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Wonder how many nights in gen pop it will take before this jerkoid pines for the music he killed his neighbor for…
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“Americans are a violent people. Film at 11.” - Ric Romero
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The more I read about these scumbag humans, it justifies why I like animals much better. Humans are really an abomination on this earth.
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GOOD: society is now protected.
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For his appeal, all he got was even more time in prison.
Now that’s justice.
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“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs” ( Charles de Gaulle)
but he stole it from Madame de Stael.
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I would love to know on what basis this man invoked the “Stand your Ground” law. Too much Taylor Swift perhaps?
The Eagles, probably…
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Time to “pay the fiddler” … so to speak —
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You ain’t heard nothin’ yet, Dude!
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Going from a 40 year sentence to a life sentence; man that’s got to smart really really bad !!
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Good. Glad justice was served on this douchebag. Just curious though, how is this not double jeopardy? Anyone? Since the article says,
It was second time Rodriguez was convicted of murder for the 2010 slaying. He served two years of a 40-year term when a Texas appeals court overturned his 2012 conviction.
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Thanks for the 'splainer. Maybe AP has it wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time, that’s for sure.
I believe it depends on the grounds on which the conviction is overturned. If the conviction is overturned on a technicality then the prosecution can retry the defendant if they chose to do so. My understanding is also that double jeopardy only really applies when the person is acquitted.
Here’s a guy who was tried three times for the same crimes until he was finally aquitted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Camm
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quibble: This may or may not have been the original AP story. TPM might have modified it to keep it within word length or something. Hard to say. the sausage has to get made somehow.
The original conviction in this case was when a jury didn’t buy his 2012 “stand your ground” defense in the killing of a neighbor. But the appeals court bought his attorneys’ argument that the jury instructions (on what juries were allowed to apply to confusing stand your ground defenses) were unintelligible, so ordered a new trial.
Texas appeals court overturns Rodriguez conviction: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Court-overturns-stand-your-ground-conviction-5966621.php
Interesting. Thanks for that. I knew I should have gone to law school. My mother always said I was good at arguing…Hah.
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Quibble… I’m doubtful there’s a word length limit on the internet and more doubtful that TPM would have someone to count words if there was.
For the poeple asking about “Double Jeopardy”
From another article:
The Court of Appeals opinion issued on Dec. 18 states:
“Rodriguez and the State agree that the trial court’s charge included erroneous
instructions regarding a qualification on self-defense, but they
disagree about whether reversal is warranted. We conclude that it is,
and we reverse and remand a new trial.”
My mother used to say the same thing, but I figure my 20+ year Law & Order addiction more than qualifies for a bar card. Well, some bar…
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