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Forum: Trials and Errors 21st September 2021, 09:59 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
MacDonald’s Appeal Dismissed, Sentences Remain Intact, Sep 17

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/convicted-murderer-jeffrey-macdonald-s-appeal-dismissed-and-consecutive-life-sentences
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th August 2021, 02:10 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
At this point, inmate is just amusing himself...

At this point, inmate is just amusing himself with these "appeals." He knows they're going nowhere. Obviously he will never be able to prove himself "innocent", which is what he must do now.
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 18th March 2021, 07:33 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
It's a shame that Manson's followers weren't...

It's a shame that Manson's followers weren't executed as originally decided. The CA Supreme Court often does just ridiculous -- even unconstitutional -- things at times. But what can one do if the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 18th March 2021, 07:26 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Why are we vaccinating murders at this time at all?!

Am I the only one here outraged that inmate was even offered a precious vaccine while thousands of innocent nursing home resident were dying all over the country?

Let's have a new rule: child...
Forum: Trials and Errors 1st March 2021, 10:50 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
For the sake of argument, I'll concede that the...

For the sake of argument, I'll concede that the crime scene was poorly preserved. Then the q becomes: was is so poorly preserved that crucial evidence was destroyed and/or made unavailable? No. IF...
Forum: Trials and Errors 8th January 2021, 01:19 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
But he deserves NO compassion (as I strongly...

But he deserves NO compassion (as I strongly suspect you'll agree). He brutally murdered his own wife and children. THEY are the victims, not inmate (although inmate's defenders try to make inmate...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st December 2020, 11:12 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
If somehow you are unsure if MacDonald is guilty,...

If somehow you are unsure if MacDonald is guilty, look at the pattern of the wounds in the pajama top and the pattern of the wounds on Colette's chest. They're like a photocopy of each other. Add...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st December 2020, 11:05 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
To be fair to MacDonald on this issue, he says he...

To be fair to MacDonald on this issue, he says he only personally saw 4 people. But he stated that Colette was shouting "Jeff, Jeff, why are they doig this to me?" Meaning that at least two more...
Forum: Trials and Errors 3rd November 2020, 09:04 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
"but [MacDonald] told a strange story and gave a...

"but [MacDonald] told a strange story and gave a fairly detailed description. "

Actually he gave extremely vague descriptions. "All medium height". Boots and a blond wig -- every woman of age in...
Forum: Trials and Errors 2nd November 2020, 09:00 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Let's not forget that MacDonald himself said he...

Let's not forget that MacDonald himself said he did NOT think Helena was the woman in the floppy hat who was "in his apartment". Of course, when he first was presented with a picture of her, he...
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th October 2020, 05:22 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
No it's not, you clown. Coaching witness would...

No it's not, you clown. Coaching witness would be subornation of perjury (like Bill Clinton did several times, along with multiple times committing perjury itself).

It's also likely not...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th September 2020, 02:07 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Careless date error

I was also very surprised that the person interviewing Stoeckley at the very end of part 3 that the crime occurred on "Feb 18". Huh? How do you get such a basic fact wrong?
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th September 2020, 01:12 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Macdonald's hamhandedness

Macdonald's whole story makes no sense. And the "intruders'" timing is unbelievably astute. By his how testimony, Mac is up past 2AM. Yet, by 3:40AM, after lying "unconscious" for a rather long...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th September 2020, 12:49 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
I noticed that the podcasts version of the show...

I noticed that the podcasts version of the show has 8 episodes rather than 5. I don't know if that's because the podcasts are shorter than the show or if extra things are included in the podcasts.
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th September 2020, 09:53 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
I binged watched all three episodes. More...

I binged watched all three episodes. More balanced (not MacDonald groupie) than I expected.

I do wish these shows would say more about Colette, especially her great, and subtle, sense of humor. ...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th November 2019, 04:20 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
April 6, 1970 Tape

I still can't wait to hear the April 6, 1970 tape. [In a way, it's kinda troubling that I know that date by heart.] I wonder if it will ever be released?! Perhaps when inmate finally is deceased?!
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th October 2019, 10:24 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Thanks for the update. Wow, somehow it still...

Thanks for the update. Wow, somehow it still feels weird, given how this court in the past has always double-bent over backwards to give inmate more and more chances.
Forum: Trials and Errors 19th August 2019, 10:58 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
The Jimmy Britt nonsense is still in there. It's...

The Jimmy Britt nonsense is still in there. It's the theater of the absurd. This is obviously just a hobby to them now, they can't be serious with this. Just a way to "punch back" at "the system".
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th August 2019, 11:53 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Most likely. I don't think we see inmate ever...

Most likely. I don't think we see inmate ever giving up his phony quest to be "vindicated". But, as we've stated, I don't see the Supreme Court giving him yet another rare hearing with so little...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd July 2019, 11:56 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Even Sirhan Sirhan later tried to claim he was...

Even Sirhan Sirhan later tried to claim he was "innocent". Just something murderers do, I guess.

A story goes that Napolean visited a prison and as he met each man they told him how innocent they...
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th July 2019, 01:18 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Inmate's only chance to convince the...

Inmate's only chance to convince the investigators and prosecutors that he really was "innocent" would be to use sodium Pentothol or sodium amytal. But he said reliving it would be too traumatic.
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 1st July 2019, 11:42 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
This time even the 4th Circuit commented on how...

This time even the 4th Circuit commented on how thin inmate's petition was. I don't see the USSC spending any time on this again.
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th May 2019, 12:52 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
I agree, inmate is done. But even if he were...

I agree, inmate is done.

But even if he were to somehow get a new trial -- the most he could ever expect -- the pajama top and the footprints absolutely seal his guilt. When one compares the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th April 2019, 11:14 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Henri, Again, all of that is irrelevant. ...

Henri,

Again, all of that is irrelevant. Let's say officials did bring in a herd of elephants to stomp the bedding. How would that prove that intruders were there that early morning? It...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th February 2019, 11:55 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
There's proof that Kimmie was in the master...

There's proof that Kimmie was in the master bedroom that night / early morning. Absolutely no q of that. But there's no actual evidence that anyone outside of the family was in the house during...
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th February 2019, 01:20 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
While not relevant to inmate's case, you have to...

While not relevant to inmate's case, you have to be a hyper-partisan Dem to truly question the main vote, which was 7-2 not 5-4. Only 2 Dem-hack "justices" dissented from the fact that the recount...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th February 2019, 01:56 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Rather nicely written -- much better than some...

Rather nicely written -- much better than some earlier inmate-related filings -- but based almost completely on hearsay. He relies on people to whom Stoeckley said assorted things as...
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th February 2019, 12:57 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
So what is your evidence that intruders brought...

So what is your evidence that intruders brought those specific fibers into the apartment THAT MORNING (Feb 17) rather than at any other time when visitors were in the house?
Forum: Trials and Errors 1st February 2019, 11:04 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Henri is counting dancing angels on the head of a pin

Henri, so what? For the sake of argument, let's concede ALL the purple thread issues, etc..

How does that prove that other people were in inmate's apartment that night? It doesn't. So it's...
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd January 2019, 11:36 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
FV made a point of the ham itself being "silly". ...

FV made a point of the ham itself being "silly".

Quite right, though, that the "sliding sled" would not at all have equaled the force, misdirection and trauma of a person trying to deflect a...
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd January 2019, 11:34 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
What a joke! He was stabbed 20+ times with an...

What a joke! He was stabbed 20+ times with an ice pick and didn't wake up?? That's worse than trying to claim aliens did it. (Oh, damn, I just opened up 20 more years of appeals.)
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd January 2019, 09:40 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
I must say, ridiculing the "ham" experiment is...

I must say, ridiculing the "ham" experiment is unfair to Thornton. Ham is in fact used in tests as a reasonable work-around replacement for human flesh.

Morton's admission was indeed devastating...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th December 2018, 10:54 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Inmate's actions are still chilling, even after...

Inmate's actions are still chilling, even after almost 50 years. For example, I believe he did in fact check pulses on his family multiple times as he said he did ... because he wanted to be...
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th October 2018, 02:13 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Henri, again, all your spiel is irrelevant. ...

Henri, again, all your spiel is irrelevant.

For example, for the sake of argument, let's stipulate that the blond hair in the brush did come from a human wig. There is still NOTHING that connects...
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th September 2018, 10:44 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Boring ... and an alternative

Henri's unsubstantiated rantings are exceedingly tedious and dull.

I find it much more interesting to try to come up with a scenario -- however implausible it may be -- that allows for intruders. ...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th September 2018, 12:36 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
From Henri's reference: No, the bloody...

From Henri's reference:



No, the bloody footprint was in one the children's rooms. Which is much more significant and damaging to inmate: how did a type A footprint occur leaving a room of a...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st September 2018, 01:58 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Irrelevancies

Once more, all Henri's rantings are irrelevant sideshows designed to pretend there's some type of confusion here.

Who cares if Mazzerolle was standing outside MacD's dwelling that night! There is...
Forum: Trials and Errors 18th September 2018, 01:39 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Severity of MacD's injuries

Ok, Henri, let's review how MacD himself described his injuries:
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th September 2018, 03:11 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Henri, It's no mystery why the CID didn't...

Henri,

It's no mystery why the CID didn't "fully investigate" Stoeckley and some of the people she knew. She was not in the Army, and those people were not in the Army. The CID is an Army...
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th September 2018, 03:58 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Exactly. This is more of the minutiae that...

Exactly. This is more of the minutiae that Mac-olites like to cling to, as useless as "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin".

The pajama top could have been on her and one breast still...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th August 2018, 02:19 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Brady only requires that the defense receive all...

Brady only requires that the defense receive all the evidence, it does NOT require the govt to point out which evidence might be more valuable than other evidence. I was very careful to phrase my...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th August 2018, 12:34 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Others have pointed out the prosecution has no...

Others have pointed out the prosecution has no affirmative obligation to show the defense attorney(s) specific evidence within a block of evidence.

But, again for the sake of argument, let's...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th August 2018, 09:43 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
But all irrelevant since inmate himself stated...

But all irrelevant since inmate himself stated that he knew she was already dead. Since she was so clearly dead, she must have been dead for at least some period of time.

Which points out the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd August 2018, 08:42 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Yes, assuming he wanted the person to do better...

Yes, assuming he wanted the person to do better medically. He likely did remove anything that was actually impaled in her since he was determined that she die. I think you basically have to invert...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st August 2018, 09:13 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Nor are they required to present a motive. "If...

Nor are they required to present a motive. "If we prove that he [inmate] did it, we don't have to prove he is the kind of man who could have done it."

They never argued the killing of Colette was...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th August 2018, 12:43 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Again, all this folderol over the "blonde wig...

Again, all this folderol over the "blonde wig hair" is pointless. Just for the sake of argument, let's stipulate that the strand did in fact come from a human wig. So what? There's no evidence of...
Forum: Trials and Errors 8th August 2018, 01:44 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
I'm not talking about how the top was folded. ...

I'm not talking about how the top was folded. That's just icing on the cake -- again, more an inmate lawyer distraction than a really relevant point.

The pattern in the pajama top matches the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 7th August 2018, 01:13 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
"Henri", I'm not focusing on the...

"Henri",

I'm not focusing on the irrelevancies you want to throw in. For the sake of argument, let's stipulate some wool fibers and a few unidentified stray hairs. Those don't prove intruders,...
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th July 2018, 03:01 PM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Forlorn appeal to common sense

Inmate's guilt is clear just from basic common sense.

Is it remotely reasonable to believe that any killers would use over-kill on 2- and 5-year-old girls yet leave almost unharmed their father, a...
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th July 2018, 11:37 AM
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Posted By ScottPletcher
Exactly. Just look at a picture of the pajama...

Exactly. Just look at a picture of the pajama top next to a drawing of the wounds in Colette's chest. As even one of inmate's defense witnesses stated, "it's like a fingerprint." It's simply...
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