Posted on 11/17/2015 5:05:41 AM PST by don-o
The same rubber-stamp mass-indictment could just as easily be turned against conservatives, say at a Tea Party rally where violence broke out. Even if the violence was caused by govt agents-provocateurs.
Speedy trials don’t seem to be in the offing.
“Houston attorney Paul C. Looney, who represents Cody Ledbetter”
Can Cody sing well?
http://www.biography.com/people/lead-belly-39541
Huddie Ledbetter, better known as “Lead Belly,” was born in the late 1880s..
In December 1917, Ledbetter was arrested and charged with murder and was found guilty. Prison is where it seems he picked up the nickname Lead Belly. In early 1924, only a few years into a 20-year sentence, Lead Belly sang for Texas governor Pat Neff a song in which he asked for a pardon. A year later, Neff pardoned Lead Belly and he was a free man.
Only five years later, Lead Belly was involved in a stabbing incident that led to “assault with intent to murder” charges and another prison sentence. Budget issues causes by the Great Depression allowed him to apply for early release, which he did, and the sitting governor approved the application in 1934. (He also sang a song to this governor, pleading for release.)...
I remember, once upon a time, a country where there was the right of assembly and freedom of association.
“Nine of those indictments were sealed because the defendants had not yet been arrested. Three of those bikers named in sealed indictments turned themselves in to the county jail Monday and the indictments were unsealed.”
So thy cops arrested everyone in sight at TP and even people that weren’t there(but in Waco) and still didn’t get everyone that was billed by the grand jury? What a fiasco.
B I N G O !
That fear should be on everyone’s mind.
Yep.
Prosecutors have become recklessly cavalier and indolent as all the “homeland security” legislation such as AEDPA has eroded traditional Anglo-American standards of criminal law. This DA’s office just bit off way more than it can chew, and this case will turn into a mosh pit of insufficient evidence, credible alibis and affirmative defenses. It will indeed be a white elephant for the county.
Sounds vaguely familiar. Where was that again?
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A majority of FReepers who participate in these threads, I believe, understand that.
When the matter went past 48 hours and bonds were set at $1,000,000 the red flag went up. When I learned that all 177 were arrested on IDENTICAL affidavits of probable cause, another red flag went up.
When I learned that Abelino Reyna had dictated that affidavit, it pretty well confirmed to me that the fix was in and they were doing it in plain sight.
When the gag order was issued, then overturned, then reinstated, I knew that the usual suspects were indeed in place and fulfilling their roles.
It is a hopeful sign that defense attorneys are raising the right points when they dare to speak aloud.
Sounds like some of the 9 were wounded and in the hospital.
Why did that stop their arrests? Makes no sense.
And how much more will it cost if everyone requests a jury trial?
enough to bankrupt the county. Not to mention the time it would take. I doubt their courts have the bandwidth.
It makes perfect sense dummy...county jail isn't equipped to be a hospital ward.
Looney cites $1000 - $1500 per hour of court time. And that does not include costs associated with change of venue.
There we go! A great gambit for mutually respectful discussion of the specifics and suspicions. /s
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McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna said the remaining 80 cases from the Twin Peaks melee will be handled “in one form or fashion.”
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What happened to the obligation for a speedy trial? There must be something in the water in this county, because this is not the first time that government has lost its mind and gone to war against its citizens. A number of the victims from the previous debacle are still in prison for non-murder.
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