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Too fat to kill? Fla. man uses weight as a defense
Breitbart ^
| 10/28/2009
| BETH DeFALCO
Posted on 10/28/2009 2:08:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. When Edward Ates takes the stand in his defense
Wednesday, he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he shot Paul Duncsak, a 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive, in 2006.
An attorney for Ates claims that in 2006, the 62-year-old who stood 5 feet 8 and tipped the scales at 285 pounds was in such bad physical shape that couldn't have pulled off the shooting or the fast getaway the killer made.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: excuses; floriduh; murder; napl; toofat
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Edward Ates is shown in this undated photo provided by his attorney and released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office, Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. The Florida man, accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:09:19 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: Responsibility2nd
BS, there are cops here in this little town as big as this guy, and although they don’t run very fast they still can get the job done once they finally get there.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:10:30 PM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Responsibility2nd
5/8 - 285
Man that ain’t too fat to get up some stairs.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:12:30 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Unless he’s got a live in nurse and never goes out except in a wheel chair, I sincerely doubt this will fly.
To: Responsibility2nd
he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase
What he didn't tell them was that he had pre-positioned Big Macs along the length of the stairway the night before.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:17:48 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Hope....Change...Food Stamps!)
To: reagan_fanatic
Maybe he filled some balloons with oxygen and stashed them along the way...
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:21:45 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Your honor, my client couldn’t have done this crime because murder is wrong.”
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:22:43 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:23:29 PM PDT
by
mark3681
To: reagan_fanatic
What he didn't tell them was that he had pre-positioned Big Macs along the length of the stairway the night before. LOL!
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:25:06 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Edward Ates is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. The man is living up to his name.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:29:29 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
To: Responsibility2nd
Similar to the fourth episode of
Monk.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:31:15 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: mark3681
“To big to fail!?”
lol That’s good.
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:54:14 PM PDT
by
Busywhiskers
("Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy" -Dan Gable)
To: Responsibility2nd
As Rupert Giles would say "I'd like to test that theory".
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posted on
10/28/2009 3:00:23 PM PDT
by
Peter Horry
(Those who aren't responsible always know best.)
To: Peter Horry
They have so much cool stuff at that Acme store and delivery is fast. Parachutes, dynamite, giant slingshots, rocket powered roller skates. Wonder if they’re online or if they have a catalog.
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posted on
10/28/2009 3:15:55 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
To: Responsibility2nd
It’s what we call a weighty argument.
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posted on
10/28/2009 3:19:58 PM PDT
by
OldEagle
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
10/28/2009 3:25:12 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Michael Moore is taking copious notes.
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posted on
10/28/2009 4:31:40 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
To: Responsibility2nd
These chicks can get away with anything.
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posted on
10/28/2009 4:35:18 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Predatory Pricing = Public Option = Unethical Competition.)
To: Responsibility2nd; fieldmarshaldj
Wilford Brimley’s lost son uses the Twinkie defense 2.0.
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posted on
10/28/2009 6:35:20 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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