Hope it’s fast and painful as possible for this ****ing low life POS.
They’re not pursuing the death penalty
I wouldn’t think so? I’d think whatever time he gets will be served here meaning he’ll die in a Georgia prison
Unless they have changed the law can't the prosecution object to a defendants waiver of a jury trial in a murder case? Or is that just a death penalty case.
Good god. What must one person do to another to get the death penalty?
No you’re right. The state has to consent to a bench trial in any felony case.
Probably because they can’t get a non biased jury….
Well the thing about that is you only need one holdout. With a judge at a trial like this, you’re just doing a slow guilty plea with no chance of acquittal
Hopefully someone will kill the bastard in prison ASAP.
The rest of his life will be nasty, poor, brutish and short.
Would you prefer he go free in Venezuela?
my initial thought was sometimes you do this to get the "we didn't waste a jury's time, please don't give us the death penalty", but that's not even on the table right now.
That’s my gut on this. I had heard that the defense believed he had some viable motions to suppress some evidence obtained without a warrant and I’m wondering if they’re just trying to move the trial along and get to his appeal.
Well those are the options. Prison here or free there
I dunno man. In Venezuela they may give him a medal
Maybe?? I don’t think so. I think our love of incarceration outweighs that
I can't imagine they would let those scumbags out. Without getting into politics they are targeting illegal criminals who were allowed in and not in prison.
The standard on change of venue is pretty high. I haven’t looked at it in a long time but there’s a pretty strong presumption that people be tried in the venue of the crime. This one may have been close but I don’t have enough info as to whether he should have moved it
I was told several years ago by our district DA, who is now a State judge, that he doubted anyone would ever be given the death penalty in GA.
It’s WAY more expensive to try a death penalty case and keep someone on death row than to just let them die in prison. I think it cost about five times more per year. Plus the defense of the case costs millions instead of thousands.
The expense of “death penalty” cases and then the many years of subsequent cost of keeping them on death row really does make it a losing option from a tax payer perspective. Add in that you can’t get a do over on a dead person and it’s not “worth it” financially.
