Posted on 08/24/2010 3:39:25 PM PDT by sodpoodle
A Peruvian appellate court will issue a decision this week on whether to uphold the confession of Joran van der Sloot in the brutal slaying of a 21-year-old woman in Lima.
Some in the media speculate that if the confession is thrown out, van der Sloot could walk free. But an international defense expert doesn't believe the judges will even consider throwing out the confession.
"There's not a chance in hell," said Michael Griffith, senior partner at the International Legal Defense Counsel. "The judges live there, and the people know who the judges are. You see where I'm going? This won't be thrown out."
Karel Navarro, AP Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside of a Peruvian police station in June. A Peruvian court will decide this week whether to uphold his confession in the killing of a young woman in Lima.
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Hope they send him to a prison high above timberline.
Walk free? You can’t tell me they don’t have DNA and other solid evidence tying this scumbag to her death.
ping
They can stick him in the same call with Lori Berenson.
KILL HIM and be over with it already. His 15 minutes of infamy is 14:59:999 too long.
Van Der Slut will remain in jail ! If he walks from Peru, the USA as well as Thailand want his sorry @$$ !Hopefully he gets to stay in Peru.
“Some in the media speculate that if the confession is thrown out, van der Sloot could walk free.”
Yeah and the video tape, the body and the DNA /blood evidence are nothing.
Joran isn’t in liberal land any more.
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