Re:Backpage founders get mistrial because US overplayed chil...
by bc4m on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:24PM
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Yes, but they left out explicit murder-for-hire charges in the indictment for that trial. They filed a separate indictment with those charges in a different state which they dropped after the first trial ended.
It's not exactly the same but I see a pattern of using an accusation to influence a trial without intending to prove it.
Re:Backpage founders get mistrial because US overplayed chil...
by tptacek on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:33PM
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I don't think that's true. I think the murder-for-hire scheme is a predicate on the conspiracy charge he was ultimately convicted for, in the main trial.
It's not exactly the same but I see a pattern of using an accusation to influence a trial without intending to prove it.