Breaking News" [Ted] Maher Convicted = Ten Years

ABC News | December 2, 2002

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Reported five minutes ago -- no ther details yet found..

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Woo-hoo! We got us another insider. Lemme guess - you are either a Maher, or maybe an "investigative reporter", and are gonna write a book on how gooberface was railroaded. C'mon - you're connected. Impress us all, please. We're just dying to know.

[OldFriend]

Trumped up????????? He admitted saying that terrorists were breaking in......then he gets the man into the bathroom and starts a fire in a wastepaper basket. The man he was trying to impress is dead ALL due this man's foolishness.

All the charges were acts that this 'nurse' admits............so what was trumped up?

[Fred Mertz]

There's much more, but suffice to say no one should be gloating in an American convicted in Monaco, or saying that he got what he deserved when they don't know the facts of the case.

In case you haven't noticed, we have quite a number of sheeple on FR who actually believe what the media writes and reports.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Interesting. I happen to know people who have covered this story over the years and they all thought he was as guilty as hell.

[Rodney King]

(Like I'm sure the Boycott Everything crown includes those who patronize Monaco

Don't ya know, there is a rather large survivalist community in the Monaco hills. It is a large producer of colloidal silver, and 20lb cans of Dinty Moore beef stew.

[Mo1]

Again .. I didn't know all the details of the case and I wasn't aware that he admitted to starting the fire ..

I just heard of his name and that some believed he was being held wrongly without a trial .. I didn't know he finally got a trial till this thread

[OldFriend]

Kind of like the love affair some here have for Trafficant. Even some who are convinced that that the child murderer is innocent too, even tho he admitted the crime. Some freepers just don't let the facts get in the way with their opinions........

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Thanks. I don't know who is more reliable, but I suspect it ain't the good ol' Dissociated Press.

No biggie either way, but I've gotten flamed (who cares?) for providing info re: a story that was somewhat a cause celebre' here of late.

Otherwise, this is not really of interest to me, other than that which I have re: jurisprudence, true crime, etc.

Perhaps my saying so will bring comfort and edification to some here who have gotten their shorts in a knot over my humble effort. Go figure.... 8~)

[Rodney King]

Even some who are convinced that that the child murderer is innocent too, even tho he admitted the crime

Which one is that, Westerfield?

[Diddle E. Squat]

BOYCOTT THE BCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Poohbah]

Yup, Westerfield.

[Jalapeno]

Jalapeno, are you associated in any way with COURTTV?

Only in the mind of Ted Maher's mother in law.

[Bkauthor]

You're welcome. Ted Maher has gotten alot of play on Free Republic as a discussion topic, but little hardcore, big-time American media interest. The case is complex, including a coerced confession and many, many other ins and outs that I think many I've noticed who've posted here today on this thread are unfamiliar. I think more of his story came right back to you when you realized which Maher this was. But, truthfully, so many folks don't have any idea. Monegasque courts are unique and do not have high standing, as one poster suggested. There should be a statement by one of Edmund Safra's brothers tonight in which he addresses the suppressed evidence and coverups at trial, engineered by the Monegasque prosecutor and the court itself. Foreign press, including several well known personages in the American media, felt this trial was a farce from beginning to end. Ted's case is clouded by his unwillingness to back off his claim that he started the fire in the wastebasket; he wasn't able to retract the confession by Monegasque law, which states that the accused must stick with their first claim, even if it indicates guilt. Did he actually kill Safra and Torrente, the nurse? No. They were dead, according to the autopsy reports suppressed at trial, before suffering smoke inhalation. Did he start the fire in the wastebasket--he says he did, but that was not what led directly to the deaths. Even Safra's widow, Lily Safra, stood up in court and said she felt that others were responsible. You don't really need conspiracy theories when the facts speak for themselves.

[job]

Which Maher are you? And does your doctor know you are off your psychotropic medications?

Why do you have such a vicious interest in demeaning Ted's supporters, friends, and family? I don't think you are part of a conspiracy, or connected to this trial in any way, I just think you are some sad, pathetic small person who feels stronger by ridiculing other people's misery.

[Jalapeno]

No, see the post following his. I heard it on CBS as well. It is 10 years.

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FWIW, some clever soul added several keyowrods to the few factual ones I posted. For a story that many contend is of no import, a lot of folks here seem to be quite interested. Enjoy......

[Rodney King]

LOL, I didn't know that people here thought Westerfield was innocent. Doesn't surprise me though.

[Bkauthor]

I know, Fred, I noticed. It's a shame that none of the major papers or television outlets here have done any substantive pieces on Ted Maher's case. Dominick Dunne of Vanity Fair is about the only one.

[Poohbah]

Jalapeno, are you associated in any way with COURTTV?

Only in the mind of Ted Maher's mother in law.

You GOTTA let us in on this part of the story, dude!

[Rodney King]

FWIW, some clever soul added several keyowrods to the few factual ones I posted

You mean Bill Maher isn't gay?