Recent content by al66pine

@Dotta Thx for your post. Re ¶2 ^, yes, but I suggest you read my post 2 or 3 posts back, quoting school district policy, re possible school action for student OFF CAMPUS behavior. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "WHEN DO HAZELWOOD’S GUIDELINES BEGIN AND END?.... "Behavior that occurs OFF...

Mimeograph machines & blue/purple-inked pages. If some of us got on Zoom, we'd have an online grade school reunion. Back to SM for me. Before The Mods make me stand in the hallway. Or go the the principal's office. ;) [ETA: For the young whippersnappers Mimeograph - Wikipedia ] [ETA2, Thx...

Fight Off Campus. Did Location Matter? snipped for focus. @Puzzles8 Some of same info as posted earlier. From school dist's "Student-Parent Handbook" info below, seems the school's arms COULD reach to students' off campus actions. Policy DOES reach when school chooses to enforce. Emphasis...

BM. Not a suspect? Or PoI? Not Arrested? MSM could easily clarify ^ w a qualifying phrase, like --- "... Not a suspect or POI, NAMED by LE SINCE the recovery, ID, & autopsy of her remains." imo

snipped for focus @Seattle1 Thank you so much your posts like this, w pdf/image (terminology?) making for especially easier UNDERSTANDING by your yellow highlights supporting your line of thinking in post. And thanks to the other sleuthers doing this. Signed, A poster who recalls taking a...

"For Sure" & Forever? @I am not Sherlock H. Thx for your "for sure" post. "Oh, Barry," It may take time but it's not "too soon." Many here think about BM being relocated to his new "Forever Home" w'in CO. Dept of Corrections. :)

@mickey2942 Thx for keeping us current. "Research has shown the brains of juveniles aren’t as developed as an adult’s and lack the ability to fully grasp consequences, however repeated high-level offenses can lead officers to certify children as adults." IDK about ^ "research" but will...

ABA National Guidelines for Counsel in DP cases At page 7 of 178 page pub., adopted in 2003: "A. The objective of these Guidelines is to set forth a national standard of practice for the defense of capital cases in order to ensure high quality legal representation for all persons facing the...

OK. Standards for Appt of Counsel in DP cases At American Bar Assoc'n website: "State Appointment Standards" "State-by-state information about standards for appointment of counsel in death penalty cases (last updated May 2023)"...

@mickey2942 Thx for your response. From your post: "Really? You think that what occurred, is something that can be made right, "Restorative Justice"?" No, no, no. Pls reread my post, which did not say RJ can make something "right." Another poster said: "both KG and MD (as well as their...

CO. "Jury Instructions Criminal 2022" “3-1:01 MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE (AFTER DELIBERATION) “ “The elements of the crime of murder in the first degree (after deliberation) are: 1. That the defendant, 2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged, 3. after...

CO. "Jury Instructions Criminal 2022" Cicumstantial Evidence @gammagirl You may be thinking of something along these lines? Here's a start. "CHAPTER D. EVIDENTIARY INSTRUCTIONS" D:01"DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE—NO DISTINCTION" "A fact may be proven by either direct or circumstantial...

Political Prosecution? @Betty P Respectfully, if ^ post is saying prosecutor's actions in this case are fueled by her politics or has a political motive, I'm not following. ETA: I'm not commenting on the merits of the crim case.

@airportwoman Well, maybe the 3 yr old ASKED "family member, 34-year-old" V.C. to put the loaded gun into his backpack. After all, Monday is --- SHOW-and-TELL day./ sarc Seriously, glad that no one was shot. Interesting that Richmond PD charging the 34 y/o ID'ed the man as a "family member."...

For the work below (a non-ode to IE), I'm nominating @fcavanaugh for Poet Laureate of Websleuths. ;)