Recent content by oenophile

He was seen buying laundry detergent and juice (not bleach, which was reported in the press), and he received a call from the house while he was at the store. There were no signs of a struggle. He had been unfaithful and that was part of the reason for their pending divorce. I think...

And the reality of the US justice system is that innocent people confess for crimes they didn't commit if they believe that the alternative is significantly worse. And if an innocent person is convicted and receives a life sentence, doing a plea deal for a significantly lesser sentence is much...

So he is still incarcerated for a crime he likely didn't commit. Another travesty of justice.

I'm not sure that pleading guilty to a crime you didn't commit is lucky. Depends on your interpretation of the evidence.

Just to be clear, I am not saying that the show promoted her as innocent. Just that they omitted so many relevant facts as to make it questionable that she is guilty.

The new Discovery Plus special on Arias is out. "If I can't have him" was billed as a more neutral look at the case. Having just watched it, a few observations: 1. They highlighted that they read from Arias's diary, some of which was the first time it was revealed to the public. 2...

He is scheduled for release 23 November 2020, according to the NC inmate info.

And just to clarify, I don't think that it was proven he didn't do it. But it seems like the police a) assumed he did it; then b) tried to accumulate as much evidence to demonstrate that he could have done it; c) built the case around the only piece of evidence that he did do it (the eyewitness...

Because most things of value (jewelry) that can be pawned is in the bedroom. Most computers, TV's etc aren't actually that valuable. I don't believe so. Do people that wear expensive shoes need to rob places? Work takes priority. Didn't really want to be in Raleigh. All kinds of...

Trusting the jury and Stephens is irrelevant. The Court of Appeals (who are constitutional law experts) agrees with me. The Supremes don't. Who knows what the SCOTUS would say. But it doesn't change the argument. I can just as well say that since you aren't an experienced constitutional law...

Extremely shoddy and ill-informed journalism. The Supreme Court didn't say that Stephens was right, they said that the Defense erred when they did not use the proper objection. It would have been reverseable error otherwise. Nonetheless, even though I disagreed with the decision to allow...

I don't think JY was a setup. To me it looks like a home invasion. JY was blamed because he is a) stupid and b) smarmy. Also because the husband is usually the prime suspect and law enforcement is less interested in truth than a conviction. JY's pretty terrible character only added to that.

Those, like me, who believe the wrong man might be in prison do so because the evidence didn't prove the case, not because the evidence was circumstantial. Circumstantial evidence is plenty if it sufficiently proves the case. It didn't here. And the conviction relied on the worst possible...

A lot of people consider the lynch mob on this forum to be the nutters full of conspiracy theories who ignore evidence in your quest for blood. Lynne is the only person that has had the courage to actually stand up to the unjust railroading of these men for whom the evidence was shoddy at...

Sad, and reinforces the corruption of the system of Justice in NC. I am soooo glad I got out of there when I did.