Nancy Grace... Bill O'Reilly in drag....
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/1/211021/2067
As she tells it, in the summer of 1980, she was a 19-year-old college
student in small-town Georgia, engaged to Keith Griffin, a star third
baseman for the Valdosta State University Blazers. The wedding was a
few months away.
Then, one August morning, a stranger--a 24-year-old thug with a
history of being on the wrong side of the law--accosted Griffin
outside a convenience store. He shot him five times in the head and
back, stole $35 from his wallet, and left him dead.
Police soon tracked down the killer, and a new phase of suffering
began for Ms. Grace. The suspect brazenly denied any involvement. At
trial, Ms. Grace testified, then waited as jury deliberations dragged
on for three days. The district attorney asked her if she wanted the
death penalty, and in a moment of youthful weakness, she said no. The
verdict came back guilty--life in prison--and a string of appeals
ensued.
For Nancy Grace, the ordeal she describes felt nothing like justice.
And so the Shakespeare-loving teen set out to change the justice
system: first as a bulldog prosecutor, then as a Court TV and CNN
anchor, crusader for victims' rights and professional vilifier of the
criminal-defense industry.
....
Griffin was shot not by a random robber, but by a former co-worker.
The killer, Tommy McCoy, was 19, not 24, and had no prior convictions.
Mr. McCoy confessed to the crime the evening he was arrested.
The jury convicted in a matter of hours, not days.
Prosecutors asked for the death penalty, but didn't get it, because
Mr. McCoy was mildly retarded.
Mr. McCoy never had an appeal; he filed a habeas application five
years ago, and after a hearing it was rejected.
Ms. Grace has also misreported the date of the incident--it was in
1979, not 1980--and has given Griffin's age as 25 when it was 23.
The justice system, in other words, apparently worked the way it was
supposed to.
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Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec (aka aka Yang's little poltregeist *****)
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -2295 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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"Ahhhhhh, yessssssss, ummmmmmm - Alito, Alito, Alito"
-duke (duckgumbo@cox.net), aka PedophilEarl J Weber, 59
year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry
Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:
http://www.stpatrickbr.org/
Father Gerard "Jerry" Martin
stpatrickbr<AT>bellsouth<DOT>net
Saint Patrick Catholic Church
12424 Brogdon Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
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