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To: Sacajaweau

I am not sure I heard right but did Greta tonight say that homicide is NOT an option in the death of DS? I must have misheard.


5,287 posted on 03/20/2008 8:15:05 PM PDT by Jane Austen
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To: Jane Austen
I believe she did say exactly that! Greta reported the same 4 options as TMZ did. I copied the following from TMZ:

Big news in the Daniel Smith inquest -- the magistrate in the case will not be giving the jury the option to rule his death a homicide.

In a Bahamian court today, the parties discussed four possible options as the cause of death -- accident, "misadventure," non-dependent drug use and an "open verdict."

We're told the magistrate will instruct the jury on those options on March 31.

No one, including Virgie Arthur's lawyer, suggested that homicide was an option.

As for the options, "misadventure" is defined as "a hazardous course of action which ended fatally." An open verdict means the jury can't decide the specific cause of death.

5,288 posted on 03/20/2008 9:49:24 PM PDT by PeskyOne
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