[at-l] Man pleads guilty to hiker's murder -

[David Addleton]

i should add: . . . as long as you are ok with the rest of us . . .

i'm intolerant of intolerance . . .

and THAT makes me a hawk vs the muslim extremists, but, still, (sorry clyde)
not a republican . . .

On Jan 31, 2008 8:58 PM, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:

> This case irked me like no other recent murder case, and I'll avoid
> throwing up the why's of that. The good thing about that plea bargain is (1)
> he's behind bars and can't do it again and (2) the prosecutors in other
> cases can develop their cases, free of the plea bargain that keeps him off
> the trails and elsewhere from Meredith's case. For those of us who are ok,
> favor, or are gung-ho with the death penalty, this should be good news; a
> part of me is in your camp on this one, even tho' I have philosophical
> problems with government taking lives, especially democratic governments.
>
> An online and personal acquaintance of mine from tribe.net (a san fran
> social site) and I have decided to go up and hike around Blood Mountain on
> Saturday, 16 February, "in Meredith's memory." There have already been
> other, larger, more publicized "memorial" hikes. Actually, this hike is more
> for us who are pissed off and angry, than for Meredith, to be brutally
> honest. Some may say a prayer, others smudge some sage or light some
> incense, others may pour some wine or whiskey, while still others may burn
> one down . . . we're ok with all of you who wish to join us. Some will go
> for a day hike. Others may spend the night. (I think I will.) Send me an
> email if you want details . . .
>
>
>
> 2008/1/31 KGJ <jplynch at crosslink.net>:
>
>  That's because he pled guilty.  And the sentence was pre-arranged as part
> > of the plea bargain.
> >
> > NOTE: My computer is acting "strange".
> > If you've sent me an email recently expectig
> > a reply and didn't get one, please resend.
> > Thnx!
> > J Lynch
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >  *From:* Leslie Booher <lbooher at charter.net>
> > *To:* Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> ; at-l <at-l at backcountry.net>
> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:56 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [at-l] Man pleads guilty to hiker's murder -
> >
> > I don't know that I've ever seen a case start and end so quickly.  This
> > was amazing, but heartening, too, that the court part didn't drag on and
> > on.  a'bear
> >
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