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51 by Mark Hansen_Archive
bumble wrote:I would like to restate how completely appalled I am. Also, very angry.

Fucking bastard. Fucking bullshit motherfucker. Goddamnit.


Even though I think he certainly did what he was accused of, I also think the state didn't have the evidence lined up as well as they thought they did to convict him. The prosecution certainly made some big blunders presenting their evidence, and the defense certainly capitalized on those blunders.
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52 by Mark Hansen_Archive
Rick Reuben wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote: The prosecution certainly made some big blunders presenting their evidence
The prosecution did not compel the girl or her parents to testify. That's the complaint heard from the jury. Really, what this verdict exposes is that the jury could not understand simple instructions on the law. The DA put Kelly in the room with the girl. The jurors believed it was Kelly, believed it was the girl. They were not fooled by the 'mole' bullshit. But the jury wrongly placed weight on the absence of the victim from the stand, which is retarded. The events are the events. Obviously, if it was a homicide case, the victim wouldn't be expected to testify. Same principle. Dumb jurors, latching onto a flawed excuse to acquit.


The blunders I am talking about are: the prosecution claiming it would take months and months and a lot of money to fake the tape, then the defense presents a witness who altered it quickly using easily available technology he got over the internet. If the prosecution had been smarter, they could have possibly countered that argument by looking into whether that technology was even available at the time the tape was made. As far as I know, they didn't bother to do this.

I also think I remember there being some question about the poor quality of the tape itself.

If the tape had been found in Kelly's possession, my guess is he would have been toast in the courtroom, but it seems the whole prosecution hinged on the tape DeRogatis provided to the police.

I do not think they proved their case that it was indeed the girl; in fact, reading in the paper today, the jury was pretty split on that. I think the jury pretty much believed it was Kelly though. But, even if it is Kelly, if you can't prove it was the girl, you really don't have much of a case.

The defense played on all the doubts and inconsistencies they could, which is what you would expect the defense to do.

I remember reading, at the time the tape came out, that it was being bootlegged and sold on the streets of Chicago, but as far as I know, no one was ever prosecuted for that.

Again, I am not defending Kelly, as I think it seems quite obvious that he has a thing for young girls, I just think the prosecution was pretty weak when you get down to it.

I definitely don't understand why it took 6 YEARS for this to come to trial.
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53 by enframed_Archive
kerble wrote:
Redline wrote:What a joke. If he did the same thing to a dog, he'd be cell mates with Michael Vick.


apparently on cable, there's now a show where dogs get married. dogs!
...and gay marriage is still a no-go.


california just legalized it.
To me Steve wrote:I'm curious why[...] you wouldn't just fuck off instead. Let's hear your record, cocksocket.

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54 by kerble_Archive
enframed wrote:
kerble wrote:
Redline wrote:What a joke. If he did the same thing to a dog, he'd be cell mates with Michael Vick.


apparently on cable, there's now a show where dogs get married. dogs!
...and gay marriage is still a no-go.


california just legalized it.


well, it's good to hear that people are finally looking out for dogs, I mean after the vicksploitation era.

I'll make an honest bitch of you too, enframed.

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kerble is right.
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