Blake's Hollywood Ending (Cops withheld key evidence)

CBS ^ | 3.16.05

[Prost1]

Post trial statement by Blake, "I've gone thru $10m and I need a job!"

Is that fair?

[Argus]

Hey, he got away with murder. That's gotta be worth a few million.

And you can take dat to da bank.

[Paleo Conservative]

Blake was acquitted, because the trial was held in California. I don't think he'd want to face a Texas jury.

[MizSterious]

Oh, I think Blake was acquitted because Bakley was so despicable. The more I heard about her, I personally thought someone should give her killer a medal for doing the deed. I suspect Blake might have had something to do with it--hired someone, maybe he shot her himself--but honestly, she was just an awful human being.

[MikefromOhio]

Bonnie Blakeley was a nut anyhow, but here is the deal. I never thought someone would beat OJ for indifference at a murder trial, but Scott Peterson did it. From his fake crying at the arrainment (he was nearly laughing!!) to his stone face during the entire trial, it was pretty obvious at least to me.

Did Blake get away with murder? Not according to the jury....

[wolfpat]

It sounds like he would have gotten away with it in Texas or any other Southern State. He would have used the Southern Defense: "She needed killin".

[Clara Lou]

Did anybody on this thread actually read the article?

[Mad Mammoth]

Did anybody on this thread actually read the article?

Yes Clara Lou, I did, I read it with all of the moral superiority I could muster (LOL).

Seriously now, the revelation that the police withheld evidence that would probably have further crumbled the prosecution's case proves that Blake didn't do it. The video tape taken of Blake proves his demeanor in the wake of the shooting, and the fact that IF he had shot his wife, why would he leave her alive to identify him as the killer? The paramedics found her alive, although she died later.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? If California is the problem - then how do you account for the Peterson verdict ..??

[Shermy]

"IF he had shot his wife, why would he leave her alive to identify him as the killer"

The guy he hired to do it wasn't professional enough. Blake placed set his wife in place and made his alibi, going back to the restaurant.

Just a theory...

[Mad Mammoth]

The guy he hired to do it wasn't professional enough. Blake placed set his wife in place and made his alibi, going back to the restaurant. Just a theory...

Where were you when the prosecution's case was falling apart?!? ;)

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

..a defense expert testified that Bakley's shooter should have had more residue on her than was found on Blake's hands when he was tested that night."

More residue on her? Does the author know that a woman was the real shooter? Or does the CBS stylebook say to ignore standard English usage in furtherance of "inclusive" language?

[Prost1]

"Did anybody on this thread actually read the article?"

I did, and that is why I believe him innocent and robbed.

[pierrem15]

Where were you when the prosecution's case was falling apart?!? ;)

Heh! Arguments like that explain why the prosecution lost the case. Here are a few more 'arguments':

Salvadoran gangs did it;

Blake's former producers did itto frame him to get even for the money they lost;

OJ did it.

Sounds to me like the prosecution could have used all 3 and gotten the same results.

[DaGman]

I never thought Blake did it. This was a good verdict based on a crappy case against him.

[itsahoot]

Blake was acquitted, because the trial was held in California. I don't think he'd want to face a Texas jury.

In Texas the defense would be "The Bi##ch needed killing."

[UCANSEE2]

then how do you account for the Peterson verdict ..??

The media went for the safest choice. They sided with Her.

[Graybeard58]

Blake and OJ can now pool their resources and scour all the golf courses in the country looking for the real killers.

[marty60]

If he hadn't had the money to fight this sham trial, he would be sitting on death row by now. They never had evidence he killed her. they DECIDED he did it and went from there. Pathetic.