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I disagree. They could subpoena GM and ask her questions that would lead her to repeat those statements but the statements themselves couldn't be evidence at trial because they are hearsay and I don't think there is an exception to allow them. If she lied on the stand, they might be used to...

Just conjecture if he did take loans. Federally backed loans are the only game in town since the private loan market feel apart since the recession. In any case, Mercer (or any university for that matter) is paid the money in full before each semester. The loan owner is the one that wouldn't be...

Mercer has their money. Those loans are owned by the US government, meaning all of us that pay taxes will be repaying them.

I agree with your analysis if McD referred to MM to Glenda McDaniel as a "maintenance man." However, I think what we have at this point is just the mom calling him that. I could imagine McD referring to him by name but describing his position at the apartments as a maintenance man. Glenda...

Not intent, just negligence on the speaker's part. Here are the elements (you can see them on http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/georgia-defamation-law): 1. a false statement about the plaintiff; 2. communication of the statement to a third party in the absence of a special privilege to do...

GA recognizes per se defamation for false accusations of crimes (which means you don't have to prove an injury to reputation- it is assumed).

If they were both civil cases, you would be correct. It's called res judicata. However, the burden of proof is completely different in a criminal case so I don't think that could be used to prove anything in the murder trial.

If they have him on tape, it'll be interesting to see when he bought it since through his mother, he says April. If he bought it closer to the murder, I wonder how much more of this "frame" job we'll hear of. BTW- someone asked about Buford and the mother's statements. I'm sure he is very...

It takes 12 either way. 1 holdout will get him a new trial but there is no doubt in my mind that Winters would try him twice if he has to.

I think you've keyed in on the importance of the felony murder charge. It could have been an accident and they can still get their murder case (as long as LG died as a result of a felony committed by McD).

I think you've misinterpreted my post. The bad part of the internet is you can't hear my tone which certainly wasn't yelling or upset. On the issue of stalling the paperwork; that would in fact be enough to get Buford in trouble with the bar or even disbarred (i.e. if he intentionally...

What you are suggesting would get Buford disbarred if it were true. I see no reason to suggest that Buford is in cahoots with law enforcement. He was hired to defend McD. He filed a motion for bond and set it for the first available date at the time. He then realized his strategy was going...

I disagree. They know they don't have to tip their hand until his bond date. I think they're meeting next week with the DA to give over all the evidence collected and analyzed thus far so they can charge McD before his bond hearing. As long as he remains in lockup, there is no reason to rush to...

Whether you get bond doesn't have anything to do with whether you're innocent (unless they believe you are a danger to the community, but McD has not been charged with murder). It has more to do with whether they think you'll return to court. As for postponing the bond hearing, I know there...

Here is a link to Mercer's health insurance plan (the one they make you take if you don't have any other insurance): http://www.pearceandpearce.com/PearceSite/Schools/GA/mercer/PDFs/mubr10.pdf Under the plan summary, it does say psychotherapy is covered so if McD - or another student- had...

Mercer requires health insurance or they charge you for it with your tuition: http://bursar.mercer.edu/health/

I think you're confusing a dress code with professionalism. Mercer's law curriculum stresses ethics and professionalism.

Lauren's page hasn't changed. Same exact photos from when she uploaded them. The BF has now restricted access to his page (understandably). Prior to this restriction, he only had 1 photo of them together on there (which is now his profile picture but wasn't until after her death). I don't...

Just because he was charged separately for the second burglary and at a later time doesn't mean he confessed to the second one after he was charged with the first. He could have confessed to both at the same time. There is discretion on when to charge a person.

Thinking about why McD would confess to going into the apartments and taking the condoms: Maybe the two law student neighbors either caught him or suspected he had gone into their apartments. Then they told this to the police who were questioning a bunch of the students after LG went missing...