Woman accused of hitting man, leaving him to die on windshield [Lawyer says case "overblown"]

The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 8, 2002 | By NANCY CALAWAY / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

This story is getting National coverage. NBC is covering it on TODAY SHOW right now. Supposed to interview the lawyer!

[MeekOneGOP]

NBC Today Show is interviewing the Assistant DA right now.

[sayfer bullets]

Only if they take the homeless angle....and they won't

[mewzilla]

If I understood the weasel, er...lawyer, correctly it seems his strategy is to get the murder charge dropped or plead down to a felony leaving the scene, which would only give the perep a max of five years if convicted.

The weasel, er...lawyer, is going to have a hard time, however, explaining the perp's driving home and into her garage with the man still alive and embedded in her windshield, and then closing the garage door and leaving the man there to die. The weasel, er...lawyer's strategy seems to include making the perp into the victim of malicious overcharging. Unbelievable.

[nicmarlo]

Ms. Mallard "giggled" as she explained how she had hit a man with her car.
"She is not the cold, harsh, inhumane person they would have you think," defense attorney Mike Heiskell said. "This girl is not a monster."

Right, most anyone would "giggle" after hitting someone and letting them slowly suffer and die, hidden in our cars for days. This is the most disgusting and appalling thing I've ever seen. I hope she gets the death penalty.

[MeekOneGOP]

That's it? WTF? What sort of sentence is she facing with this charge?

They have upgraded the charge to murder actually. . .

[FITZ]

Finally, someone to challenge the "Andrea Yates is the worst Texas Biitch Ever" award!

Yates is ahead of Mallard in the number of victims ---and that her victims were her own little children.

[FITZ]

I wonder if she would have called an ambulance if her victim was black? I think the race aspect was just accidental and it wasn't a factor in why she didn't get help for him.

[RooRoobird14]

This woman deserves the death penalty. She didn't intend to hit the victim with her car, but there was pre-meditated, cold-blooded intent involved in letting him slowly bleed to death over several days.

And by the way, they ought to charge her with a "hate crime" also. You KNOW if she was a white woman who had killed a black man, there would be "hate crime" charges being filed.

Just wait: Jesse Jackson will show up in Fort Worth shortly, screaming about racism.

[MeekOneGOP]

The weasel, er...lawyer's strategy seems to include making the perp into the victim of malicious overcharging. Unbelievable.

Amazing. What a strange world we live in, huh? Claims she panicked and the case is overblown. Sheesh! She went way beyond panic. Checking on him, "Oh, I'm so sorry". Closes door. . .checks later. . ."Help me, help me". "You still alive?" Closes door. . .etc. When he finally dies, she has someone help to haul and dump the body. . .

This is some skeleton in her closet. So weird. . .

[Billy_bob_bob]

I simply cannot believe that this woman has been released on bail. She should be looking at being behind bars the rest of her life. Our justice system has completely broken down, it no longer serves to protect law-abiding people from criminals and terrorists.

[MeekOneGOP]

I wonder if she would have called an ambulance if her victim was black? I think the race aspect was just accidental and it wasn't a factor in why she didn't get help for him.

I agree. Some are trying to make this into a racial thing, but I think it's a case of humanity versus inhumanity. She was thinking of herself being in trouble MORE than the fact that another human being was in danger and needed help. One can understand the fear of getting into trouble for ACCIDENTALLY hurting someone else. But rationality was lacking when she failed to act and now it's a murder case because of that and her coverup activity. . .

The real outrage will come if the DA backs off from the murder charges. . .

[Sandy]

Thanks. Good to hear.

[FITZ]

The whole idea of "hate" crimes based on race or ethnicity or gender is stupid. It doesn't matter if she did this to a white or a black ----she failed to seek help for a human being. She should hang.

[bvw]

White NYC Cop Schwartz just made bail after nearly three years in jail on a civil rights charge -- he was convicted of being in the restroom while white Officer Volpe sodomized a black man, Mr. Louima, with a broomstick. A Federal Judge ruled last week that there were too many improprieties in the trial angainst Schwartz.

The most likely thing is that Louima mistakenly ID's Schwartz because Schwartz looks like another officer who may have been in the room while or just after the sodomy. Racial tensions were high and flagged on by evil men such as Sharpton. Schwartz was scapegoated.

Anyway -- my point -- after being imprisoned in solitary (for his safety) for thirty plus months after being improperly convicted for merely being a witness to a sodomy -- not a murder -- the bail judge set bail a $1,000,000, and Schartz's mother-in-law had to put up her home as collateral against the bail bond.

Here we have a heinious murder of a white man and the black woman is let go on a signature against a $10,000 bail, and her black boyfriend isn't even charged.

Racism is sick a great perverter of justice, and "Hate" crimes fan it.

[Dubya]

Does anyone know what Judge or who set this bond?

We are going to get to vote here soon.

[BlessedBeGod]

BRING BACK PUBLIC HANGINGS!!!

It's too bad they're back to playing soccer again in that stadium in Afghanistan...

[GoreNoMore]

You guys dont get it. She'll claim self-defense, you know this evil white guy threw himself thru her windshield. A totally rasism crime and she was afraid for her life. You know he would hurt her so she drove home and locked him in the garage.

[Brownie74]

Right off hand I don't know but you brought up a good point. Check www.dallasmorningnews.com or www.wfaa,com

I just found this. The judge is Judge James Wilson, 371st District.

She is back in jail again!! Here is a link to the story.

Windshield death suspect back in jail.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. I've put the Dallas Morning News article on FR, fyi. . .

Windshield death suspect back in jail - Bail raised to
$250,000 - Informant Receives Death Threats
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/643306/posts