[traditional1]

"Maybe Hizzoner could give up a couple months of kickbacks and pay this off pretty quick.

Wonder if that's gonna be tax-free?

I'll bet the nephew won't get any of it."

Not quite....somewhere between $200,000 and about $500,000 will go to the Lawyer with a contingency fee of 25% to 60%.

And the taxpayers will pick up the bill....

That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion.

Did I miss something in the article?

[CT-Freeper]

That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion.

Did I miss something in the article?

Yes...read the paragraph again:

Testing of the three cigarette butts confirmed that the victim's DNA was found on all three but that the third contained DNA that matched a different man than Briscoe - one who is also in the Missouri prison system ...

[newgeezer]

That one of three cigarettes did NOT have his DNA, and two DID have his DNA somehow seems not to exonerate him at all, in my opinion.

Two of the butts had the victim's DNA. The third butt had the rapist's.

None had Briscoe's. He wasn't there.

[muggs]

Did I miss something in the article?

YES!

[-YYZ-]

"Did I miss something in the article?"

Yes, all the butts had the *victim's* DNA on them, and one also had the perpetrator's DNA, which turned out not to be
Briscoe. Assuming I read that correctly, it's not very well written, that sentence.