| Poll: Predict Crystal's Punishment; Mangum Allegedly Stabbed Boyfriend | |
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| chatham | Apr 6 2011, 06:53 PM Post #31 |
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Well, I might be optimistic. But I would like to think regardless of what the sentence is, there will be no time earned for good behavior.
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| Mason | Apr 6 2011, 07:59 PM Post #32 |
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. IMHO, Crystal's Mother Club will run the show. They do fine whipping up racism and making people take sides based on race. They will try to get the Harvard Defense again. They will instruct said Defense lawyer to treat every single white person like a criminal - and they will go weeks trying to stack the Jury with blacks and non-whites. Over time, in circles in Durham, the issue will be racialized. The DA's office will march out some weak prosecution, I fear. They have real zealots in that office for Domestic Violence cases. They have people committed to just those cases, this case will be different though. Part of racializing the case is getting someone to pony up Bail for Crystal. They will frame it as allowing Crystal to have her kids, when her kids have been with someone else anyway. Those kids equate to Cash for Crystal. In Court appearances and/or trial - the kids will be trotted out as props as they have before. Crystal non-verbally communicates to her kids and they are instructed to do likewise and the Judge and later the Jury get the idea. Those cute kids are hers - how sad. The Local Media readily slurps up the Stories and Quotes from Victoria Peterson, Wagstaff, and other's in the Crystal's Mother Club over time. They are going to try to duplicate last time right down to flooding the front row (or rows) with members of the Mother club and attempts to influence the Jury. I think the stakes are higher here because Milton was easily intimidated and basically did what he was told, we don't know if that will be the case with Reginald Daye. I really hope the DPD wasn't timid to the point of not looking into things and shutting doors they wouldn't normally shut - because of Crystal's support and the past criticism they received from loud pockets in Durham. . Edited by Mason, Apr 6 2011, 08:01 PM.
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| Deleted User | Apr 6 2011, 08:16 PM Post #33 |
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Will the Mother Club clean her up before trial - perhaps with a fire hose and a can of Ajax. |
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| buddy | Apr 6 2011, 09:27 PM Post #34 |
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I picked jail for less than 6 months. She is already in jail, and it has been less than six months. I expect any actual prison time to be limited to time served. So the real issue is does she make bail/go to trial within six months? I'm probably cheating with this pick, but it has already happened and, with wonderland, it is always wise to stick with the tangible. |
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| Baldo | Apr 6 2011, 10:42 PM Post #35 |
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I think she is in real trouble this time if the facts of the case are as they seem. Using a knife and putting a person in the hospital with serious injuries isn't something that can be allowed, even for Crystal & the Bizzaro World of Mahrud. Unfortunately for her she brings a lot of baggage to the trial. She also has a record and has been on probation. I don't see leniency from a Judge. Felonious Assault with a Deadly Weapon A deadly weapon can be any weapon or tool that can cause death. This means that your vehicle, a firearm, knife, strangulation device, and many other objects could qualify. There are a few situations that qualify under this offense, each with their own classification and potential sentence. If the assault occurred and there was intent to kill resulting in serious bodily injury, the charge will be a Class C felony. Class C felonies are punishable by 44-92 months for first time offenders. This means if you have any prior convictions on your record, that sentence could potentially grow. If the assault occurred without the intent to kill but resulted in serious bodily injury, it would be considered a Class E felony. Class E felonies are punishable by 15-31 months in prison for a clean criminal record. If the offense occurred with intent to kill but not resulting in serious bodily injury it is also a Class E felony punishable by 15-31 months for a first time offense. http://www.mynorthcarolinadefenselawyer.com/criminal-charges/assault/ § 14‑32. Felonious assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury; punishments. (a) Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class C felon. (b) Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class E felon. (c) Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill shall be punished as a Class E felon. (1919, c. 101; C.S., s. 4214; 1931, c. 145, s. 30; 1969, c. 602, s. 2; 1971, c. 765, s. 1, c. 1093, s. 12; 1973, c. 229, ss. 1‑3; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1138; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).) http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-32.html 7 stabs wounds isn't a whoops I slipped. It is signs of intent to kill. If they can't prove that she is still looking at a couple of year with her record. I think she has used up her "get out of jail card" this time. With that said she deserves a fair trial of what happened, something that Nifong tried to deny to RCD. Edited by Baldo, Apr 6 2011, 10:43 PM.
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| Mason | Apr 7 2011, 07:55 AM Post #36 |
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. I wouldn't be so sure that hasn't already happened. Or at UNC. . |
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| nyesq83 | Apr 7 2011, 11:06 AM Post #37 |
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If CGM is as 'smart' as her friends say, then she is either acting out and injuring others in a well-thought out plan, or she is just an angry and evil "but bright' woman. |
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| RighteousThug | Apr 7 2011, 12:55 PM Post #38 |
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Is Ditka driving? Da Bearssss |
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| sceptical | Apr 8 2011, 09:26 AM Post #39 |
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With an underwhelming 33 votes in, our poll shows that 50% of Blog Hooligans think Crystal will be found not guilty or just receive probation. This is certainly not a ringing endorsement of Durham "justice," but reflects an appropriate sense of reality on the part of Blog Hooligans. I am among the 10 votes who think she will get up to a year of prison time, but this may be wishful thinking on my part. One of these days people in Durham are going to get tired of Crystal's antics (hopefully before she kills someone). |
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| nyesq83 | Apr 8 2011, 09:43 AM Post #40 |
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If Crystal was found well after the incident by the police in another apartment, and there were no other witnesses to the multiple-stab wounding, she can ride "reasonable doubt" all the way to freedom. Especially knowing how DPD 'investigates' crimes. |
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| cks | Apr 8 2011, 09:43 AM Post #41 |
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I would agree that the results indicate a fair number have little if any faith in the justice system that operates in Durham. If she walks with little more than time served, it will only be a matter of ime before whe is once again in lock-up though like many here I feel that it will be because someone's life has been taken. What will the excuse be then among those who support her so rabidly? |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 8 2011, 09:49 AM Post #42 |
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Can we vote more than once? (This is, after all, a "Durham" election...) |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 8 2011, 09:51 AM Post #43 |
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Didn't the DUMC medical report say "no evidence of trauma" to Mr. D...? (or, that's what it will say once it gets written?) ETA: (actually, as long as DUMC and DUMC's administrative staff back Levicy's report and work, wouldn't it be logical to question any subsequent medical testimony from DUMC? )
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| Quasimodo | Apr 8 2011, 09:57 AM Post #44 |
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How does Cy Gurney feel about who should have custody of Mangum's children? As (onetime) head of the Guardian ad litem program, does she have any input? And doesn't any reporter want to ask her opinion about that matter? How about Allison Haltom? Does any reporter want to ask her opinion? Durham papers are always asking the opinions of locals--usually the same ones: John Fitzgerald, Ellen or John Dagenhart, Lee Coggins. How about getting the opinion of someone in child services? |
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| kbp | Apr 8 2011, 10:22 AM Post #45 |
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Sceptical, Somebody has to be a victim complaining of a crime. The record hasn't been good there. Makes one suspect the alleged victim could be worried about the 'pimp' crowd. The LE has to investigate the crime. The outcome there is not one we should feel certain about. It next goes to the prosecutor's office. If history repeats itself, we can't be so sure she'd face charges (as they change!) that could give her a sentence for a period longer than "time served" - subject to somebody getting her bailed out. Knowing that just the mention of “justice” in Durham is an error, I think the margin for error in your poll is down in the low numbers found at some of the best polling sources in this nation. I think that’s a compliment !!!!!! |
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