In fairness, I think it is SOP to have such a high profile appeal decision reviewed. IF the SCONC overturns it (and they have overturned others), then there is no additional trial unless it goes to SCOTUS. My prediction is that the SCONC will elect not to review the decision, in which case it goes immediately back to trial.
Brad Cooper: Appeal info
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Wonder how many months it will take for the SCONC to make their decision...
Depends on whether they decide to review or not. If they decide to review, we are looking at six to twelve months. If they decide not to review, then much sooner.
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Roy Cooper said he "planned" to ask for review. The AG office must file a petition arguing why the conviction should stand. The time-line for Mike Peterson was about 30 days from the day the NC court of appeals granted him a new trial.
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Timeline, for those of us that need a review
http://www.wral.com/nancy-cooper-case-timeline/9232124/
Appeal hearing, for those of us that missed it
http://www.wral.com/specialreports/nancycooper/video/12318661/#/vid12318661
http://www.wral.com/nancy-cooper-case-timeline/9232124/
Appeal hearing, for those of us that missed it
http://www.wral.com/specialreports/nancycooper/video/12318661/#/vid12318661
Thanks for that. Going back and watching some of the video of the press conferences, etc, makes me more and more convinced that Brad is absolutely innocent. I do stand corrected on one thing: according to the timeline, Bazemore apparently said that this was not a random crime the same day the body was found, not the next day as I had earlier stated. This was picked up relentlessly by the press, and was repeated during Brad's lawyers press conference a couple days later.
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Last week, I was also looking at crime stats for Cary, and murder stats for NC (2008) ... maybe someone else finds this interesting as well:
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Cary-North-Carolina.html
http://www.nccadv.org/homicides_2008.htm
I noticed that a really high number of "alleged" suspects were: spouse or partner ... so many, in fact, that is almost looks like all unsolved murders are attributed to spouse/partner.
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Cary-North-Carolina.html
http://www.nccadv.org/homicides_2008.htm
I noticed that a really high number of "alleged" suspects were: spouse or partner ... so many, in fact, that is almost looks like all unsolved murders are attributed to spouse/partner.
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Not random means the killer intended to kill and that person intended to kill Nancy, as opposed to finding some miscellaneous human to kill. At that point they knew NC had not been killed in the spot she was found. Further, there had been no reports of attacks, no one heard or saw a woman being accosted, no screams, nothing to indicate an abduction. She wasn't shot, the murder was up close and personal.
On the day her body was found, there was simply no way they knew for sure that she wasn't snatched while jogging and murdered. She should not have said it wasn't random at that point.
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Not random means killer intended to kill that person, implying they know them in some way or have targeted them in some way. And IIRC the statements Bazemore said at various times included words such as "at this point" "we believe" "no indication this was," "anything but an isolated incident." Those statements always get parsed down to simply "not random," but if you listen to the actual statements you get the full context. There are qualifiers in those statements.
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Strangled with no evidence of sexual assault? Odd don't ya think, considering she was not wearing underwear or shorts, but her jog bra was there - though turned in the wrong way- suggesting it was placed by someone else. Maybe this was foot fetish monster since she was also stripped of her socks and shoes? This is just another piece of HUGE circumstantial evidence pointing straight to Brad Cooper.
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Butts testified he "saw no indication of sexual assault." Further, a rape kit was collected during autopsy and sent to the crime lab. The person who ran the labs from the rape kit testified the rape kit tests came back negative.
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After autopsy, all that could be said was that evidence of sexual assault was not obvious, and there was an opinion that she could have died as a result of an external cause.
I have no idea how anyone could conclude, on that basis, that the murderer was familiar with the victim, and the victim was specifically targeted by the murderer. External causes in homicidal violence are rather common, particularly in victims of sexual assault. Absence of evidence of sexual assault certainly doesn't rule out sexual assault. Absence of clothing indicates sexual assault.
Essentially, the autopsy suggests to me that there was an attempted sexual assault and it was a soft kill ... one that wouldn't draw a lot of attention like a gun, and wouldn't make a big mess like a knife.
"There were no obvious signs of sexual assault, the medical examiner reported, and there were no drugs other than caffeine in her system. Ethanol was present, but the medical examiner concluded that was likely created by the decomposition of the body.
"Based on the history and autopsy findings, it is in my opinion that she died as a result of external causes, homicidal violence, most likely asphyxia by strangulation," Dr. John D. Butts wrote."
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3638830/
A case that comes to mind is that of the murder of Meredith Kercher (British Erasmus student in Italy). Some of her clothing was removed, but there was no evidence of rape.
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Absence of rape does not mean absence of sexual assault.
Correct. Someone could have tried to rape her, she fought back, they killed her. Not saying that is what happened, but it is a possibility.
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I'm not going to assume there was a sexual assault unless it's testified to in the trial. I saw no testimony confirming such an assault.
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That leaves two possibilities: Nancy removed her own clothing, or the scene was staged. In the case of Meredith Kercher, neither was true. In fact, her clothing was forcibly removed and she was not raped.
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Sounds pretty staged on this end..
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