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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Because it's defenceless animals . . . . . . he's toast.
I started off the thread saying no one cares about murders, rapes, mangling, mayhem, etc.
But pick on a puppy or a kitten . . . . . I just don't see a jury, any jury, helping him out.
Cowperson
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Any defence lawyer worth his merit is going to go after the witness statements that show Vick actually participating in the acts of cruelty.
They will also move to marginalize the animal cruelty factors with the jury.
This is bigger then animal cruelty, they'll say, this is about one man who's a highly successful businessman, with charitable ties in the communities, being railroaded by a federal indictment that was delivered too soon filled with hearsay, and witnessed by people with shaky criminal pasts who cut a deal with the government to avoid punishment.
Trust me Cow, you know I'm on your side, and I want to see this guy put away and punished.
but when you combine what is surely to be the first true high profile celeb court case of this century, with the ability to play the race card, and add in a jury. We're looking at the gong shows of gong shows, and Ron Mexico walking away or getting a slap on the wrist.
In fact I'm willing to bet that a great deal of evidence will be ruled as inadmissable before this thing even goes to trial.