| CRYSTAL MANGUM TRIAL; December 2010 | |
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| abb | Dec 8 2010, 07:14 PM Post #196 |
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There's a perfect opportunity for Matherly, Peterson - all the 88's, etc - the whole lot of the potbangers to get things into court and find out what really happened. The pending lawsuits. What are they waiting for? They claim to want their day in court. JUST DO IT! |
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| ~J~ is in Wonderland | Dec 8 2010, 07:46 PM Post #197 |
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| Quasimodo | Dec 8 2010, 09:51 PM Post #198 |
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"Opening statements begin Thursday." |
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| Mason | Dec 8 2010, 11:10 PM Post #199 |
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. How much money is Durham willing to spend on One Citizen? This is beyond ridiculous - and I'm not speaking of just this Jury Selection - I'm speaking of how much she has sucked out of the public coffers all along. Hell, they need an agency called the Dept. of Crystal Mangum. This woman showed up at Social Services seeking CASH. . |
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| Mason | Dec 9 2010, 03:31 AM Post #200 |
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. Per WTVD Crystal Mangum trial to start Thursday DURHAM (WTVD) -- Opening statements are set to begin Thursday morning in Crystal Mangum's arson trial. Mangum was at the center of the Duke Lacrosse case and is now charged with felony arson stemming from a domestic dispute with her boyfriend earlier this year. It took five days, but a jury was seated in her case Wednesday. Dozens of potential jurors were screened one-by-one --highly unusual for an arson case-- and let go, because many of the potential jurors already knew her as the woman who falsely accused several Duke Lacrosse players of rape in 2006. Judge Abe Jones now has 12 jurors and two alternates to start the case. The jury will have to decide if Magnum is guilty of felony first degree arson. Police say back in February she punched and scratched her then-boyfriend Milton Walker, threw his clothes in a tub and set them on fire, all while her three kids and police were in the house. She is also charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, injury to personal property and resisting a public officer. Opening statements will begin at the Durham County Courthouse at 8 a.m http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7833099 I still don't know how this thing started last Monday and went until the following Wednesday COB and they are reporting 5 days. The court has been handling this case for 8 days, I guess other motions were being ruled on. Average trial of this type in that courtroom is about 2.5 hours - we are Eight days and just getting to opening statements. 40 Jurors (or prospective jurors) were interviewed ! . Edited by Mason, Dec 9 2010, 03:35 AM.
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| ~J~ is in Wonderland | Dec 9 2010, 07:27 AM Post #201 |
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This says-opening statements start at 8:00. The Courthouse doesn't open until 8:30. Usually things in the court room don't start until 9:30. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 9 2010, 09:37 AM Post #202 |
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They probably want opening statements to start at 8:00 so no one will be there to hear the blather. It's not likely that Crusty has come home from her night job by that time anyway. |
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| MikeZPU | Dec 9 2010, 10:41 AM Post #203 |
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Unfortunately, I bet she walks on the arson charge. I think (and hope) that she will be found guilty of some of the minor charges BUT I am also afraid that she'll once again get a slap in the wrists: time-served and a couple weekend furloughs. It's still beyond belief that all she got was a couple weekend furloughs after stealing a cab, taking it for a joyride, and then almost running down a cop before crashing the stolen vehicle. I wish the people in the jury knew that she almost killed a cop and yet, incredibly, only got a slap in the wrists as punishment. Most anyone else would have had the book thrown at them, but not Durham's "precious" Crystal. Edited by MikeZPU, Dec 9 2010, 10:54 AM.
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| LTC8K6 | Dec 9 2010, 12:11 PM Post #204 |
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She's going to walk, and then we are going to hear how poor Crystal had to go through the legal process while Reade, Dave, and Collin bypassed it... And then I will
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| sdsgo | Dec 9 2010, 12:38 PM Post #205 |
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MikeZPU: “Unfortunately, I bet she walks on the arson charge.” Mani Dexter is simply blowing smoke. If you want to burn someone’s clothes, do it outside or in the fireplace. Mani would have valid argument if Crystal immediately told the police about the fire. Instead, she deliberately put the dwelling, her own children, and other people at serious risk by trying to outwait the police. Fortunately, no one got hurt, but the fire caused damage to the dwelling. (The bathtub is part of the dwelling.) Crystal willfully and maliciously started a fire inside an inhabited dwelling of another and made no effort to contain the damage. State law holds people responsible for the natural consequences of their act. ![]() “Never play with matches!” |
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| Quasimodo | Dec 9 2010, 01:01 PM Post #206 |
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| Quasimodo | Dec 9 2010, 01:20 PM Post #207 |
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What does that do to Walker's credibility? |
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| jarms | Dec 9 2010, 01:33 PM Post #208 |
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Of course, Crystal HAS to make a threat. If she didn't, why, that half naked man surrounded by police would have hurt her or her poor little children.Yep, but for Crystal's threat all hell would have broken loose. And once she made the threat, why, she just had to burn his clothes because...because.. |
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| DukieInKansas | Dec 9 2010, 01:36 PM Post #209 |
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I'm not sure I get his point. Would he rather that the potential jurors lie and say that they could treat her fairly? I don't think their statement that they couldn't treat her fairly due to the lacrosse case had anything to do with her skin color. They admitted they probably couldn't treat her fairly because of what they had heard. If they had been racist or prejudiced, they wouldn't have cared about what they had heard about her. They would have only cared about the color of her skin. Interesting man, this Steve Matherly. |
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| ~J~ is in Wonderland | Dec 9 2010, 02:00 PM Post #210 |
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Looks like you already have a pretty good idea of what happened this morning. . :O) The jury consist of: 5-white females 4-black females 1-Hispanic looking female 1-black male 1-white male 2-white male alternates |
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why, that half naked man surrounded by police would have hurt her or her poor little children.
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