Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Hernandez's Hail Mary

I dropped the ball. Sorry.

"Aaron Hernandez defense wants Odin Lloyd murder charge dropped" by Peter Schworm | Globe Staff   June 16, 2014

FALL RIVER — Lawyers for Aaron Hernandez denounced the murder case against the former New England Patriots player Monday, dismissing prosecutors’ evidence as “woefully lacking.”

“You can’t just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall,” defense attorney James Sultan said during a lengthy hearing in Bristol Superior Court. “That’s not probable cause.”

Sultan argued that the murder charges against Hernandez in the June 2013 shooting of Odin Lloyd should be dropped, asserting that the prosecution had not established a motive for the killing....

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If this were a football game, the prosecution would be called for delay of game.

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I'm ready to acquit him on the simple premise of "if the government is shit you must acquit." Case closed. 

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Denying him resources to fight doesn't look good for the case. 

WhenTF you bringing that any way? I remember being taught something about right to speedy trial, and the feds are releasing illegal immigrant murderers and rapists because the Supreme Court said you can't hold them longer than six months while their deportation hearing takes years. Go figure that one out.

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