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A few thoughts on John Karr

By PD Dude

Alright, so we know that this guy was a nut, and that he had nothing to do with killing Jon Benet Ramsey, and clearly that the media circus surrounding his arrest and extradition was among the lower moments in an low profession (at least the tabloid media, which is what most of the media turns into when confronted with something like this - lord knows they don't want to be left behind by the tabloids as happened in the past).But, I'm somewhat interested in a couple of legal issues that happened here, the rush to judgment, and the false confessions.On the rush to judgment front, that is clearly what happened here, if not by the DA (who kept expressing reservations as she flew him business class from Thailand), certainly from the rest of society, which had pronounced him freak, and therefore guilty once they got their hands on him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Dude on August 30, 2006 (boomark / email).