It was a sweet deal.
Jane Laut who killed her husband Dave Laut, a 1984 Olympic bronze star medalist, would get six years in prison if she would plea guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
The deal was all but gift wrapped: Prosecutors also agreed not to tack on the use of a weapon during the commission of a felony crime. This would mean that Laut would be eligible for parole after serving about half of the six-year sentence.
Jane Laut, however, refused the offer.
Category: Notes – Cases – Thoughts & Quotes
Just Saying: Happy Easter! Mountain Run, Trump vs Cruz and Security Cameras
I ran into Steve who got a late start on my way down the mountain. He runs up, and I run and walk, mostly walk. But while I was there I took this photo. It was still foggy, a bit dark and the sun had just poked its head over the mountain tops. It was quiet, peaceful and beautiful.
Just Saying: The Land of the Con Job, Being Fool Proof and Bernie
The feds this week convicted a 65-year-old former Marine in Nevada who came up with a tale about drilling for Nigerian oil and ripped off a lot of people.
Anton Paul Drago, a.k.a. Evan Fogarty, convinced his “investors” that he was the grandson of a Shell Oil founder and heir to a $500 million trust. He told them that his money had already been spent on a Nigerian oil investment deal.
Just Saying: Department of Justice Investigations, the “White Race” Myth and the Roman Empire
At the Democratic debate on CNN tonight, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that if he is elected, he will make sure that the Department of Justice investigates the deaths of people under police arrest or custody.
Just Saying: “Jesus H. Christie!” The Looney Tunes of TV Politics and It’s Not Complicated
These were some of the headlines today on the Huffington Post website after last night’s debate. Christie is backing Trump. This comes right after Marco and Ted tag-teamed Trump, unloading insult after insult on The Donald at Thursday’s political food fight.
Just Saying: The Hate Report, Four Young Men and Baumholder, Germany
When I first heard the story about the four young men, I had a hard time wrapping my head around it.
I was a 6th grader in Ms. Malecki’s class in Baumholder, Germany, and the story was mind boggling.
Why people were being denied the right to sit at any lunch counter in the United States of America?
Just Saying: Patriot Games Over, Prosecutor Misconduct and Mountain Lion Hoax
The Bunday Patriot Games are over, prosecution misconduct goes unchecked and a mountain lion attack where a man broke the lion’s neck with his bare hands.
Just Saying: Tased in Court, Reporting Rude Judges, and North Korea
One of the robed clowns believed he could order a sheriff’s deputy to light up a defendant using a taser because the defendant kept reading a prepared statement in court and wouldn’t stop.
Just Saying: Trump Dumps Fox (Well Maybe), Weak Mexican Peso and Good Ole Boy Politics
By Raul Hernandez Notebookventura@gmail.com Trump Skips Fox’s GOP Debate The monster that Fox and the GOP created is skipping their GOP debate No surprise. They snickered, winked and nudged each other…
Just Saying: The Irishman, My Friend, Died
The Irishman died last weekend.
He was 82 years. He had four decades of newspaper reporting under his belt, and he was a good friend.
Just Saying: Sean Penn, Ted vs. Trump and the California Drought
Sean Penn is a Hollywood trained monkey who believes he is the characters on the Hollywood scripts that are handed to him to read.
Just Saying: Huffington’s Fineman, Home-Grown Bigotry and President Johnson’s Ad
Finally, a columnist, Howard Fineman, with the balls to challenge Trump and the other GOP candidates for spewing ignorance, racism and fear: