tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1454300127595216506..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13578237968828853952008-03-01T18:45:00.000-05:002008-03-01T18:45:00.000-05:00Trial for Cooney is set to begin in D.C. Superior Court on May 21.<BR/><BR/>The judge will rule on motions then.<BR/><BR/>Don't know if this is the usual prosecution ploy to drag everything out for as long as possible, in order to pressure the defendant (who is spending money all the while on lawyers) to plead;<BR/><BR/>or if it is simply the unwillingness of the DA to ever admit to an error; <BR/><BR/>or if there is really something to the case.<BR/><BR/>DC courts, however, have not done much in the past to give me confidence in their ability to be non-political in their verdicts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39422435489878938652007-12-21T14:55:00.000-05:002007-12-21T14:55:00.000-05:00Does anyone know how the hearing scheduled for Dec. 20th came out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33493038423388613402007-10-16T14:12:00.000-05:002007-10-16T14:12:00.000-05:00In the Hoya today October 16 2007. Accused hate crime perpetrator passes Polygraph test. Victims story denied by victims friend. Police knew about lack of corroborating witness in affidavit before arrest. A police interview and an interview with defense attorney both reveal that no conversation was overheard by the victims friend as alleged in victims affidavit. Plea bargain including expunging record rejected by accused.<BR/><BR/>A rush to judgment by police to accept an unsubstantiated account of events has led to this injustice. Further Investigation might have produced other disquieting inconsistencies. The only people on the record and in the open all state that the behavior does not fit the accused. Maybe the court will come to same conclusion soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38807488356338328572007-10-08T16:51:00.000-05:002007-10-08T16:51:00.000-05:00This is the first sane thing I've read about this case. Thank you. While we're at it, could someone explain to me how the victim of this attack is entitled to destroy Cooney's life with these accusations but somehow cannot be identified? This isn't a child or a rape victim, which are the only two categories of cases in which the media refrains from identifying a victim. If there is to be a debate on the blogs (and that is inevitable), the debate needs to be informed with all the relevant information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63497050754959742802007-10-06T10:31:00.000-05:002007-10-06T10:31:00.000-05:00These cases could likely lead to a big change in law enforcement. Currently, as long as there is reasonable suspicion, the cops can get a warrant and arrest. What I want to know is did they do any digging at all into the suspect's history? I can see not wanting to talk to someone, and they don't really have to do that. Hopefully they at least did everything but talk to him: Get credit card statements, see if he made any purchases in the area. Get camera footage from the area, was he walking around the area. Etc. etc..<BR/><BR/>The problem we have now is that once you are arrested, if your any bit of high profile, then entire incident is now splashed upon the net, meaning it is no longer a few area newspapers that notify everyone in a small geographical area, it is world wide information. While arrest have always been public record, maybe it is time to change that? Maybe it is time to require more than just reasonable suspicion to get a warrant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90612282325611057362007-10-05T21:08:00.000-05:002007-10-05T21:08:00.000-05:00and you point is.....when you are a hater, you are a hater. plain and simpleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com