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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:16 AM Original message |
Murder pays: Only 4.5 year sentence for wife's scuba diving death |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. why would they give him such a light sentence, & why manslaughter? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Probably not enough evidence. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. i thought there was a witness & video? not to mention the guilty plea. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Apparently the video was inconclusive |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Well, the guilty plea was clearly dependent on the manslaughter charge |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I doubt he just came out and plead guilty he had counsel at that point. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. They probably want him to... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. This may not be the worst thing I've ever read |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. I just couldn't believe it. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Don't exactly see how "murder pays" here |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. well, imo |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. does he get to keep the insurance money? there has to be insurance money involved. |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. She hadn't changed the beneficiary |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. well at least there is that. if he asked her to change the beneficiary |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. He won't be able to keep the money. Not a cent. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. There was a program on one of the main tv channels on this strange death, |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That article suggests she never made the switch to him as beneficiary |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. Hopefully no insurance money for him ;) |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. According to reports, he thought he had talked his bride into transferring |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Damned sad photo. A tv program on this murder said she was scared to death |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. How sad that she felt such pressure to get married |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I had the same thought. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. +1 |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. Could you give a link? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Link to the Brisbane Times |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Shockingly low sentence |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. My guess is that they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of the more serious crime. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Must have been real problems with evidence, because it's a heinous crime. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. 4.5 Years Suspended. Only 12 Months Behind Bars. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. ABC link |
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