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I've watched this video several times and I just can't see how one could reasonably reach the conclusion that this was an intentional shooting. At the time of this shooting, the BART police had only been issued Tasers a couple of weeks earlier, and it appears Mehserle was unaccustomed to using...

Apparently McCroskey has been indicted for all four murders: http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/richard_mccroskey_indicted_in_farmville_murders/46396/ I have not tried to find the court paperwork online - these are public documents but not necessarily available without going to...

It's tough to know what it means that he is "not remorseful" if he isn't talking to the police, which he is not. I'm sure his attorney has told him to say nothing - any expression of remorse would be an acknowledgment that he was involved with the deaths. I guess it's possible he is acting...

I don't think anyone is calling for banning this music or anything similar. I would not support that, because IMO it's legitimate, legally protected speech. That being said, there's no denying that this genre glorifies murder, rape, and other violence. I don't think this music creates a...

Actually I believe one was located somewhere different from the other three - the police who initially responded to the scene found 3 victims, then went and got a warrant and found the fourth in a different location.

Didn't know she was banned. That is unfortunate. I know she was warned first, but it's understandable she would be passionate about the case and I hope she's allowed to return. I gather she, like me, was a newcomer here and she may not have fully appreciated the board's strong emphasis on...

I frankly think "A Concerned Citizen," who posted that comment on SF Weekly, suffers from his own brand of religious paranoia and pieced together a nonsensical theory from the goofy blog post quoted earlier in this thread, which claimed that these killings were a Satanic conspiracy perpetrated...

Successful insanity pleas are as rare as hen's teeth in real life. It happens, but VERY seldom. His actions in this case, including his representations to the police, tow driver, etc., as well as his attempt to leave the state by plane, are, in my view, inconsistent with the proposition that...

In terms of the smell, it's well known (and we have all experienced this) that the brain is configured to ignore persistent smells after several minutes. We've all had a co-worker who wore too much perfume, to the point that it seemed all but intolerable. The person wearing it ceases to notice...

The idea that these killings were some premeditated Satanic conspiracy seems awfully fanciful to me. I lean strongly toward the notion that these were the spontaneous actions of a maladjusted, jilted young man. I do think that Sam's involvement in a subculture that celebrates violence and...

He has been appointed a defense attorney with experience on capital cases. I have to assume his attorney has directed him to answer no questions. It's hard to tell how sophisticated McCroskey is about the entire process, but by all appearances he was not cooperating with the police in the...

I note his music has been taken down from the Syko Sam Myspace profile, but it doesn't show that anyone has logged into his account. Perhaps his sister or someone else has removed it, or maybe even Myspace itself.

Interesting tidbit here: One can only imagine, if he spent days with 2-4 corpses and didn't shower. I note he was wearing all black when he was arrested, and it's possible his clothes may have blood spatter or other forensic evidence on them.

Agreed. In fairness to her (and while I certainly don't think anything Emma could have done was provocation for serial murder), she is his sister and it's understandable she would want to view this awful incident in a way that at least makes her brother's behavior something short of completely...

My theory is that he talked to her sometime after she pleaded with him to call her, and that he confessed to her. It is also possible she is the person referenced in the SickTanick press release: