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Word-banning judge declares mistrial in rape case[Nebraska]
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| 13 July 2007
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Posted on 07/13/2007 7:49:43 AM PDT by BGHater
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:49:45 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
Sounds like a Judge who is ready for a forced retirement.
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:54:58 AM PDT
by
AU72
(`)
To: BGHater
So, she admits to having sex with the guy, its just that she was too drunk to consent? It doesn’t sound as if she said “no” either.
I suppose that a written and notarized contracts are now necessary for sex? After all, that is not so far off from what it used to be, when the only legitimate sex was with a marriage contract, or legally in a brothel.
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:55:47 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: BGHater
Pamir Safi, eh ? Sure sounds like one of those ROP members. Now we can’t be offending them, now, can we ?
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:56:43 AM PDT
by
farlander
(Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
To: AU72
What dry cleaners does he use for his pants?
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:57:24 AM PDT
by
trimom
To: AU72
Sounds like the judge knows the case is B.S. case of “she changed her mind in the morning and thus it is rape.”
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:58:46 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: BGHater
I testified in a couple of rape trials because I had examined the victims and collected the forensic evidence. In one, the defense attorney kept objecting to the terms "victim," "rape kit," "sexual assault protocol," and the like. Each time the judge overruled him. After the fifth time, the judge motioned him to approach the bench. Since I was on the stand at the time, I could hear clearly what the judge whispered to him.
"Mr. Barton, if you object once more, you will spend the next 3 days in the county jail." The attorney sat down and was quiet. Judges had balls in those days.
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posted on
07/13/2007 7:58:52 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
To: AU72
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:04:03 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: BGHater
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:06:13 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Attila the Hun... wasn't he a liberal?)
To: BGHater
Sounds like the judge is working pretty hard for the defendant. A good reporter would start digging. A good DA should probably start subpoenaing financial records.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:06:18 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: MeanWestTexan
Sounds like the judge knows the case is B.S.In that case he should have the courage to grant a motion to dismiss, or let the case go to trial and direct an acquittal after the jury is seated, instead of manipulating the system.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:09:06 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: BGHater
I totally agree with the judge. The case and charges are highly dubious. Think of the Duke “rape” case.
The jails are full of innocent men imprisoned for rape. We know this since retrospective DNA testing is releasing scores of meneach year.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:10:01 AM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
To: MeanWestTexan
The jury are adults. They can decide whether it is a rape or not.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:15:50 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Paul, Tancredo, Conyers: Cowards of a feather abstain from voting together.)
To: PAR35
He probably doesn’t have discretion to do so, and has to rely on things that are within his discretion.
Judges just can’t “dimiss” a case. If there is one smidge of evidence (which there is; there is this lady’s word), then it has to go before a jury to determine the credibility of witnesses.
Judges determine questions of law and admit evidence.
Juries decide questions of fact.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:15:52 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: marktwain
I suppose that a written and notarized contracts are now necessary for sex? After all, that is not so far off from what it used to be, when the only legitimate sex was with a marriage contract, or legally in a brothel.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:15:57 AM PDT
by
DrDavid
(Is this a rhetorical question?)
To: FormerACLUmember
I totally agree with the judge. The case and charges are highly dubious. Think of the Duke rape case. This bears no resmeblance whatsoever to the Duke case.
He actually engaged in sexual behavior with the complainant.
The judge is a moron.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:17:16 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Paul, Tancredo, Conyers: Cowards of a feather abstain from voting together.)
To: wideawake
Yes, and it appears the judge is doing his job to prevent sensationlistic claims and inflamitory words from causing a weak juror or two to rely on emotion, instead of facts.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:17:45 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: MeanWestTexan
Yes, and it appears the judge is doing his job to prevent sensationlistic claims and inflamitory words The guy is up on charges of sexual assault.
You can't get more sensational than that.
The plaintiff should be free to give their interpretation of the events and the defendant should be free to give his.
In the United States, a juror or two cannot convict. Twelve can.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:19:53 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Paul, Tancredo, Conyers: Cowards of a feather abstain from voting together.)
To: BGHater
Sounds a bit like the Kennedy Smith trial a few years ago. He was acquitted.
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:21:53 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(Freep and ye shall find.)
To: BGHater
This judge is a turkey.
It’s the nature of this kind of trial that the woman accuses the man of rape, the man says that she consented but was too drunk to remember, etc., etc., and the jury sorts it out and gives its verdict.
So, how on earth can the jury give a verdict if one side or the other isn’t allowed to state its case?
Like I said, this judge is a turkey. He needs to be put out to pasture (oh, no, that’s for cows; well, whatever).
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posted on
07/13/2007 8:26:09 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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