Comments on: George’s attorneys to argue to overturn verdict http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 25 May 2013 03:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Reise_Dietgar http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/comment-page-1/#comment-638236 Reise_Dietgar Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:32:30 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/#comment-638236 Sehr informativer Artikel. Unser Urlaub soll im September wirklich sehr schön werden. Ich fliege mit meinem Bruder 2011 nach Mallorca. Mein unvergesslichster Urlaub war bis jetzt im Jahr 2003 in Niue, dieser war einfach sagenhaft. Sonnige Grüße Sehr informativer Artikel. Unser Urlaub soll im September wirklich sehr schön werden. Ich fliege mit meinem Bruder 2011 nach Mallorca. Mein unvergesslichster Urlaub war bis jetzt im Jahr 2003 in Niue, dieser war einfach sagenhaft. Sonnige Grüße

]]> By: Jeff Trexler http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/comment-page-1/#comment-399842 Jeff Trexler Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:01:14 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/#comment-399842 Today's guilty verdict in the Hans Reiser case--http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-guilty-o.html-- illustrates how the George case is not as much an outlier as his attorney would have us believe. In the Rieser case there were "no reliable eyewitnesses", not even a dead body, yet the husband was found guilty. And most experts would say the verdict will most likely stand. George may have another hurdle in getting the judge to set aside the jury's decision: IIRC, local judges in Michigan are elected. How do you think voters would react to a judge who set a convicted murderer free despite a unanimous jury verdict? Biernat would basically be writing his opponent's campaign ads. That said, stranger things have happened in American courts, so I wouldn't say a directed verdict is impossible. It's just not the normal outcome. Today’s guilty verdict in the Hans Reiser case–http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-guilty-o.html–
illustrates how the George case is not as much an outlier as his attorney would have us believe. In the Rieser case there were “no reliable eyewitnesses”, not even a dead body, yet the husband was found guilty. And most experts would say the verdict will most likely stand.

George may have another hurdle in getting the judge to set aside the jury’s decision: IIRC, local judges in Michigan are elected. How do you think voters would react to a judge who set a convicted murderer free despite a unanimous jury verdict? Biernat would basically be writing his opponent’s campaign ads.

That said, stranger things have happened in American courts, so I wouldn’t say a directed verdict is impossible. It’s just not the normal outcome.

]]> By: The Ugly American http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/comment-page-1/#comment-394929 The Ugly American Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:49:48 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/25/georges-attorneys-to-argue-to-overturn-verdict/#comment-394929 "We're all rooting for you, George." Man, someone better "get" that. “We’re all rooting for you, George.”

Man, someone better “get” that.

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