We disagree.
The judge tested the contents of the arrest warrant to see if it met the criteria for FD to be arrested. He did not test the evidence/statement itself to determine whether FD was guilty of the crime. And this is where the Court of Public Opinion comes in, where they are ready to deem someone a murderer on the basis of untested evidence.
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IMO MOO and all that.
IMO these ongoing critiques of the US system of justice whilst interesting are largely irrelevant as it will be the system under which MT and KM are tried for the crimes they have been accused by the State of CT.
The US system is based on the system of 'innocent until proven guilty' and so this will be how MT will move forward in the CT system and her case will be heard by a jury 'of her peers'.
To ask that a judge 'test evidence' to determine whether, "Fd was guilty of a crime" is simply NOT the US system and I'm not sure any US judge would want this responsibility or power as this is the job of the jury to decide AFTER hearing all the evidence. Also, what person accused of a crime would want a Judge with this power either? There are bench trials in the US where the Judge decides but MT I believe will be tried by a jury.
'Ole Atty. P. and his infamous 'Court of Public Opinion' statements and how it was responsible for Fd taking his life. Fd was responsible for his own actions and how he spent his time and Fd for reasons of his own decided to gas himself to death. The public did not kill Fd. IMO the group of attorneys surrounding Fd did their client no favours with their strategy for the criminal case. Sadly Atty. P. doesn't want to take any responsibility for his strategic choices vis a vis the decision of his client to kill himself and so its simply easier for Atty. P. blame others. Its his choice to do so but it also IMO says a lot about Atty. P. and interpretation of 'duty of care' for his clients.
It is also clear after the fact that sadly Fd had no substantive professional psychological support to deal with the issues that he was having with his situation and certainly with house arrest conditions. The people closest to Fd were his legal team and on the day he killed himself they weren't looking for him it appears until 12:15pm (he was due in court at noon) and the team chose to not drive him to Court as seemed to have been their custom in the past. In short, the people that were responsible for making sure Fd was in Court for his appearance didn't get it right on the day he killed himself. Why? Had the money gone to provide such services or was their anger about the JFd memorial desecration and the disaster with the FAUX Bond? Or, was it all three?
Just tossing this idea out there as a possibility but I seriously question whether Fd ever said anything that was truthful to Atty. P. and Pattisville? We saw the 'alibi script' spouted endlessly by Atty. P. for months and when that AW dropped to explain the 'alibi scripts' to the world, IMO Atty. P. looked like a stooge and buffoon for not having checked and verified the Fd statements. We then saw in the Civil Trial that the Fd and MT affair actually happened a year prior to when was conventionally believed to have happened. Atty. P. LEARNED THIS FACT while sitting in Civil Court and his response was to bend over and put his head on the desk and cover it with his arms. Yes, it seemed like Fd lied about the duration of the affair to Atty. P. Did Fd also lie about FAUX bond package and the desecration of the Jfd memorial and who knows what else? But when AW3 with the murder charges dropped on Fd it seemed like a chill had set in with the folks of Pattisville and so I wonder how much time, effort and energy had been spent to create a narrative that was simply blown out of the water with information presented by the State? My guess it was substantial and devastating to the Defense. Pure speculation on my part but something changed IMO with AW3, Fd and Pattisville.
Most attys won't tolerate lying and yet it seems that Fd just might have been unable to speak or face much of the truth in his life. Sadly we will never hear from Fd because rather than waiting to tell his truth or put on his case he decided to kill himself.
Many defense attorneys tell their clients to stay off the internet and away from the Press. Doesn't sound like Fd got this advice. But the other issue I think that is present is that Atty. P. fed the Court of Public Opinion with a ferocity that hasn't been seen in CT ever and frankly IMO he did his client no favours. So, to see Atty. P. throwing stones at the public and holding them responsible for the death by suicide of Fd, then the only thing I can say is, "Shame On You Atty. P."
I am very surprised that if you are a member of a bar somewhere that this soundbite about the Court of Public Opinion hooked you! The Court of Public Opinion has been around since the idea of trials first took place. The folks here on WS have been busy for months searching out information from Court documents, MSM and other sources with the goal of trying to figure out what happened to JFd. No information has been forthcoming from any source to suggest any viable alternative theory for Fd/MT/KM. Atty. P. never presented one and you know he has spent most likely a huge amount of Fd's money trying to put it together. The only card Atty. P. had to play was to blame the victim in any number of ways and he did this relentlessly.
Will will just have to wait and see if MT new atty can do what Atty. P. was unable to do.
MOO