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Expert: Peruvian Court Won't Toss van der Sloot's Confession
AOL & Fox News ^ | 8/24/2010 | David Lohr

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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1 posted on 08/24/2010 3:39:29 PM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

Hope they send him to a prison high above timberline.


2 posted on 08/24/2010 3:42:48 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: sodpoodle

Walk free? You can’t tell me they don’t have DNA and other solid evidence tying this scumbag to her death.


3 posted on 08/24/2010 3:43:26 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Patriotism: looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ~ Calvin Coolidge)
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To: sodpoodle

ping


4 posted on 08/24/2010 3:43:38 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Choose Ye This Day

They can stick him in the same call with Lori Berenson.


5 posted on 08/24/2010 3:44:16 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: sodpoodle

KILL HIM and be over with it already. His 15 minutes of infamy is 14:59:999 too long.


6 posted on 08/24/2010 3:44:21 PM PDT by RachelFaith (2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
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To: sodpoodle

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.


7 posted on 08/24/2010 3:54:31 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: sodpoodle

“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.


8 posted on 08/24/2010 3:59:40 PM PDT by mainsail that ("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: sodpoodle

Joran isn’t in liberal land any more.


9 posted on 08/24/2010 7:40:40 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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