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Lacrosse Tragedy at U of Virginia

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i guess we will soon see how much/little espn learned from its reporting mistakes during the duke lacrosse fiasco.
 
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SteveF said:
i guess we will soon see how much/little espn learned from its reporting mistakes during the duke lacrosse fiasco.
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Apparently not much... didn't take 'em long for them to connect that the accused went to the same prep school as the Dukies.


Absolutely horrible... as cliche as it is, rest in peace. Sounds like she was loved and respected by all who knew her. Justice will be served to those responsible.
 
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Horrible tragedy. I haven't the words... these sorts of things leave holes in people's lives that cannot be filled.

As for ESPN... you know they'll exploit it and put the men's lacrosse tourney on the national spotlight. It's what they do.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
As for ESPN... you know they'll exploit it and put the men's lacrosse tourney on the national spotlight. It's what they do.
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It's strange. Yesterday, I was at the Denver vs Loyola game for the ECAC title (which DU won), and Loyola's star player was Colin Finnerty, one of the Duke players who was cleared of rape charges in 2008 and later transferred. I remember thinking what a great game this is, and that finally, the whole off-field craziness of the whole Duke scandal seemed to finally be over...

Now all the same satellite trucks will be racing for Charlottesville today...
 
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Lacrosse? Why? Such a small minor sport to have these two huge stories happen in such a short time. :(
 
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Puck Swami said:
It's strange. Yesterday, I was at the Denver vs Loyola game for the ECAC title (which DU won), and Loyola's star player was Colin Finnerty, one of the Duke players who was cleared of rape charges in 2008 and later transferred. I remember thinking what a great game this is, and that finally, the whole off-field craziness of the whole Duke scandal seemed to finally be over...

Now all the same satellite trucks will be racing for Charlottesville today...
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Colin went to my HS although many years after I went to it. That was such a sad situation and now this.......this is the unthinkable.
 
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Well, we shouldn't convict the guy yet but it's looking like he probably did it. His defense lawyer calls it an accident. I don't see how unless this story is false.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/virginia.lacrosse.yeardley.love/

"George Huguely admitted on May 3, 2010 that he was involved in an altercation with Yeardly Love and that during the course of the altercation he shook Love and her head repeatedly hit the wall," Reeves wrote.

Love had "a large bruise on the right side of her face which appears to have been caused by blunt force trauma," according to the document. She was found face-down in a pool of blood.

"We are confident that Ms. Love's death was not intended, but an accident with a tragic outcome," defense attorney Francis Lawrence said after the hearing.
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How does repeatidly shaking someone's head into the wall become an accident? And with the force to cause death????? To me, accident seems like the wrong word. :confused:
 
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beaverhockeyfan said:
How does repeatidly shaking someone's head into the wall become an accident? And with the force to cause death????? To me, accident seems like the wrong word. :confused:
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I agree.

I'm coming up with second degree murder or manslaughter instead of accident after reading that.
 
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The kid has essentially admitted he killed her in a rage, and he's knows he's going jail for a long time. Now it comes down to his lawyer spinning this away from premeditated murder life-in-prison crime to a 'spur of the moment altercation' that got out of hand, so he can get a reduced sentence for his client.

The scumbag is probably going away for at least 15-20 years.
 
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WeWantMore said:
Well, right now it's 1st degree murder, so like Swami said, I guess he'll take what he can get.
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I'd be thrilled with first degree. I was thinking crime of passion immediately based on the circumstances of them having dated. I'm not seeing the first degree evidence reported yet.
 
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I'm no lawyer, but it will be very, very hard for the prosecution to prove pre-meditiation beyond a reasonable doubt based on the evidence we've heard and seen so far.

So far, this looks to be a case of a stupid, out of control, and possibly drunken, breakup rage,with intent to injure, that resulted in death.

Not an accident at all, but probably not pre-meditated first degree murder, either.

My guess this will be plea-bargained before it gets to trial. I'm sticking with 15-20 years for now.
 
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The local Charlottesville paper reported that death threats were made to the young women for a few weeks before she was killed. If that is correct, its going to be a lot tougher to argue this shouldn't be first degree murder. I don't know what constitutes mitigating circumstances in Virginia, but the usual suspects don't appear to be present here.

This guy could get life in prison and even the death penalty is possible (VA is number 2 behind Texas in number of executions)
 
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BoomGoestheDynamite said:
The local Charlottesville paper reported that death threats were made to the young women for a few weeks before she was killed. If that is correct, its going to be a lot tougher to argue this shouldn't be first degree murder. I don't know what constitutes mitigating circumstances in Virginia, but the usual suspects don't appear to be present here.

This guy could get life in prison and even the death penalty is possible (VA is number 2 behind Texas in number of executions)
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If thats true... Plea bargain to avoid the needle might be his only option. So sad.
 
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Death threats would indeed prove premeditation if I were on the jury. It would be extremely sad if those threats ended up being true and this somehow wasn't prevented.
 
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