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Kerry Kennedy 'set to admit leaving the scene of an accident,,,
The Daily Mail ^ | 2-24-14 | Ryan Gorman

Posted on 02/23/2014 2:18:50 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Kerry Kennedy may agree to a plea deal over driving while drugged charges stemming from a 2012 accident so she can continue her extensive human rights work.

Kennedy, 54, is afraid a conviction would bring with it restrictions that would curtail her international travels – she has visited several dozen countries on humanitarian missions.

The plea deal was previously discussed between her legal team and prosecutors before being shelved, but her attorneys have brought it back to the table with her trial slated to start Monday, according to the New York Daily News.

Lawyers originally tabled the deal while preparing a defense explaining former Senator Robert F Kennedy’s daughter took Ambien by mistake – she meant to take thyroid medication, sources told the paper.

‘Our defense in this case is that Kerry Kennedy did not knowingly and intentionally ingest those sleeping pills,’ her lawyer explained Friday in court.

‘The pills are very similar,’ he added. ‘She took what she thought was her thyroid medication.’

The former wife of current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy was travelling between the Western Sahara and Brussels, Belgium during last week’s jury selection process, sources said.

Kennedy faces a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired by drugs after colliding July 13, 2012 with a tractor trailer on a suburban New York highway, authorities said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: afraidfortherepublic

I meant to drink a cup of coffee. The pint of Wild Turkey was an accident. I now have a defense if I ever get charged with a DUI.


21 posted on 02/23/2014 4:28:53 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: alexander_busek

I should have read the comments. GMTA


22 posted on 02/23/2014 4:32:15 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: varon

Either that or killing everyone outright, such as Junior did. Never get into a conveyance with any of these people.


23 posted on 02/23/2014 4:34:16 AM PST by onedoug
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To: plangent
"How in the heck can you help other people when you’re drugged up and running into tractor trailers"

Aid to the auto body industry?

24 posted on 02/23/2014 4:34:16 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: txrefugee

She was aware enough to leave the scene of the accident but not aware enought to take the correct pill...sure. More trust fund money to be spent on a jackal attorney too.


25 posted on 02/23/2014 4:34:38 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The first line of the article is a parody in and of itself!


26 posted on 02/23/2014 4:39:15 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: chicagolady

It might run in the family but it sure don’t drive too well...

CC


27 posted on 02/23/2014 4:40:04 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/exclusive-kerry-kennedy-plead-guilty-leaving-accident-scene-sources-article-1.1678332

http://nypost.com/2014/02/20/judge-moving-forward-with-kerry-kennedy-drugged-driving-trial/


28 posted on 02/23/2014 4:42:50 AM PST by abb
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To: afraidfortherepublic

NBC reports that Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.


29 posted on 02/23/2014 4:43:28 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: txrefugee

“All the Kennedys have a prescription to Ambien,”

I HATE Ambien! It made me walk in my sleep, which I used to do when I was a kid, but had outgrown. Ambien brought it back. At first, I couldn’t figure out why there was food out on the counter when I got up in the morning. Almost burnt my house down one night cooking while somnambulating!
Of course that has nothing to do with KK, but,,, I HATE Ambien!


30 posted on 02/23/2014 4:51:57 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Regarding human rights, her children have the right to a mother, her husband has the right to a non-adulterous wife, other drivers have the right to life.


31 posted on 02/23/2014 4:56:35 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: miss marmelstein

It’s perfect.


32 posted on 02/23/2014 5:05:16 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: x_plus_one

Yet another lawbreaking Kennedy demanding special treatment?

Ho hum.................


33 posted on 02/23/2014 5:08:18 AM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

All I can say is that I am about as likely to name my next child “Kerry Kennedy Golux” as “Abu Husein Mohammed Golux.”
Actually, less likely.
It’s just... The worst name ever.
What could be worse?
Osama Bin Golux? At least it has a ring to it.
Kerry Kennedy Carter Golux? At least the Carters could sing.
It’s just a gross name. If someone extended their hand to you and said: “KERRY KENNEDY!”
Wouldn’t you just pause, just a little? And maybe vomit just a bit in your mouth?


34 posted on 02/23/2014 5:17:32 AM PST by golux
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To: x_plus_one
Two Americas = one for the members of the overseer class who see themselves as the most fit to RULE and then there’s everyone else.

Exactly.

That is why the politicians aren't trying to elevate people and move them off the urban plantations.

Instead, they are trying to get the rest of us on the plantations.
They are killing the middle class and making their Nanny State/Police State stronger and more pervasive to force us on to the government teat.

It disturbs them greatly to see us living free and not treating them as Royalty.


35 posted on 02/23/2014 5:24:29 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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To: varon
"What does this dim-bulb do........pour her pills into a candy dish?"

LOLOLMAO! Best laugh of the weekend!! What an image that one conjures-up!


36 posted on 02/23/2014 5:42:42 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: varon

The apples don’t fall far from the tree!


37 posted on 02/23/2014 5:49:19 AM PST by FES0844
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Laws are for the little people.

Now here is a real criminal that 35 FBI agents needed to be assigned to persecute.


38 posted on 02/23/2014 6:00:33 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: afraidfortherepublic

How ridiculous! I take thyroid pills and they look NOTHING like sleeping pills! I’ve taken several different dosages, so I know there is a full range of colors, but size and color of these are quite different.


39 posted on 02/23/2014 6:10:15 AM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: Shery

They look different on purpose, so they can not be confused by patient or pharmacist. There are entire courses on the very topic


40 posted on 02/23/2014 6:14:42 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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