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Two guilty in beating of (74 y.o.)newspaper carrier (lawyer blames victim)
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| June 15 06
| Ramon Coronado
Posted on 06/15/2006 12:54:56 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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William White, McFall's attorney, said the incident wasn't a robbery attempt.
"This is one of those things where you drive into a place you are not supposed to be and you get jumped," White said in closing remarks. """""
So the victim had it coming for going where he's "not supposed to be"?
To: churchillbuff
In other words, if someone ever decides that William White is "not supposed to be" on whatever street he happens to be on, it is OK to assault him as far as he himself is concerned.
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posted on
06/15/2006 12:57:44 PM PDT
by
wideawake
To: churchillbuff
He's delivering newspapers. Isn't it his job to be in that neighborhood then???? I'm thinking this atty. didn't graduate at the top of his class.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
Millee
(Tancredo 08!)
To: Millee
What surprises me is that his argument didn't prevail.
After all...
...it WAS Sacramento.
/c:
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:01:54 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Millee
I'm thinking this atty. didn't graduate at the top of his class.What do you expect? He took the Bar in California..... And probably at a time when you didn't have to read in order to graduate from either High School or College.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:03:52 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
To: churchillbuff
The only place "you are not supposed to be" is on private property without permission.
You know, what this country needs is some sort of political action group dedicated to disbarring lawyers.
We could start with this one.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:05:49 PM PDT
by
Fatuncle
(Of course I'm ignorant. I'm here to learn.)
To: churchillbuff
Fred Bentley, 74, was beaten as he was delivering The Bee on Modell Way shortly after 5 a.m. He suffered broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain, trial evidence showed. In closing arguments, Deputy District Attorney Sheri Greco told jurors that Bentley was attacked July 31 in an attempt to steal his truck. After George jumped into the truck he abandoned his plan to steal it because he couldn't operate a stick shift.
I am sure that the victim will now be sued for not having an automatic transmission for the yutes to drive.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:06:15 PM PDT
by
iowamark
To: churchillbuff
"This is one of those things where you drive into a place you are not supposed to be and you get jumped,"
That sounds like profiling to me. Where's the outrage?
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:18:09 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: Fatuncle
what this country needs is some sort of political action group dedicated to disbarring lawyers
Good idea.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:24:49 PM PDT
by
samtheman
To: Ben Mugged
Actually the California bar exam is known as one of the toughest in the nation. The state is the only one I know of that doesn't require graduation from an accredited (or any) law school as a pre-requisite for taking the bar exam and being admitted to the bar, and they make up for it with a tough exam. Good system IMO, because 1) people who may be excluded by law school admissions committees because of their political or religious views can still practice law; and 2) people who just don't want to fork over $100,000 in tuition to some socialist-brainwashing institution can just skip it, and educate themselves and/or pay a competent tutor of their choice to educate them.
To: All
This is one of those things where you drive into a place you are not supposed to be and you get jumped.Youve got it backwards, counsellor. Thugs like your clients are not supposed to be there, and so theyre off to prison.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:41:13 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: churchillbuff
So the victim had it coming for going where he's "not supposed to be"? Surely Mr. White will next defend an alleged rapist with his "The beeyacht wanted it! Look at the way she dressed!" defense.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:43:12 PM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: churchillbuff
I used to date a black women whose mother lived in Del Paso Heights. This is a hell hole! Her mother made good money but would not move, much to her daughter's consternation.
Needless to say I was made aware of some violent incidents in this area while I was dating her(because she just had to go see momma about twice a week and drag me along!)including the shooting of a pizza guy because some black guy wanted to join a gang and had to kill a white guy to join, so he shot a russian(legal)immigrant who was delivering pizza they had called for with the express intention of killing the delivery man. It worked, fortunately the perp was caught. I guess he had never heard of phone records!
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:45:19 PM PDT
by
calex59
(The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
To: samtheman
"Things in the future run much quicker, now that we killed all the lawyers!"
--------------------------- Doc Brown, Back to the Future 2
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:45:19 PM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: churchillbuff
There was a case here locally where the lawyer of a 6 time DUI perp told the jury that it was possible the man was drugged at the bar. Witnesses claimed the man had at least 8 drinks before leaving the bar.
To: calex59
Oh yeah, I remember that incident. It was all over the news as a hate crime. /sarcasm off
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:17:00 PM PDT
by
Taylor42
To: wolfcreek
There was a case here locally where the lawyer of a 6 time DUI perp told the jury that it was possible the man was drugged at the bar. Witnesses claimed the man had at least 8 drinks before leaving the bar. Exactly! And he could have ingested the drug in any one of those 8 drinks. :)
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:20:58 PM PDT
by
nosofar
To: 50sDad
To: churchillbuff
I have heard a lot of dumb arguments in my time but that has to be the worst.
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:23:46 PM PDT
by
kjo
To: Millee
"I'm thinking this atty. didn't graduate at the top of his class."
Only one per class.
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