[Howlin]

MSNBC said she signed a confession that was not admitted to the trial. What's up with that?

[Exigence]

MSNBC said she signed a confession that was not admitted to the trial. What's up with that?

Good lawyer and lots of Hollywood bucks.

[kcvl]

Guilty because of the "attorney" she chose. lol!

[JoeGar]

MSNBC said she signed a confession that was not admitted to the trial. What's up with that?

Winona confessed to store security guards before the police read her the Miranda rights. Although the store security guards are not required to read Miranda rights, the judge gave Winona a break by disallowing the confession anyway.

[kcvl]

Fox News', Stan Goldman, says that she claims she didn't know that it was a confession that she signed before her "attorney" showed up. Fat chance! If she had taken the stand that could have been used.

[BushMeister]

[Mo1]

SHE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY

[YaYa123]

you have to hope vandalism carries some kind of penalty. I can't believe the scroll at the bottom of the screen says "innocent".

[Floratina]

Hollywood justice.

[al_c]

MSNBC said she signed a confession that was not admitted to the trial. What's up with that?

Judge Ito presided? ;o)

[Timesink]

MSNBC said she signed a confession that was not admitted to the trial. What's up with that?

She signed it at Saks under the duress of Saks security, before the cops even showed up. This is a standard-issue trick right out of Security Guard 101: Tell the alleged shoplifter, "Look, just sign this and we'll settle everything here and now and you can just go home." So they sign it, and the guard calls the cops and waves the "confession" in their face, and the alleged shoplifter ends up arrested. The judge was absolutely correct to disallow it.

Besides, she was convicted of the only two charges it would have applied to anyway, so it's a moot point.