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Wrongly convicted man is set free [after serving 23 years]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^
| 07/20/2006
| William C. Lhotka
Posted on 07/20/2006 10:33:03 AM PDT by newgeezer
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To: 6323cd
I didn't see any mention of Briscoe, what did I miss?
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:53:23 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
Just think if we'd shot him, like lots of freepers want to do?We didn't, and your tagline explains why.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:54:16 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
("Hezbollah" is deceptive. The accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah"; it means 'party of Allah')
To: newgeezer
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:56:28 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: newgeezer
The Milwaukee Brewers," the nephew replied. The Cardinals had won the game and the series.
You can't fault the jury - that's the worst alibi witness ever.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:57:01 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Shimmer128
In certain instances, I suppose. I might have given a bad example. There have been many others that have struck me at the time I read about them, but I can't recall them.
Murder and conspiracy to commit murder actually might be good examples. Once you commit the murder then the conspiracy is moot. Or, rape and sodomy. Forcible sodomy IS rape. It's one crime.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:57:40 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: stuartcr
Good thing too!Either way, it's a good thing.
By definitionagain, refer to your taglineit's all good.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:59:12 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
("Hezbollah" is deceptive. The accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah"; it means 'party of Allah')
To: OldSmaj
"Maybe Hizzoner could give up a couple months of kickbacks and pay this off pretty quick. Wonder if that's gonna be tax-free?
I'll bet the nephew won't get any of it."
Not quite....somewhere between $200,000 and about $500,000 will go to the Lawyer with a contingency fee of 25% to 60%.
And the taxpayers will pick up the bill....
That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion.
Did I miss something in the article?
To: newgeezer
I wonder why Briscoe didn't testify on his own behalf.Defense attorneys very, very seldom let their defendants take the stand. In most cases, the attorneys (including the prosecutor) are a lot smarter than the defendant and can easily trip him up, provoke him, or make him look guilty.
Johnny Briscoe seems unlikely to have had lawyer-level mental horsepower; otherwise he wouldn't have been a petty burglar.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:00:45 AM PDT
by
Criminal Number 18F
(America has no native criminal class, apart from Congress -- Mark Twain)
To: T.Smith
I've never had it adequately explained to me why a person can commit one crime, but be charged with breaking several laws
its all about the lawyers. charge a man for murder and find out that it was unintentional (he just wanted to hurt victim) lawyer will have the charges dropped. charge him for a whole bunch of things and hope that something sticks, and hope that if you get conviction on 3/8 crimes the perp will (hopefully) get a worse sentance.
that and its hard to break just one law when you start being bad.
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:01:31 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: traditional1
That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion. Did I miss something in the article?
Yes...read the paragraph again:
Testing of the three cigarette butts confirmed that the victim's DNA was found on all three but that the third contained DNA that matched a different man than Briscoe - one who is also in the Missouri prison system ...
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:02:26 AM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: newgeezer
This guy was just as innocent as the Prosecutor that put him in jail...The Prosecutor needs to make a payback...Bigtime...
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:05:06 AM PDT
by
Iscool
To: aligncare
45 years for rape? What do you get for second degree murder in that state? Talk about lack of proportionality.Isn't that crazy??? The rapist would get less time if he would have killed her afterward...And maybe wouldn't have ever gotten caught...Quite an incentive to murder your victim
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:07:55 AM PDT
by
Iscool
To: stuartcr
Just think if we'd shot him,gulp
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:08:29 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Seriously, I'm sure the guy is guilty of something. Why let him out? Besides, the system probably already made him somebody's beeotch. What is he going to do on the outside? Temp labor? Is he ivy league material? jk.Assuming you aren't being sarcastic, maybe he could trade places with you...He may have a far better feel for freedom and liberty than you appear to have, not to mention character...
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:11:42 AM PDT
by
Iscool
To: absolootezer0
That's about the reason I expected.
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:13:08 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: traditional1
That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion.Two of the butts had the victim's DNA. The third butt had the rapist's.
None had Briscoe's. He wasn't there.
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
("Hezbollah" is deceptive. The accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah"; it means 'party of Allah')
To: Iscool; Tulsa Ramjet
Assuming you aren't being sarcasticI assumed (or hoped) "jk" meant "just kidding." But, I guess I could be wrong.
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:29:12 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
("Hezbollah" is deceptive. The accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah"; it means 'party of Allah')
To: newgeezer
36,000 for each year wrongly imprisoned?! ... I guess on the bright side, home boy here almost has a cool mil in his pocket for his troubles.... though thats not really compensation.
To: traditional1
Did I miss something in the article?YES!
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:41:33 AM PDT
by
muggs
To: newgeezer
Yep, even when it doesn't seem so.
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posted on
07/20/2006 11:42:47 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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