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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: sullie363 on March 16, 2005, 04:37:58 PM
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Didn't expect that. Although I haven't really followed it at all.
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You didnt expect it? How many big celebrities can you think of who have been convicted of a major crime recently?
We missed on OJ. Nobody could touch Kobe. I can well remember when Leonard Little ran over a woman and killed her while driving his Lincoln Navigator drunk, and he got nothing but a slap on the wrist. Every year celebrities get off after committing crimes from drug use/possession to killing people and we dont even blink anymore.
Not that Blake's wife was any prize. If he hadn't done it someone else would have before long. Ah well.
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guess Peterson’s short coming was he was not an actor or an athlete or both ...
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dosn't matter if they did the crime, what matters is if the law can prove they did the crime.
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If you can do the time then.....don't do the crime ( don't do it!)
:lol
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His wife was an evil monster. Some people deserve dyin...
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The case seemed weak from what I read about it as it progressed. When the case relied on former stuntmen with big drug histories and such, I kinda figured these guys were cashing in on their 15 minutes of fame.
Im surprised at the verdict, with the PR the way it was these days, he was guilty from the day he was brought in.
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nuke, thats wrong , it's posed to be.."if you can't do the time , don't do the crime"
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yeah, I screwed it up.
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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
How many big celebrities can you think of who have been convicted of a major crime recently?
Are we still talking about Robert Blake?
I spoke with a friend earlier and predicted that people would trot out the 'no big celebrity gets convicted' statement. The problem is... Blake was never a BIG celebrity, and he hasn't been even a small one for years.
As a member of ye' old public, it sounded pretty strange to me too, but the jurors heard stuff we didn't. I wonder if he actually didn't do it? I mean, the whole 'I went back for my gun' thing reminds me of the Chewbacca defense. It's so crazy, how can he be lying?
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His lawyer is doing a press confrence now.
I only have one question.
What possesses people to wear bowties?
Outside of wearing one with a Tux does anyone really think they look anything but rediculous wearing them?
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ooops my bad. thats two questions LOL
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Remember they only found that HE didnt pull the trigger and they found him not guilty of soliciting one person and were 1 vote short of finding him not guilty on the other.
That doesnt mean he didnt hire someone else to do it
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Its ok, Dred, I know you love a good conspiracy. You can focus your talent in Wacko Jacko now :p
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Originally posted by LePaul
Its ok, Dred, I know you love a good conspiracy. You can focus your talent in Wacko Jacko now :p
Why? I was just gonna say that I thought it was you that did the deed
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Me? Naah. LOL
I was in the black helicopter.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
His lawyer is doing a press confrence now.
I only have one question.
What possesses people to wear bowties?
Outside of wearing one with a Tux does anyone really think they look anything but rediculous wearing them?
(http://www.southernillinoisdemocrats.org/SidEdit/SIDArticles/PaulSimon.jpg)
Some people wear them well.
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I saw a tiny bit of the trial. The fact he had no residu on his hands at all was kinda hard to explain. I know they say he could've wiped it off somewhere, but it seems unlikely.
And 10 husbands before him - thats reasonable doubt right there..
Honestly - I have no clue whether he killed her or not.
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Originally posted by john9001
dosn't matter if they did the crime, what matters is if the law can prove they did the crime.
Guess it all depends on what you mean by proof.
WRT to Peterson, they don't have a cause of death, nor do they have a weapon. He got the death penalty for being an ultra melon.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Guess it all depends on what you mean by proof.
WRT to Peterson, they don't have a cause of death, nor do they have a weapon. He got the death penalty for being an ultra melon.
some things just seem to work out so well in this world :)
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I heard sone of prosecutor's closing rebuttle, and she swore a number of times (saying BS but using the words). I thought "why do that?" Swearing rarely helps an argument but frequently hurts it. I still don't get why an educated woman has to use "BS" in a closing arguement. Did it affect the outcome - prolly not - but I still am wondering "why be stupid?"
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I didn't watch the trial but I thought he was guilty from the news coverage I saw.
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The little rascal
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Are we still talking about Robert Blake?
I spoke with a friend earlier and predicted that people would trot out the 'no big celebrity gets convicted' statement. The problem is... Blake was never a BIG celebrity, and he hasn't been even a small one for years.
As a member of ye' old public, it sounded pretty strange to me too, but the jurors heard stuff we didn't. I wonder if he actually didn't do it? I mean, the whole 'I went back for my gun' thing reminds me of the Chewbacca defense. It's so crazy, how can he be lying?
Yeah, Blake's celebratiy rises only to the level of "Denis Miller reference I dont get"...I cant wait til everyone has forgotten denis miler, so i can reference him anacronisticly
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So the prosecutor actually said bull****? She wasnt quoting anyone?
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Originally posted by rpm
I didn't watch the trial but I thought he was guilty from the news coverage I saw.
The phrase that applies best here is 'convicted in the press'. Thankfully, the press does not have actual judicial power yet.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Guess it all depends on what you mean by proof.
by "proof",i mean the jury has to find him guilty, the prosecutor did not convince the jury that he was guilty.
a jury member said "we did not find him innocent, we found him not guilty"
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>>So the prosecutor actually said bull****? She wasnt quoting anyone?
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I only saw about 10 minutes of it, but no, it didn't seem she was quoting but speaking directly to the jury (e.g., "The defense wants you to believe the defendant carried a gun because he feared for his wife's life, but left her alone in a bad area to go back and get his gun . BS!! [using the words]"
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ok..i htot he was guitly
but no powered on him or blood?..
pretty amazing for a point bklank balst to dome
..but chairboy...whats the chebacca defense?
i was humpn a wookie?
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A description of the Chewbacca Defense:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense
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My personal hunch is he didn't pull the trigger. I think he paid some crack head to be at that dumpster.
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>>A description of the Chewbacca Defense:<<
Sounds a little like Martlet's method :D