Yeah, we tried that and we now have a police hiring crisis and the standards have been lowered bringing in bad/less qualified cops. The whole criminal justice system needs an overhaul and there's certainly bad cops but I would probably put our police officers at the bottom of the list in terms of what's most problematic.
The interesting thing from my perspective is that I only have heard the name Karen Read because someone mentioned the case in my BBQ cookout on Memorial Day at my place.
In reverse? In the snow? Hard enough to kill him? With no noise, no blood on the car? There's no evidence he was "run over" and yes, her Lexus SUV would squash him like a pumpkin, but those aren't his wounds. So if he was hit, in reverse, the car didn't proceed to back over him, and yet he died. Full throttle, maybe, maybe you could pull that off. But then you'd have marks of the tires and car sliding in the lawn as she braked. And wouldn't someone notice that at 2-3 AM? Wouldn't a guy being hit by a call scream in pain?
Motion for directed verdict. They will probably do that here. Prosecution's case is falling apart just from their own witnesses.
I knew one of the lead investigators in the Peter Reilly case in Litchfield. He was kind of a jerk. He always said the cops “know” who the killer is within minutes. By which he meant they decided who they thought did it. They then put all their effort into proving that no matter what other evidence shows up. Unless they get really pressed they ignore data that doesn’t fit their initial gut feelings. Unlike tv cops teal ones never look for other possibilities.
I agree. Massachusetts has DAs elected by county but very minimal county government outside the justice system. Back in the day someone in the political system, governor, party boss etc would have told the DA to make this go away. Instead everyone is looking foolish. Maybe she did hit him. Maybe not. But when the lead investigator attended the wedding of one of the other possible perpetrators, and the local cops give misleading answers on the stand and the medical examiner says the cause of death is undetermined and failed his certification on top of that, and the FBI is investigating everybody, I can’t see how you can believe them. Let’s face it. Turtleboy has more credibility than the prosecution and the police.
beats even a night in a Mexican jail. Quickly "paid a fine" when stopped in Tijuana years ago
People in Falls Village/Salisbury have always known who the murderer is. It was one of the Parmalee brothers.
That’s why I walked to Tijuana after parking on the US side.
And yet sometimes there is a conviction anyway.
Yeah man get those plates changed asap.
Done. Thats actually why i was driving to Texas. Its a bizarre process that needs to be done at the border starting in the US.
Gotcha, yeah that whole thing is rampant out there.
Happened to my friend in my hometown years ago. His house bordered a bar that could get rowdy. He was at the bar that night and was found dead in the little 2 inch stream between the bar and his house the next day. This was someone who was athletic and spent his entire life building houses, on top of slanted roofs and narrow beams all day. He had injuries like this guy and investigators immediately determined he must have been drunk and fell on the 150 yard walk home. There was no real investigation, it never sat well with me.
