Posted on 03/09/2002 2:34:29 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
The criminals in the Matthew Shepard case left the man alive but injured restrained to a fence.
Additionally, she conspired with others to dump the body and destroy evidience of the car.
Let's see, she's black (+1), female (+1), fat (+1). She has a total of three victim status points.
Let's check the fellow she hit. He's homeless ( +1), mentally ill (+1). We're catching up. But wait - HE'S A WHITE MALE - MINUS TEN POINTS. That gives him negative eight points for a victim status.
Since she has more victim points, no crime has been committed here. It was just an accident, caused by a homless person with poor judgement. She will need many hours of therapy for post traumatic stress syndrome caused by this incident (payable in full by the taxpayers) </sarcasm off>
That's what I thought....then federal charges could be pressed against her, too, no? Isn't kidnapping a federal crime, not just a state crime? Or is it only federal if brought across state boundaries?
She could also try to claim a "temporary insanity" defense because she was under the effects of X (there is supposed to be some truth to being able to be declared "legally insane" after taking a number of hits of LSD; different drug but who knows what her lawyer may try). She won't be successful in any sort of an insanity plea because her no count boyfriend was aware of the situation and denied assistance as well. Has he been charged yet?
It seems to me she{hid}him to die.
And, SHE WANTED HIM TO DIE.
I think your probably right on that.
The perception is that ecstasty is largely a white used drug (raves, college parties, etc.).
She brought this man into her home and did not release him. If she had rolled him off of her car by the roadside, she would have dumped an injured man who might have gotten medical attention. She could have been charged with failure to stop and render assistance (hit & run) but here she did not run, she dragged the body home with her. The man's live body was in her possession, under her control.
It is not a stretch to rule this with a kidnapping charge.
I also "believe" that everything her defenders put up to make her look as though she were decent will be the rope that hangs her.
She was a Nurses Aide, Ok!
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I Believe that by caring for those in need I am serving Him in a truley meaningful way.
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Windshields are made with safety glass and generally don't permit objects to pass through them (it can happen but it takes a tremendous force to break through the 2 panes of glass).
I was driving outside of Austin when something was made airborne by the pickup truck in front of me (something wood or metal, about this size and shape of an adult forearm - long and "clunky"). I was driving 60-70MPH and this item cracked my windshield and made a hole about 2 inches in diameter. I'm glad that it didn't go all the way through the window (it bounce off) and I'm glad that it did go "up (as my top was down on my convertible).
To wedge a person through the windshield deep enough that he doesn't fall out and deep enough that his body can rest on the hood... it seems to me that she must have been flying down the road.
Indeed, many if not all States have laws which *require* you to assist an animal injured in traffic.
Then there's the fact that Ms. Mallard worked as a nurse's assistant. That means she has a small scrap of medical knowledge...yet she didn't even try to do the smallest thing to help the guy. She worked around medical professionals and medical facilities and didn't even attempt First Aid.
She could've had her "friends" deliver him to the nearest emergency room parking lot while still alive... and she still chose to let him bleed to death.
The usual saviors of the protected class have a real problem in this case. If only the victim had been a successful businessman instead of a homeless guy, their task would be so much easier.
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