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From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - cbelt3 - 10-27-2009
You just can't make this stuff up !
"Now Durham is going after Chambers again, only without a gun and with a lawsuit. Durham is even demanding reimbursement for his travel expenses from New York - for the trip he took to gun down Chambers' friend."
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Can someone please stop this prisonyard lawsuit insanity ?
What's so "wack"? - RAMd®d - 10-27-2009
What tenant of law says that a murder conviction vacates one's due process?
Sure the guy should have received the death penalty and been executed long before now, but that's just me.
Still, even though it's *after* the crime, he's using the legal system that as he should have before the crime.
Since Chambers did not respond to letters from the court, an arbitrator already has ruled in Durham's favor.
Despite the title of "arbitrator", most do not get make decisions without considering points of law.
Chambers had recourse and failed to use it. Had he done so, this might very well be a non-story.
Re: From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - jardster - 10-27-2009
RAM, it's wrong. I don't know about legally, but in every way, it's wrong. You should not profit from a crime, which he is doing. I would not answer the letters of the man who held me hostage either. He should have found a pro bono lawyer yes, but for the court to take his money and give it to an @sshole who is sitting in jail eating Hagan Daz and KFC is preposterous. The DA that agreed to that plea should be put in jail, or at least have to go take the food to the jail weekly. We should not retraumatize those who have gone through things like that.
Re: From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - macphanatic - 10-27-2009
The victim should countersue for the distress imparted on him. Worth well more than the $18,000 the plaintiff is seeking.
Re: What's so "wack"? - bazookaman - 10-27-2009
Don't some countries fine the attorneys who file frivolous lawsuits? thereby reducing the amount of said frivolous lawsuits?
Re: From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - RAMd®d - 10-27-2009
I don't like the idea that a convicted murder gets to sue his victim, even though it's for separate issue.
But he's not profiting from killing Chamber's business partner. The court battle could have transpired just the same if he hadn't killed anybody.
If he was to write a book I Didn't Do It, But If I Did This Is How I Would Have Done It, 'Cept I Did Do It, that would be an example of profiting from his crime.
The letters Chambers could have and should have answered were from the court, not Durham. Chambers made a tactical error, and it may cost him. I feel sorry for the guy, but he *did* have a responsibility.
If we could read minds and violate a defendant's right to self-incrimination, we would not need plea bargains. We wouldn't have to jump through hoops.
Do you think for one second, if the DA had a rock solid case that he would have made a plea bargain? Or that maybe he did, but saved a ton of time and money? He's been in jail for over two years already.
Some fried chicken is a cheap price to pay, and with what has been presented via the news, I don't see how the DA screwed up.
My problem is that it may be another 20 years before he's executed, if there is a death penalty, and he receives it.
Re: From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - freeradical - 10-27-2009
Maybe this is just some sort of ploy to delay his execution.
Sadly... - RAMd®d - 10-27-2009
...it appears he accepted life in prison in exchange for the chicken, so there will be no execution, unless perhaps he kills an inmate.
I don't know if OR has the death penalty.
Re: From the Courts are Wack file: Convicted Murder Sues Hostage. AND is winning - tenders - 10-27-2009
He isn't wack. KFC *is* pretty tasty.
Re: What's so "wack"? - Marc Anthony - 10-27-2009
RAMd®d wrote:
What tenant of law says that a murder conviction vacates one's due process?
What's a "tenant" of law? Can it be evicted from its residence? :-)