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madaboutharry

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10. Totally agree with you!

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 04:45 PM

Aug 2015

It is sad. Just look at the classic BS from the O.J. Simpson case. It becomes a sick game.

That said, I don't get this verdict. The girl was 15 and under age to give consent. Nothing else should have mattered.
In my opinion, the split verdict doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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Prep school accused rapist Labrie - change in appearance from mugshot to trial [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

His lawyer wanted him to look like a nerd. madaboutharry Aug 2015 #1

lot a sick logic in the profession. GeorgeGist Aug 2015 #5

Totally agree with you! madaboutharry Aug 2015 #10

Zealous representation of a client facing the power of the state hifiguy Aug 2015 #11

No one's saying it is.. whathehell Aug 2015 #15

He dyed his hair and eyebrows? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #2

he looks like an entirely different person Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #18

Looks like he quit bleaching and coloring them, went natural. uppityperson Aug 2015 #19

That hair -- No Country for Old Men? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #3

Quite a change -- Looks like a 30 year old thug in mugshot whathehell Aug 2015 #4

yes. also he said he is on his way to Harvard to study divinity Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #7

Divinity..really? whathehell Aug 2015 #13

All that's missing is a onesie and his sippy cup. procon Aug 2015 #6

Well, it didn't work. cwydro Aug 2015 #8

Nothing unusual about this at all. hifiguy Aug 2015 #9

no one is in a huff. just sharing how much his appearance changed Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #12

Oh, you weren't in a huff, but a couple of folks were. hifiguy Aug 2015 #14

this guy's transformation highlights the role money plays in the justice system Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #16

In having a private, non-public defender, attorney, definitely. hifiguy Aug 2015 #17