LE needed someone, anyone, who would look guilty in the eye of the public. A flimsy reason to arrest - drinking beer while on parole when drinking beer was not on the man's list of no-no's.
Ricci admitted to the Adams crime more than a year afterwards. Why wasn't he arrested for that - there were witnesses. Because the Smart connection didn't come up until June 5th, 2002, that's why.
This isn't Iraq, Sherl, but if we allow people to be convicted of a crime simply because they are habitual criminals -convicting them without some sort of evidence - then we've totally lost our country. And I'm not too sure we haven't anyway.
So don't talk to me about dishonesty. To date, there is no factual evidence but you are still willing to convict possibly the wrong person, thus allowing the real demon to escape punishment. Worse, you are willing to make a farce of our constitutional rights and justice system.
What's that saying? Something like: They came for the Jews, and I kept silent. Then they came for me, but there was no one left to speak for me.
No one's trying to convict anyone. The point is Moul knew Ricci and gave a detailed story of him returned the Jeep on Jun 30, trying to joke with him face to face like he always did because he knew him, etc. The odds are 99.99999% this is reality and all you can see is the .00001% because at all costs, you must protect Ricci. What is your issue that you can't deal with this reality, lakey?