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So we get a guy who probably won't even start on day one???

Don't take Floyd NY!!!!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) Maybe falling fast. Yep. The run started and I am sure Floyd will be gone now. Oh well.

One of top three DTs is gonna be there for the Bears. Would love any one of them.

I am praying that either Sheldon Richardson or Star Lotulelei somehow fall to 20. They would be great adds to the Bears. Otherwise, I would prefer a trade down and pick up a third rounder and take either A. Brown/Minter/other LB that falls to around 30 where the Bears trade down to.

http://www.getonhand.com/blogs/news/774333...ootout-pictures Incredible pictures of the gun battle between the cops and the brothers.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?g...ox&sid=milb Johnson starting for Birmingham this afternoon. One of the lone bright spots in an otherwise disappointing start to the season for most members of the organization.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 01:16 PM) I say this as someone who like Rose quite a bit and enjoyed his season last year. They need to explore trade options with him. Make him aware that he is replaceable. See if a team will give them a huge pile of draft picks. He's lost his edge and needs a wake-up call. Except he is not replaceable.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) I think the press missed the real intense firefight but the neighbors didn't. There were literally 50 cops to his one. Insane.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 09:24 PM) It's still early in the information-gathering process, but I don't see this being anything close to a month-long trial. It would be an extremely long trial. Simple murder trials can take multiple weeks; here, you have multiple crime scenes, multiple charges, etc. Not to mention how long jury selection would take, which be a long ass process.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 09:14 PM) Based on what we know now, the probability of acquittal is so low that avoiding a trial is not incentive enough to take a deal. Now, if he cooperates and actually has valuable information, then that most certainly is incentive to cut a deal. It's not about probability of guilt or acquittal, it's about creating a media frenzy with a month-long trial, re-kindling all the horrible emotions that resulted from the attack, creating risk for people wanting to kill this 19-year-old when he is transported to and from the courthouse everyday during said trial, etc.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 09:06 PM) Discretion is to be used when circumstances dictate that something less than the maximum penalty might be appropriate. As of right now, there are no circumstances that would dictate anything less than the maximum penalty. And here there are clearly circumstances that could warrant less than the death penalty (i.e. avoiding a trial, getting his cooperation, etc.)

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:57 PM) I'm looking at it from the standpoint of the legal profession and taking less than the maximum would be considered negligent. It's not an opinion on the death penalty--it's the reality of the law. Prosecutorial discretion allows for just that discretion in what type of penalty to pursue. It is not negligent to pursue less than death.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:29 PM) lol what? So youre saying that they are offering him 0 incentive to plea? Why does the US govt even want to put him on trial? Its only a chance for him to be on stage and become a martyr. QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:31 PM) Unless he has information he can provide, he will not be offered any incentive to plea. Not for this level of terrorism. You dont want people to have to re-live the emotions of these days. Prosecutors don't want to deal with such a messy case. They want the guy to go away and be out of the spotlight as soon as possible. Keeping him in the news for the next two years is not worth it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:20 PM) What about the killing of the police officer? I have no idea if that would be prosecuted under a state crime, but since it is in commission of a federal crime, the federal government may be able to bring it along under a the federal crime. Not sure how supplementary jurisdiction works with criminal procedure. Regardless, he will be prosecuted under a federal crime at the very least, which has the penalty of capital punishment.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:17 PM) The Feds may not want to take the deal unless he has a good story to tell and cooperates. They may also not want to go to trial with him and bring back people's emotions over the event and create a high-risk environment.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:17 PM) Does Mass have the death penalty? Federal crime, so it's irrelevant.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 08:14 PM) Somehow I don't think this will be the most difficult conviction. He is gonna plea guilty to avoid the death penalty. I feel bad for the federal public defender who represents him.

Unlike his brother, this guy was not willing to die.

HOLY s***, HE IS ALIVE

I cant imagine WTF a negotiator is gonna be able to do at this point. "Hey kid, your innocent until proven guilty!"

If the reports are true about him being bloodied yesterday, he has got to be extremely weak now. No food, water and been bleeding for 18 hours.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 19, 2013 -> 07:12 PM) Absolutely no reason to. They have all the time in the world. Let him die or come to them. They don't want him to die. Too much potentially valuable information.

This is like an episode of Homeland or 24, but real. My heart is racing.