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Cunningham convicted [of shooting man who raped her daughter]
Knoxville News Sentinel ^
| 10/28/5
| ROBERT WILSON
Posted on 10/28/2005 10:09:54 AM PDT by SmithL
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I wish I'd been on the jury.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:09:54 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
This is the hometown of popular Sen. Lamar Alexander.
2
posted on
10/28/2005 10:12:36 AM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Cowardice is forever!)
To: SmithL
"She had already been tried once in the death of Coy Hundley.
In that trial last April, she was acquitted of first-degree murder, and the jury deadlocked on all lesser charges. '
How can she be tried a second time for the same offence? Isn't that double jeopardy?
3
posted on
10/28/2005 10:13:01 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: SmithL
Both of us would've set her free.
4
posted on
10/28/2005 10:13:03 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: SmithL
I thought you could only be tried once for the same crime. Unless the first was a mistrial, is that what happened? I couldn't open the link...
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:13:22 AM PDT
by
Froufrou
To: SmithL
It said "she believes" he raped her daughter. Was she right?
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:13:23 AM PDT
by
heartwood
To: SmithL
I wish I'd been on the jury. Ditto. And I'd be talking Jury Nullification, too. What happened here wasn't justice.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:13:45 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(I can open hearts and minds effortlessly. I have a hacksaw.)
To: Froufrou
As she was acquitted of first degree murder she couldn't be tried for that but she could be tried for the deadlocked charges.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:14:28 AM PDT
by
heartwood
To: bk1000
How can she be tried a second time for the same offence? Isn't that double jeopardy? She was aquitted on the 1st degree murder charge. Likely, she was charged and tried a second time because a jury deadlocked on the lesser charges (whatever they may have been).
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:15:50 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(If you decide to kick the tiger in the ass...you'd better be prepared to deal with the teeth.)
To: Froufrou
Hung juries are mistrials, generally.
10
posted on
10/28/2005 10:15:52 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: SmithL
I thought the same thing. I would have awarded her a medal.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:16:26 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: SmithL
If the guy had,in fact,raped her daughter then she should get a week behind bars and 5 hours of community service.
To: SmithL
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:17:04 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: heartwood
It said "she believes" he raped her daughter. Was she right? Indeed, this piece of info is fairly crucial in judging her actions.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:17:57 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not the same thing, nor are they mutually exclusive.)
To: SmithL
She had already been tried once in the death of Coy Hundley./i>
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
--- I wish I'd been on the jury. ---
Me too!
GE
To: Prime Choice
You're assuming that the dead man did it.
Come to think of it, you're right. Either way, what happened wasn't justice.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:18:26 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: mlc9852
I would have voted to aquit also.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:18:51 AM PDT
by
southland
(New Orleans was an incident waiting to happen.)
To: SmithL
Hopefully the sentenance will not be jail. She did the killing so she was found guilty but, the jury could understand that and give her a one dollar fine and 10 seconds in jail.
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:21:03 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: bk1000; Froufrou; Bloody Sam Roberts; GrandEagle
>>>>How can she be tried a second time for the same offence? Isn't that double jeopardy?
Double jeopardy only applies if there is an actual decision in the first trial. As the Jury deadlocked, there was no decision, and she can legally be retried.
patent
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posted on
10/28/2005 10:21:31 AM PDT
by
patent
(A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Carl Sandburg)
To: SmithL
Liberals constantly talk about how "society is to blame" for criminal behavior. In general, I don't agree with that, but if it were true, then this would be a pretty good example of a situation where there would be no crime but for the failure of society--the failure of society to deal with crime.
Vigilanteism is the direct result of an ineffective criminal justice system. People take the law into their own hands because the authorities refuse to do their jobs, and because of the public perception that justice will not be done unless they do.
If liberals are going to blame society for criminal behavior, then this lady should go free.
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