>>>>>>>>And it's a death penalty case and you consistantly whine about death penalty and how maybe there will be some chance of a doubt.
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>>>>>>>>This is your fault.
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>>>>>>>>I will say the case did not appear to have been proven absolutely, but it's close enough for me.
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>>>>>>>And that is why I hope you're never on a jury. Don't get me wrong, I think she's guilty as hell, but the prosecution didn't have a damn thing. The jury did their job.
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>>>>>>What? We are in agreement? The jury sat through the entier trial and heard everything both sides had to say. Apparently, the evidence wasn't strong enough to cause them to believe she committed the murder. Now, had they charged her with being a low life, trailer trash, piece of crap....
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>>>>>That's the PC version of what her attorney called her - "a lying slut" IIRC..
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>>>>She definitely has all the characteristics of a "slut puppy."
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>>>And you all know exactly what she is or isn't through the ever so accurate lens of the media.
>>> If anyone who personally knows her or sat in on the whole trial wants to pop up with an opinion that would be worth listening to.
>>>As Dominic Strauss Khan has just found justice seems to be about trial by media.
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>>We see this differently. When he was accused of trying to rape a hotel maid, then hotfooted it to the airport, that was reported. It should have been. It was news. When the DA's office dropped the case when the woman's reliability came into question, that was also reported. What do you think they should do, wait until the trial is over before reporting anything?
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>>Let's not forget that the man has a history of attempted rapes, so it didn't seem far-fetched.
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>He wasn't accused and then hotfooted it to the airport. He checked out and got on the flight he booked in the meantime the maid made her accusation.
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>In france and the UK it would be illegal to parade the accused as he was in handcuffs 'the perp walk'. You could probably get a mistrial on that alone.
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>"He has a history of attempted rapes" . What exactly does that mean. Has he ever been charged or convicted of anything ?
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>This isn't a solely US problem the same thing has happened in several high profile cases here where eventually innocent people have been hauled through the media because they where accused. Often anything unusual about their lives is dragged out and examined. It shows to me that witch burning and the lynch mob lies just below the surface of our civilization.

I was mistaken about the flight out of the country. It had been booked long before.

I was also mistaken that he tried to rape her. The allegation is that he tried to force her to perform oral sex. A distinction without a difference really, but still a distinction.

No, he has not been charged or been convicted. There have been other allegations. Here is one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/world/europe/05france.html?scp=1&sq=strauss-kahn%20accused%20of%20rape&st=cse

(And what kind of mother is that? Right up there with Casey Anthony IMO).

Re the perp walk, you are not alone in your opinion. NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg said just the other day (while defending the DA) that he considers it despicable. Be that as it may, it happens all the time here. Maybe the next time Mr. Strauss-Kahn allegedly forces a woman to allegedly get on her knees and hum some music for him he should do it in the UK. That would save him some embarrassment.