Comments on: West Memphis 3 Freed with Alford Plea http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2011/08/19/west-memphis-3-freed-with-alford-plea/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Phil http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2011/08/19/west-memphis-3-freed-with-alford-plea/#comment-78728 Phil Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:07:43 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=9619#comment-78728 I suppose that I should simply not get involved in any commentary on this issue since I do not know and have no way of knowing the facts.
But perhaps that is the point. How can anyone have enough knowledge of this situation to make a substantive comment?
The little direct experience that I have with criminal trials leads me to believe that there is a large amount of luck and a large amount of politics involved in any high profile criminal trial.

]]> By: tarran http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2011/08/19/west-memphis-3-freed-with-alford-plea/#comment-78715 tarran Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:43:42 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=9619#comment-78715 This is a travesty. How can a prosecutor, when confronted by a paucity of evidence, can try to sustain a felony murder conviction to avoid looking bad…

It amazes me, frankly.

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