[Poohbah]

Sisti declined to give specifics of the argument planned for McCrae's petition, but said, "I think it's a rather novel situation."

Translation: "I think he's gone off his chump, but maybe the judge is an idiot."

Murray said McCrae and his lawyers intend to exhaust all legal options — particularly since the charges against him are severe, carrying the possibility of a death sentence if McCrae is convicted.

Translation: "Oh, this kid has screwed up by the numbers, he's going to just throw stuff on the wall and hopes that it sticks."

[dighton]

In a series of Internet postings and in a phone call to his parents in Ohio, McCrae claimed to have killed the officer to protest police-state tactics.

All right, what was his screen name?