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Death of Officer 40 Years After Shooting May Bring New Charges for Gunman
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| August 22, 2007
| AP
Posted on 08/22/2007 7:34:16 PM PDT by RDTF
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:34:18 PM PDT
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
Nope,sorry.If I was on the jury my vote would be not guilty.Forty years? That’s crazy.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:39:13 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: RDTF
As much as cop killers (and attempted cop killers) turn my stomach... this is bordering on ludicrous.
To: RDTF
Yeah, if this doesn’t constitute double jeopardy what does?
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:41:58 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Nervous Tick
Yep, one would think that there are better uses for the resources that would be tied up prosecuting this case.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:42:10 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: RDTF
[Barclay’s sister, Rosalyn Harrison, said her brother suffered “horribly” after the shooting. “You have no idea what a hard time he had,” she said.]
He didn’t spend his life in a wheelchair slowly dying like his victim.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:42:16 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: RDTF
I believe I met Office Barclay. Back during the early 70s, in the Police and Fireman's Ward at Phildelphia General Hospital, there was a paraplegic police officer in the large ward. I remember he had a ham radio rig in the sun room at the end of the ward.
While my father was a patient there, he introduced me to this gentleman. If the obit mentions amatuer radio, it has to be him.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:43:16 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:43:34 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: RDTF
The criminal, as despicable as he was, served his time and is done with punishment. The DA should drop this fast. 40 years? That’s a load of BS.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:43:39 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(“Jesus Saves. Moses Delivers. Cthulu Reposesses...”)
To: RDTF
He already served a sentence related to the injury. Now they want to punish him for the death as well? If that works, you should be able to do this to every murderer, because in the miliseconds before the vic died, he was also grievously injured. This is two bites at the same apple.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:44:02 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: RDTF
For just trivia: Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, after the war, served as Governor of Maine (4 times) and President of Bowdoin College. He died from his war wounds in 1914.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:44:07 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agammemnon dead.)
To: RDTF
it is possible to die 40 years on. only a couple weeks ago a Brit died from his legs being beaten by rifle buts when he was a POW in WWII.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:44:13 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: RDTF
I could go either way. They did not say what this guy has done with his life since the shooting. If he has turned into a solid citizen then I would be likely to give him a pass. If he’s been a scumbag all his life “lock his ass up”
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:46:04 PM PDT
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: Doctor Raoul
Could this have been him?
Walter T. Barclay
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:46:34 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: ontap
Hmmm. That’s an intersting and tempting position.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:46:42 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Gay State Conservative
Major General Joshua Chamberlain, of Gettysburg fame, died in Feb. 1914 from a wound he suffered in 1864 during the Battle of Petersburg.
While it is rare to die of such old injuries, it is not unheard of. If you have to convict the guy on charges of murder, sentence him to time served and let him go.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:47:31 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
To: RDTF
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:51:02 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: RDTF
Jeez, I wish I wasn't a a legal idiot, but this type of thing has had to have happened before. I just can't think of how to spell the word, precedent(?) that would guide prosecutors.
I can't believe it would be possible to charge him with murder, but maybe some other charge or even a civil suit.
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posted on
08/22/2007 7:51:50 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: ontap
“If he has turned into a solid citizen then I would be likely to give him a pass. If hes been a scumbag all his life lock his ass up”
The first sentence was too light but 40 years is too long. If our govt starts doing this then whats to stop them from doing other things retroactively? The rule of law is breaking down and the politicians are pushing it along.
The suspect was arrested in 1966 and charged with aggravated assault. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He has since been released. He was arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department after Patrolman Barclay died, however the District Attorney has yet to make a decision on formal charges.
http://www.policeone.com/news/1343397/
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