandparents.

That was the most tone deaf, idiotic statement I’ve ever heard. Plain disgusting! Plymouth county needs some change next!

I’m grateful someone is pursuing justice for those 3 babies. He was elected to prosecute and that’s what he’s doing. Not sorry it hurts the feelz of the mentally deranged lunatics defending that demon. That juror is a hero

@lauriemullenesq Or ignore a jury of his constituents who spent weeks listening to the case & 40 hours deliberating.

He's disgusting and so are the 2 prosecutors!! They act like they did a great job and won!! Fn delusional and just no decency whatsoever!!

Big shot hogging the tv time. “I” “I” “I” is all I heard. He’s a grandfather and father? With no compassion for Lindsay’s parents OR Patrick’s parents. His two stooges stood by and he never gave them a nod. They were disgraceful. God help the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!

@melandrebecca A real “leader” would know the names of the young victims. A real “leader” knows when to shut the fcuk up. Tim Cruz needs to go! And “boy oh boy” do I hope a woman replaces him!

@lauriemullenesq He doesn't understand statistics obviously

He had some scandals before that the media never really talked about. He’s been in office way too long probably the longest serving DA in the state

The Republican Meatball of Plymouth County

100% facts✔️ He is ignorant to everything going on around him! Not surprising!

I now understand why Um and Ummer were trying the case - the whole department is staffed with incompetence

Elections and appointments to public office are not synonymous with leadership.

Would happily vote for Tim again. He’s a stand up guy for fights for the VICTIMS. Say their names , Cora , Dawson , CALLAN. Sick or not she needs to be held accountable and responsible

This guy is awful. Who actually elected him?

A prosecutor’s primary obligation is to the law and the evidence, not to the loudest public opinion of the day. Stating that decisions will not be dictated by shifting sentiment is not “flexing” or dismissing voters; it is the baseline expectation of the office.

Of course. However, while public sentiment needn’t form his ultimate opinion, I’d expect him to have a better understanding of the facts of the case, that led 11 jurors to side with the defendant and throngs of people form the crowd he was addressing. While his obligation is to the law and the evidence, his analysis of this case did not accurately reflect the evidence presented by his own ADAs. Additionally, inherent to any elected position, and one whose decisions are funded by tax dollars, is an obligation to the general public. Hence my critique of this aggressively dismissive statement.

Observers several steps removed from our court proceedings!!!! Isn't it the people's court!?! Thats exactly what is wrong with most DA's, they think they own the system! Doesn't the public sentiment include the family of the victims! Thank you for clarifying what we already know

He had a lot of emotion in his speech - not emotion at the strain put on jurors who were unable to agree and thus caused a mistrial, which I imagine could be quite a burden - but it sounded like his personal feelings, which aren't relevant to his job.

Sure had a lot of feelings for someone whose statement was about not making decisions based on feelings 😉

He ran unopposed I believe. The problem in MA is no one will run against an incumbent.

He is 100% correct. Public sentiment on any criminal case should be ignored. Just because people feel a certain way should never influence a decision of when to prosecute or not prosecute an alleged crime.

Michael Morrissey but bald and brave enough to publicly double down instead of privately double down

Bro can‘t say a sentence without reading it. lolY

VERY Well said EmilySee

Many red flags in his statement. Massachusetts needs to clean house.

It would be a stronger element had the jury aka fact finders not been 11-1 to acquit.

Also ignored the living victims. The grandparents, the father, the aunt, friends & co-workers not to mention the experts on both sides.

“ ignored public sentiment”….can’t make this stuff up.

Oh, so real leaders bend to your perceived majority?

Another unopposed lifetime hack

I found his comments to be unfair and arrogant. No one is forgetting what happened to these sweet children. No one! What’s infuriating is how many fail to grasp what can & does create psychosis. No.1-administering drug after drug after drug without consequences risking lives.

I think Lindsay was failed on every level.

They would also acknowledge the huge waste of taxpayer $ this was & vow to do better in the future.

He’s in a dilemma now. He knows he’ll never get a conviction. The 2M spent in another county to run two trials that failed miserably and caused that DA to retire. Does he bring it to trial again only to have another mistrial and say well we tried or offer a plea deal ?

"Public sentiment" has nothing to do with enforcing the laws you ding dong.