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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostIf charges are filed and then later dropped, does double jeopardy preclude one from being charged for the same crime in the future?
They dropped the charges. They can pick them right back up.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
The more we learn, the more rotten this smells.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Oh, hold on, it seems that Smollett's case was "inadvertently" sealed by the same state attorney who "colloquially" recused herself.
She even said, “Based on the facts and the evidence that was presented in the charging decision that was made by this office, this office believed that they could prove him guilty.”
So why did they drop the charges?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com...-accidentally/Last edited by Mountain Man; 03-27-2019, 07:01 PM.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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"None of this is normal—even for Crook County where I was an Assistant State’s Attorney. Educated guess: this hoax implicated someone very important who had pull with the State’s Attorney, and who very badly did not want to be implicated."
https://mobile.twitter.com/RandyEBar...ccidentally%2FSome may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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The dropping of charges like this after the police seemed to think they had such a solid case is very odd. One possibility is that the police dramatically overestimated or overstated the strength of their evidence; perhaps there was evidence that the two people he allegedly hired to attack him were simply making up the story of him hiring them in order to avoid punishment, and the police either disregarded it or did not find it as persuasive as prosecutors. Given that the Chicago police isn't known as the most trustworthy (consider the relatively recent cover-up regarding Laquan McDonald), such a situation is possible.
However, this is contradicted by several factors. If the prosecutors thought the evidence was insufficient, they haven't explained that as far as I know. And there was enough evidence to persuade a grand jury to indict. Now of course, those have a lower proof requirement than an actual jury, so that doesn't mean it's enough to get a conviction, but it shows that there was at least some amount of persuasive evidence.
The whole thing is just plain confusing.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostOne possibility is that the police dramatically overestimated or overstated the strength of their evidence...
I'm also reading "chatter" that the charges were dropped in a very unorthodox way so as not to leave a paper trail, and then the case was "inadvertently" sealed, which would have effectively made the entire thing disappear as if it had never existed if they had been less blatantly obvious about it.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostThe dropping of charges like this after the police seemed to think they had such a solid case is very odd. One possibility is that the police dramatically overestimated or overstated the strength of their evidence; perhaps there was evidence that the two people he allegedly hired to attack him were simply making up the story of him hiring them in order to avoid punishment, and the police either disregarded it or did not find it as persuasive as prosecutors. Given that the Chicago police isn't known as the most trustworthy (consider the relatively recent cover-up regarding Laquan McDonald), such a situation is possible.
However, this is contradicted by several factors. If the prosecutors thought the evidence was insufficient, they haven't explained that as far as I know. And there was enough evidence to persuade a grand jury to indict. Now of course, those have a lower proof requirement than an actual jury, so that doesn't mean it's enough to get a conviction, but it shows that there was at least some amount of persuasive evidence.
The whole thing is just plain confusing.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostSmollett was inappropriately made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public by Chicago police and officials, causing a rush to judgment even before the trial.1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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FYI
Police report:
https://www.scribd.com/document/4033...ve-Documents-1
Grand Jury indictment:
https://www.scribd.com/document/4014...ury-Indictment
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostFYI
Police report:
https://www.scribd.com/document/4033...ve-Documents-1
Grand Jury indictment:
https://www.scribd.com/document/4014...ury-IndictmentAtheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Smollett didn't just lie and try to instigate racial strife and attacks on Trump supporters, he was also more than willing to send two innocent random bystanders to prison in the process. He would have happily signed a statement that would have locked them up.
And he's let off scot free without even a slap on the wrist but something more akin to a pat on the back.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostSmollett didn't just lie and try to instigate racial strife and attacks on Trump supporters, he was also more than willing to send two innocent random bystanders to prison in the process. He would have happily signed a statement that would have locked them up.
And he's let off scot free without even a slap on the wrist but something more akin to a pat on the back.
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