Please just read this article before condemning Casey

This piece from the Portland Tribune examines the Heimlich situation in depth and shows that it was anything but cut and dry.

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I implore you to take a few minutes and read the whole thing as short attention spans are the bane of true understanding, but if you absolutely need cliffs:

1. It’s very likely LH didn’t do anything and this was a sick custody battle ploy coupled with an overzealous prosecutor and shoddy legal advice.

2. Even if he did, he was also a kid at the time and received two years of intensive treatment with an impartial mental health professional who declared him to be virtually zero risk

3. Since he was himself a kid, the record of his plea deal was sealed and should never have been made public; it only became known through a clerical error and a questionable journalistic decision by a Duck-friendly paper

4. Casey and the OSU team were aware of the situation and after considering all available information gave the young man a chance. It has now been 9 years since the plea deal and he has had no further legal troubles, so far vindicating said decision.