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I thought we had a thread for historical true crimes and the progress on them, but I can't find it, so I'm posting this here.I thought this was an interesting read about new evidence in a 47-year-old case, made more difficult by the fact that the woman used multiple names and presented as a man.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/ny...
This one takes me all the way back to my high-school years, when this sort of thing happened almost every freaking day:http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/06/0...
K.A. wrote: "Pumped Up Kicks-style shoe envy."The odd thing to me is that in my day you would never, ever have a kid from downtown killing Muffy or Biff from the Pointes. The city was so segregated in those days that it was pretty rare to have a conversation with someone from "across the border," let alone setting up a clandestine shoe transaction.
It seems as if I hear about a new one of these every few days now:http://www.thedailybeast.com/baby-doe...
Drug overdoses reached about 60,000 in 2016 -- the equivalent of TWENTY World Trade Center bombings:http://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdoses...
Why are the prescribing physicians not being hauled off in handcuffs as I write this?
Fishface wrote: "The prosecution rests:http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/us/bill..."
I am very doubtful that he will go to prison.
Fishface wrote: "Drug overdoses reached about 60,000 in 2016 -- the equivalent of TWENTY World Trade Center bombings:http://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdoses...
Why are t..."
It is the same in Canada and especially the elderly. Prescription drugs are another cash cow. There is a lot of talk about chemotherapy and how it can kill you before the cancer does which is very disturbing to hear and also very expensive.
Cancer treatment also CAUSES new cancers. Craziness.
Rita wrote: "Fishface wrote: "The prosecution rests:http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/us/bill..."
I am very doubtful that he will go to prison."
It's unlikely, but if the jury convicts that paves the way for all those victims to mail him, but good, for cash damages in civil court.
Well today we had a shooting across the street from one of my coworker's daycare. http://wjla.com/news/local/who-were-t...
Fishface wrote: "Rita wrote: "Fishface wrote: "The prosecution rests:http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/us/bill..."
I am very doubtful that he will go to prison."
It's unlikely, but if the jury con..."
Good point Fishface.
"Congressional baseball practice"??? Who do they play against, the Duma?
Fishface wrote: "Rita wrote: "Fishface wrote: "The prosecution rests:http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/us/bill..."
I am very doubtful that he will go to prison."
It's unlikely, but if the jury con..."
Well, there is always that litigation factor. But even that isn't going to touch him. Too rich...too arrogant.
Arrogance won't affect the judge's decision. And he's not so rich that he won't be hurt by massive damages payments to more than 25 victims. That might not bother Bill Gates, but it would bankrupt Bill Cosby.
CNN just said the Cosby jury is deadlocked on all 3 counts. The judge sent them in to keep deliberating. He's not putting a time limit on the jury process, thank Scrod; if it takes them all week, or all year, so be it.
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Republicans play the Democrats. IIRC it's for charity.
Fishface wrote: "CNN just said the Cosby jury is deadlocked on all 3 counts. The judge sent them in to keep deliberating. He's not putting a time limit on the jury process, thank Scrod; if it takes them all week, o..."I wonder how long the judge will keep them in the deliberating room.
Yep, prosecutors are vowing to re-try. At least they're not dropping it.
By which time the defendant will be appearing in public in a wheelchair pulled by a seeing-eye dog.
They are claiming victory and exoneration. Odious.
I hope that's as close as they're going to get to exoneration.
Fishface wrote: "By which time the defendant will be appearing in public in a wheelchair pulled by a seeing-eye dog."You got it Fishface! That is funny.....! Cosby doesn't give a tinker's cuss what those women went through and it shows by his demeanor. I don't think we should hold our breath waiting for him to get jail time.
Fishface wrote: "I hate dictators.http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politic..."
So do I Fishface. Two biggest are RUSSIA and North Korea!
K.A. wrote: "List of Fake News Sites (like World Net Daily):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of Satire News Sites (like The Onion):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of......"
K.A., I checked into Politifacts site you listed and what an interesting case about Fanny Hill and her many other names and why she used them. Just imagine all the decades old cases that might be solved in today's technology. Wow...
Bishop Pell said years ago that if ever accused of sex crimes, he would return to Australia to take his medicine like a man. And lo and behold, it's coming to pass. Guilty conscience???https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...
This is apparently old news, but I just heard about it for the first time yesterday:https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com...
And, may I add, holy effing crap.
Man on trial for something that is definitely icky, but which may or may not be a crime:https://sputniknews.com/society/20170...
But wait! There's more!
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news...
Yeah, my personal, probably highly unpopular opinion, is that he should not be convicted of this. We're getting perilously near to thought police, IMHO. They're basing their objection, according to the first article, on the possibility that he might, in the future, be more likely to commit a crime, so they want to convict him before he actually commits it. Would you kill Baby Hitler?
Well, psychologically it could lead a guy either way. He could either reinforce his creepy desire for children or he could fixate instead on silicone children and stay away from the real ones.This is an even more Thought Police-like idea, but Lo-Jacking guys who buy child sex toys seems more sensible to me than arresting them.
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Described as an 'unprovoked attack' she was shot while sitting in a command vehicle.
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Just a reminder, besides only posting headlines that are about crimes (and I use the word crime broadly) please be sure to NOT post articles from satire or "fake" news sites.
Thanks and lets get some news!