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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:06 pm
by Prof
Trial is set for Oct. 15, '07. According to the minues of the pre-trial conference, the duo will appear -- at their specific request -- in prison issue uniforms.
This is supposed to help? How?
The betting window is open:
1. Guilty plea-- 1 in 5
2. Mistrial declared because of defendants' antics: 1 in 3
3. Guilty on all counts-- even money
4. Guilty on all counts and at punishment phase jury returns a dealth penalty -- mere wishful thinking but the odds are 9 of 10.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:59 am
by Lambkin
Prof wrote:4. Guilty on all counts and at punishment phase jury returns a dealth penalty -- mere wishful thinking but the odds are 9 of 10.
Can they request crucifixion as well?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:57 am
by wserra
Prof wrote:The betting window is open:
1. Guilty plea-- 1 in 5
I think that's about right. However brave they are pretrial, guys like this can easily fold when they see a jury.
2. Mistrial declared because of defendants' antics: 1 in 3
Too high. Alsup has years of experience with these wackos, and they'll be ready. 1 in 20.
3. Guilty on all counts-- even money
I think about right. Would be higher, but there may be a couple of acquittals on individual counts to appease dissenters.
Anybody in northern CA? Just to see Flea on the stand would be worth the price of admission - at least if the defense team (such as it is) had anyone who could cross-examine effectively.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:45 am
by Judge Roy Bean
wserra wrote:Anybody in northern CA? Just to see Flea on the stand would be worth the price of admission - at least if the defense team (such as it is) had anyone who could cross-examine effectively.
I think I'd actually take the time to go if there was any certainty to the schedule. I doubt there will be dedicated news media coverage. The dim duo are whacky enough a stringer or free-lance writer from the area might spend the time and fight their way into downtown SF for the festivities.
We can be sure we'll see nut-jobs like Byron Gashler all over the Internet blathering about how unfair and illegal it all is.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:53 am
by Demosthenes
There's a chance I may be there for the first few days of the trial. Kind of depends on what happens in NH in the next day or two.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:40 pm
by Demosthenes
What happened in the next day or two is that the Browns were successfully arrested, so I'm going to San Francisco. Any of you going to the Dim Duo's trial?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:23 am
by notorial dissent
It was nice of Ed and Elaine to have resolved themselves so tidily. They were getting boring anyway, no originality at all.
I would suspect the dim duo will start out by attempting to provide a fair amount of comic opera. I am hoping that the judge will keep a lid on them, and I see no indication that he is inclined to do otherwise, else that trial is going to drag on forever.
I truly would like to be there to see just how far they push things before they collapse of their own hubris when they finally realize that it isn’t going to fly, actually when Kurt collapses, the other one is just a follower and will go where he is lead.
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:36 pm
by Prof
Demo:
Updates as the trial progresses, please, please. Also, I'm interested in FLEA -- as a witness. There was an odd reference in one of Kurt's "gospel" parodies to a FLEA divorce. Can you confirm.
Thanx and a hat tip.
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:04 pm
by Demosthenes
Updates will indeed be forthcoming. I'm hoping the judge is really really lenient...