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Botham Shem Jean
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostFirst, she can appeal for a new trial, but I really can't figure out what the defense would use as a basis.
Second, she would have to serve 50% of the actual sentence*, then request a hearing for parole.
*The caveat is that there is a 30 year maximum --- so if she had been sentenced to 99 years, the maximum she would have to wait for an opportunity for parole would be 30 years."What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Out of curiosity, why was the maximum sentence 99 years? I thought first degree murder was eligible for the death penalty in Texas."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostOut of curiosity, why was the maximum sentence 99 years? I thought first degree murder was eligible for the death penalty in Texas.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThe young man (turns out it was Botham's brother) asked the judge if he could give Guyger a hug, and the judge is allowing it --- they're hugging it out.
Even the police officers standing around are in tears.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Botham's brother said "I don't even want you go go to jail - I just want you to come to Christ". Then he asked the judge if he could hug Guyger --- at first, it appeared she wouldn't allow it, but he asked several times, "Please, please?" She allowed it, they hugged quite a while, and that's when the mood dramatically changed to calm, and even the Judge came down from the bench to talk to Guyger, hug her, give her a Bible...
I've never seen anything like this in a courtroom in my life.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAfter the young man's victim statement, the mood changed --- the Judge is now hugging Amber - the rest of the witnesses seem to be declining to make statements -- in an incredibly unusual move, the Judge appeared to be sharing scripture with Guyger, and was hugging it out with her. It's being said that the Judge gave Guyger a Bible.
Even the police officers standing around are in tears."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
My Personal Blog
My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)
Quill Sword
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostTo God be the glory.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Botham's mother is speaking now - calmly but firmly condemning the Dallas Police Department's corruption, mismanagement, and the incredibly poor training that Guyger apparently received.
"The City of Dallas needs to clean up inside - the Dallas Police Department needs to clean house...."
That was pretty much it, no questions, "time to move on".
(By the way, this was livestreaming from WFAA, Channel 8, Dallas)The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBotham's mother is speaking now - calmly but firmly condemning the Dallas Police Department's corruption, mismanagement, and the incredibly poor training that Guyger apparently received.
"The City of Dallas needs to clean up inside - the Dallas Police Department needs to clean house...."
That was pretty much it, no questions, "time to move on".
(By the way, this was livestreaming from WFAA, Channel 8, Dallas)
But first, show me the eggs.
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Originally posted by Juvenal View PostI'm trying to calculate if this, erm, uh, yeah, whatever, is likely to help the DPD improve its policing. If you need the eggs, it doesn't matter all that much if Grandpa thinks he's a chicken.
But first, show me the eggs.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Juvenal View Post... and distractions from sexting with her former partner?
I'm figuring folks have the right to choose their sexual partners, but that's an unbelievably unprofessional dynamic in any workspace, and the efforts they both made to delete the messages says they thought so, too."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIt's very possible that, given what happened in the courtroom AND what the momma said in the hallway that there will be an honest attempt to work together to "work the problem". If the family can forgive the woman AND demand that there be changes, maybe it will actually come to pass.
Please tell me this won't affect her sentence.
I don't believe any amount of training, or praying, or altar calling, could have or would have turned this screw-up into a model cop.
The one thing I'm keying in on is the emotional dynamic, and I'm liking that. If the call for reform and rebuilding comes from a healing emotion, I'm thinking it's got a better chance to work than a demand for reform from threats of "no justice, no peace." The only way reform is going to work is by boosting the standards for the next class going through the police academy.
Better recruits are the "eggs" I'm looking for from grandpa.
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Originally posted by Juvenal View PostI hate being the cynic sometimes,
but somebody's gotta say it. I've read stories about prisoners who've received mercy for memorizing the Qur'an, with everyone in tears about how it's going to change everything. This is a story about a convicted murderer doing nothing at all, just taking a hug and a bible from a judge.
Please tell me this won't affect her sentence.
I don't believe any amount of training, or praying, or altar calling, could have or would have turned this screw-up into a model cop.
The one thing I'm keying in on is the emotional dynamic, and I'm liking that. If the call for reform and rebuilding comes from a healing emotion, I'm thinking it's got a better chance to work than a demand for reform from threats of "no justice, no peace." The only way reform is going to work is by boosting the standards for the next class going through the police academy.
The Jean family has more than earned the right to be heard by their outpouring of love rather than stomp and snort and point fingers and demand.
Better recruits are the "eggs" I'm looking for from grandpa.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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