Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #51

[Pavelsky]

I don't think so.

I think she'll challenge so many things, that after conviction she'll have several "reasons" to appeal.

Not attending the preliminary hearing being one of the first possible "reasons".

She's a weasel, plain and simple.

She will never plead guilty!

She's going to drag this out till the last possible moment and then plead guilty.

She's going to drag this out till the last possible moment and then plead guilty.

She will never plead guilty…

 

[Shamrock1]

I guess LS could "chicken out" and plead guilty but i doubt she'll be offered a plea deal. What could/would the State offer? The DP is off the table already. (Technically she'd be eligible but as we discussed last year, the DA's office already said the DP wouldn't be sought because the governor's office would commute it to LWOP. And if they were seeking it, they'd have had to say so.)

There are very few women's prisons so that's not much of a bargaining chip for the State. They could agree to drop the escape charges but so what? She'd be in for LWOP instead of LWOP plus another sentence for the escape charge. Big whoop. I guess they could agree not to prosecute HH but that presumes HH could be convicted of a crime and I'm not at all sure she could or would be. It also presumes LS would give a hoot. Finally, I'm willing to bet lots of money they've already made a deal with HH.

Am I missing something that could be offered to LS? And won't the DA be anxious to try the case anyway? Won't he want a high-profile win so he can show he's a worthy successor to the famed Dan May? Plus Allen has had some iffy press re: the treatment of veteran women prosecutors in his office. So he needs good press and convicting LS would provide that.
JMO

I do think you are "missing something that could be offered to LS" - the ability of LS to not have to face Gannon's parents. I think that is a big deal to LS, given her refusal to appear even virtually. I don't think any deal with HH would necessarily disappear if LS takes a deal.

And, ethically, the DA's political ambitions are not supposed to be a consideration - perhaps someone can speak to the reality, but that is the ethical rule.

JMO.

 

[JerseyGirl]

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Found Deceased - CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #52