re: Accused Golden State Killer may never go to trial

Posted by mtntiger

Asheville, NC

Member since Oct 2003

29911 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 1:29 pm to Black n Gold

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some hope of dying a free man.

With the demons haunting that guy, he's never been free a day in his life.

Posted by wildtigercat93

Member since Jul 2011

116454 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 1:41 pm to LSUintheNW

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think it was more that he just couldn't control himself any longer.

Nah man. He gave out his actual name while committing crimes

Drove the same car that was super rare to do those crimes in. And kept evidence in that car all the time.

His GF told police about him like 3 times and they never checked into him

He legit walked out the door/window twice on podunk police after they figured out it was him

Guy wouldn’t have made it past one murder with any form of police competence.

Posted by helluvaday

Member since Jun 2018

443 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 1:52 pm to wildtigercat93

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Guy wouldn’t have made it past one murder with any form of police competence.

In the 70's, being a semi-attractive, white male helped you get away with a lot. seee Dahmer for further reference. Hell, in that case, the cops let his NUDE victim back into his custody

Posted by wildtigercat93

Member since Jul 2011

116454 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 2:08 pm to helluvaday

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In the 70's, being a semi-attractive, white male helped you get away with a lot. seee Dahmer for further reference. Hell, in that case, the cops let his NUDE victim back into his custody

Which is my point. People drool over him like he’s some criminal mastermind. He’s really not that interesting besides all the dumbassery that went on to allow it to happen.

Posted by Sasquatch Smash

Member since Nov 2007

25961 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 2:26 pm to helluvaday

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IMO Son of Sam is the most overrated. Dude didn't kill nearly as many people as his fame would lead you to believe.

Holding an entire city, and the largest in this country, in abject terror for a couple years will gain you some notoriety, fame, and mystique. Throw in his bit about talking dogs and Satan worship, and it all makes sense.

Baton Rouge was held under an aura of panic and terror during all the Derrick Todd Lee killings.

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Underrated/not talked about enough might be LISK.

Just read up on these. Yikes!

Posted by helluvaday

Member since Jun 2018

443 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 2:33 pm to Sasquatch Smash

There's a documentary on Amazon Prime I believe if you're into that type of stuff! It's called "The Killing Season"

Posted by TheCaterpillar

Member since Jan 2004

76774 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 2:52 pm to helluvaday

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IMO Son of Sam is the most overrated. Dude didn't kill nearly as many people as his fame would lead you to believe.

New York media made people go nuts over this.

Bundy was prolific, but should've been caught very early before he had any notable numbers. I'm talking after his first 1 or 2 victims, any competent police force would've gotten him.

Then he escaped in Colorado from court house and then only after that committed his most famous sorority murders in Florida.

Read up on Ed Gein and Albert Fish.

Posted by NYNolaguy1

Member since May 2011

21840 posts

Posted on 10/1/19 at 3:21 pm to Fun Bunch

You know people say this, and then you realize there are lab techs basically bribed to fabricate lab results...

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A mass dismissal of wrongful convictions - perhaps the biggest ever - unfolded in a Boston courthouse on Tuesday, as prosecutors in seven Massachusetts counties dropped more than 21,000 low-level drug cases tainted by the work of a rogue lab chemist.
The number of corrupted convictions was so unwieldy that the district attorneys used compact discs to deliver lists of cases they were dropping and those they believed they could successfully re-prosecute.

LINK

If nothing else, it is now much easier to point the finger at an innocent person and have them go behind bars if you have the right person under your thumb.