A conviction in a death penalty case has automatic appeals. Serial killer DTL appealed his conviction & death sentence. Denial of a Change of Venue was included in the appeal. Yet the appeal was denied.
DTL's trial ocurred prior to the internet info & communication explosion that we experience today. As did Brandon Scott Lavergne, the internet has no borders, nor boundaries..
I agree, we are looking at an automatic appeal process.
In regards to DTL, there was a
strong internet presence back then. Court TV had an area set aside for us to discuss the Baton Rouge murders. We had many, many locals from Louisiana posting, even more locals than we have here right now. In fact, we BEGAN the discussion before LE had even admitted we had a serial murderer on our hands! We had a DNA scientist, the wife of a prominent official who was involved in the case, we had people who had "inside" info from the crime lab in New Iberia, some reporters and relatives and friends of the victims taking part in our discussion. We knew the perp was black or mixed racially before LE admitted that, we had the sketch of the perp before it was released to the public, although it quickly got pulled. We didn't have FaceBook, but we had a LOT of Internet involvement. Believe me, people were theorizing way back then that the trial would have to be moved because all of us posters had completely contaminated the jury pool!
Just throwing that out there because I believe that just as our internet involvement way back then did not cause a change of venue, neither will our internet involvement now.
Good morning to all :seeya:
I haven't caught up with the thread yet, but just wanted to draw attention to the fact that 15 year old Keiosha Felix from Duson has been missing since April 30th, and this is the first time I have seen it reported on the news! :what:
http://www.katc.com/news/missing-person-15-year-old-keiosha-felix/
I'm guessing this is her, and if not, please edit this part mods:
https://www.facebook.com/keiosha.felix?sk=wall
There is something very, very odd going on here. I PERSONALLY checked the missing persons from the Lafayette area going back to January of this year. I checked somewhere around May 20th, or shortly after Mickey went missing. This female was NOT listed, although two girls who are missing and presumed run-aways WERE listed.
Did Keiosha just get reported as missing?