https://youtu.be/fZLeaSWY37Inot trying to make serious crime into humor, but... it's taken way to lightly in my mind.
A very dear freind of mine, that I grew up with, was killed just over a year ago, as an innocent man simply sitting at a stoplight, while a high speed chase involving a car load of Crackheaded Gangsters had a high speed rolling shootout with another car, containing some other people of low reputations...
My pal, a highly respected art teacher at 3 local colleges, that didn't have a single violent thought, was shot in the head, and died a the scene, about 3 city blocks from work, and the best hospitals in the city.
The 3 Gangstah's, when finally tried, and found guilty (took wyyyyy to long), will likely never be on the street again, but as I followed this whole travesty, during the trials the individual Indictments were accessible for viewing.
The "list" of offenses, for each perp' where between 35-50 "laws" each broke, but the end result', the death of my pal, and also a 16 yr old kid, that they were chasing, were only 2 items out of the total 'crimes' committed by each.
stuff like this:
"The jury found xxxxxx guilty of all charges: two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of murder committed as a result of discharging a firearm on a public roadway, two counts of murder committed as a result of a felonious assault, two counts of discharging a firearm on a public roadway, four counts of felonious assault, and one count of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
The jury also found xxxxxx guilty CCW and the firearm specifications including a five-year drive-by shooting specification."Type Statute Description Disposition
INDICT 2903.01.A AGGRAVATED MURDER PLD GLTY- N/C LIO-AMEND @ P/T
INDICT 2903.01.A AGGRAVATED MURDER PLD GLTY- N/C LIO-AMEND @ P/T
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER NOLLE
INDICT 2923.162.A(3) DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ON OR NEAR
PROHIBITED PREMISES NOLLE
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER NOLLE
INDICT 2923.162.A(3) DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ON OR
NEAR PROHIBITED PREMISES NOLLE
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER NOLLE
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT NOLLE
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER NOLLE
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT NOLLE
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT PLD GLTY- N/C LIO-AMEND @ P/T
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT PLD GLTY- N/C LIO-AMEND @ P/T
INDICT 2923.16.B IMPROPERLY HANDLING FIREARMS
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE NOLLE
INDICT 2923.12.A(2) CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS NOLLE
the above criminal plead out, so they tossed all the (NOLLE) charges,
but the other 2 got trial by Jury, so...
Type Statute Description Disposition
INDICT 2903.01.A AGGRAVATED MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.01.A AGGRAVATED MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2923.162.A(3) DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ON
OR NEAR PROHIBITED PREMISES FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2923.162.A(3) DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ON
OR NEAR PROHIBITED PREMISES FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.02.B MURDER FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2903.11.A(2) FELONIOUS ASSAULT FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2923.16.B IMPROPERLY HANDLING FIREARMS
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE FND GLTY - JURY
INDICT 2923.12.A(2) CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS FND GLTY - JURY
I realize the whole 'total' picture had to play out to fully prosecute, but in reality the outcome was tragic....
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/37319980/jury-deliberating-in-trial-of-3rd-suspect-accused-in-professors-murderhttp://www.cleveland19.com/story/36852086/watch-live-2-men-being-sentenced-for-murder-of-cleveland-state-professorsick part is, being local, and involving a person I have known most of my life, simply accessing court records, and info, (which anyone can do), I've read the 'appeals' on both 'found guilty', which only cost $114 each to file... and find them both insulting to anyone with a brain.
My wife was always about "rights to a just trial" when she was an attorney...
but in crimes like this, the second the decision was made to 'play', all rights became moot....