Webthrush
Ohhh, and one more thing...
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Just to clarify this (as I understand it at least) I think there is no doubt this crime qualifies as “felony murder” and would be eligible for the death penalty — the Durham DA has simply chosen in her discretion to take the death penalty off the table as a matter of practicality (DP trials drag on significantly longer, leading to automatic appeals if convicted and DP applied; even at very end it could be decades before the DP would be applied) — so it is common to have DP removed from consideration to speed things along, just seems like it happened awfully fast in this case, though I think I read that this DA has never done a DP case(?).
Over the years a few folks have sent me theories of how semen/DNA of an innocent person could’ve been planted at the crime scene — I find those theories bizarre and unlikely, BUT, IF police have no other evidence against Olivares (he has a non-violent criminal history, and maybe he has alibis for that night), then in the hands of a good defense lawyer such theories could have sway (juries can be strange![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I don’t think we’re headed in that direction, but am just unsure where we’re headed.
Over the years a few folks have sent me theories of how semen/DNA of an innocent person could’ve been planted at the crime scene — I find those theories bizarre and unlikely, BUT, IF police have no other evidence against Olivares (he has a non-violent criminal history, and maybe he has alibis for that night), then in the hands of a good defense lawyer such theories could have sway (juries can be strange
I don’t think we’re headed in that direction, but am just unsure where we’re headed.