[Byron_the_Aussie]

...that is not grounds for even an educated guess as to his guilt or innocence in this case....

Right. And Ritter must have known this was going to come out, at the optimum time to suit his enemies.

This whole Ritter affair is anomaly piled upon anomaly, but some of our Freeper colleagues are so blinded by their hatred of him they're not even aware of being manipulated.

[CharacterCounts]

This whole Ritter affair is anomaly piled upon anomaly, but some of our Freeper colleagues are so blinded by their hatred of him they're not even aware of being manipulated.

We do know several facts, do we not?

1. He was arrested.

2. He cut some kind of deal and the record was sealed.

3. The ADA was fired over this flap.

Until you can provide a reasonable explanation for the above ( and her boss is "a man of ambition" and "he would win at trial" are not reasonable explantions), it is fair to assume that you are the one with impaired vision.

[billhilly]

Oh, Come on! Who the hell entitles you to judge the entirety of the posters on this thread.

An observer might very well conclude that it is you who wears the blinders.