I have just one final post on review of the PE Youtube podcasts on which Linda Stanley appeared. On May 3, she appeared as co-host with Mike King. There were two consecutive guests. First was Arizona Majority Whip, Leo Biasiucci (AZ-5). Second was Paul Michael Glaser (actor who played Starsky in Starsky & Hutch).
First segment approx. 24:23 minutes involved discussion about Biasiucci's legislation relating to child trafficking and sexual offenders against children. LS mentioned that cases involving mandatory lifetime sentencing will tend to go to trial rather than plea because the defendant has nothing to lose when facing lifetime mandatory sentence. Also, that the legislation is certain to face a court challenge because defense attorneys will consider the mandatory lifetime sentence "cruel and unusual." Brief discussion about recidivism with these offenders and that the longer they stay in, the safer kids will be. Biasiucci invited Stanley to urge legislators in her state to consider such legislation.
Second segment, approx. 10 minutes involved discussion about LS's first months in office. Now fully staffed. Introducing greater transparency. Someone now manning phones daily from 7:30 to 5:30 to answer citizens' calls. And in first six weeks in office, arrested a guy on a 39-year-old cold case.
MK briefly introduced that case (arrest of Phillips) - two women who worked in town near ski resort were both murdered and there were weird "signature" elements (orange sock placed on both victims). MK asked, "What can you tell me" and "Can you share anything". LS answered, "No, and "No."
MK mentioned Schelling/Lucas case and LS briefly discussed issues in no-body, purely circumstantial cases. Defense will say missing person voluntarily left and prosecution has to prove a negative, which is difficult. Defense only has to create reasonable doubt in one juror. Must challenge with evidence that this person would not have done that.
MK brought up "elephant in the room" question about Morphew case, with SM's recent birthdate and the approaching anniversary of her disappearance. Asked, "can you give us any insight into the amount of work going on? And if you want to tip your hand, now is the time to do it."
To which LS responded, "There is a lot of work going on in the case and that is all I am going to tell you."
Third and final segment, from approx. 35:00 to 1:27:00+ (end of program), MK revealed LS's crush on Starsky character in Starsky and Hutch and asked her to show some of her memorabilia. Then, MK surprised LS by introducing her via livestream to Paul Michael Glaser, who played the character of Starsky. Remainder of discussion among MK, LS, and Glaser was about Glaser's portrayal of that character, other acting work, funny stories related to the show, Glaser's writings and his art and then repartee among the three present.
One final story Glaser presented (after MK invited him to join him for fishing at his cabin) was about a friend who owned a dude ranch where kids would get a chance to fish in a pond. He said the brother of this friend was a wildcatter who'd work on the ranch during summer months, throwing chum on the pond.
Chumming the pond. I think that is what the defense attorneys in this case did to LS. They threw falsehoods about LS's appearance on social media into court proceedings like they were tossing chum into a fish-populated pond. Without verifying whether there was any substance to the claims (and memories being faulty for those that might have watched the appearances), many gobbled the morsels up and regurgitated them and others gobbled those and it continued until the morsels seemed pervasive. But there was
never anything to them. It was like throwing sawdust in.
ETA: Link to podcast #38, the episode co-hosted by Linda Stanley, and in which Paul Michael Glaser appears:
