Posted on 12/22/2006 10:31:19 AM PST by Jay777
Lets see now....she was kidnapped for 10 seconds?
When was there time for her to be kidnapped?
At one point in time, maybe. I don't know the particulars of the kidnapping charge. But if she was smiling one minute and being dragged somewhere the next, that's kidnapping (though I assume the specifics vary from one jurisdiction to the next).
For example, if a woman willingly gets into a man's car, willingly follows him up the stairs to his apartment, willingly enters the apartment, and then later is dragged unwilling from the living room to the bedroom, that could be kidnapping (again based on specifics that differ by jurisdiction).
the kidnapping charges are the way for Nifong to save himself from being charged with malicious prosecution and being disbarred.
Quite possibly. Kidnapping would be easier to sell to a jury based just on a he-said, she-said case, and I think there's little doubt that Nifong is in full-on CYA mode. My only point is that there's no minimum distance for kidnapping (jurisdiction, etc.), so the charge isn't laughable on its face (though the evidence is looking a lot like it).
I was being sarcastic.
My bad.
When my mother was in the hospital years ago, I met Sam Liebowitz, the attorney who had defended the Scottsboro guys. He told me that he had been born in Romania and was nice to me.
Given the times and attitudes in Alabama, it's a small wonder tha Mr. Liebowitz wasn't the object of local lynch mob.
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