12-03-2005 16:53									#91
	Got spare money?

Az, I can see you disappointed with Kitty's sexist comments, but don't tell me you too fell to Aggie's trolls

	12-03-2005 16:57									#92
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Nah, I am not offended, or something. I just think it's stupid.

Aggie is one of those crazy people in humanities academia who hate their own ethnicity. Probably thinks he's Maori, and **** (think Ward Churchill)

	12-03-2005 17:47									#93
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Keep your head down Imran

The potential for oral sex jokes is endless

	12-03-2005 21:44									#94
	Increase the size of your Attachments

CNN reports that Nichols is now in custody. Thank God it's over!

	12-03-2005 21:46									#95
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

quote: She shouldn't of had a gun and he should have been cuffed, Georgia should change their law.

They were about to put the cuffs on when he pulled the stunt (he was changing from jail clothes to street clothes).

	12-03-2005 21:47									#96
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote: Nah, I am not offended, or something. I just think it's stupid.

quote: Aggie is one of those crazy people in humanities academia who hate their own ethnicity. Probably thinks he's Maori, and **** (think Ward Churchill)

I resent that. I hate everyone equally.

	12-03-2005 21:49									#97
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Glad they have him in custody, hopefully nobody was killed in the process. I expected him to try go down in a blaze of glory.

	12-03-2005 21:50									#98
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui CNN reports that Nichols is now in custody. Thank God it's over!

Poor CNN. Now they'll have to go back to Michael Jackson 24/7.

Well, at least they got the guy. Let the baying for blood begin.

	12-03-2005 21:55									#99
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi Glad they have him in custody, hopefully nobody was killed in the process. I expected him to try go down in a blaze of glory.

Apparently when he was surrounded, he surrended peacefully. Though he'll go down soon enough. There is no chance he avoids the death penalty. Couldn't think of a better person to give it to.

	12-03-2005 21:57									#100
	Remove this text

Glad he's caught. Would not have liked to be in Atlanta these past few days, not that I would on a regular basis

Sympathy to the victims' families.


I must say, from a distant perspective, what he nearly pulled off is fascinating. Had he done this 75 years ago, there would be songs about him today.

	12-03-2005 21:59									#101
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui They were about to put the cuffs on when he pulled the stunt (he was changing from jail clothes to street clothes).

There must be some conflicting info going around because according to the info I've seen convicts aren't allowed to be cuffed.

	12-03-2005 22:05									#102
	Increase the size of your Attachments

Who wants to take bets that he'll be released to play for the Falcons?

	12-03-2005 22:09									#103
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc There must be some conflicting info going around because according to the info I've seen convicts aren't allowed to be cuffed.

They are for transport. Just not in front of the jury. What they were going to do is cuff him until he got to the courtroom and then take off the cuffs before the jury came in.

	12-03-2005 22:22									#104
	Support Apolyton

I don't think it would be necessary to have cages in the courtroom, like they do in some countries.

Why do they arm court guards though? There seems to be no good reason for it. Surely a sturdy truncheon would suffice.

	12-03-2005 22:31									#105
	Tired of ads?

Cause guns are a better deterrant than truncheons, and have had to be used a few times.

	12-03-2005 22:34									#106
	Got spare money?

quote: Cause guns are a better deterrant than truncheons, and have had to be used a few times.

Non lethal force would be better. Less chance of the guards dying that way.

I guess that coming from a country where the police aren't armed changes one's view.

	12-03-2005 22:38									#107
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Good to see he's off the streets

This guy has come around a bit too late to make a legend for himself IMO, even with his brief escape and death count (what is it? three? four?). In twenty years he'll be remembered by the victims' famalies and some hard core crime fanatics but not much more. Our memories are just too short and he has too much "competition" to attain the heights of a Jesse James or Bonnie and Clyde.

As for his escape, didn't Ted Bundy escape from custody in Colrado (when he was on trial for murder) and avoid capture for at least a couple months' (instead of little more then a day) before the Florida police caught him. So yes, his escape could be considered impressive but is not enough to make him a permanent celebrity IMO. Now if he escapes again.....

My sympathies to all the people this piece of dirt has hurt or killed.

	12-03-2005 22:52									#108
	Remove this text

Apparently he killed a US Customs Agent that he carjacked.

That makes 4 dead so far (depending on the other deputy)

	13-03-2005 00:03									#109
	Increase the size of your Attachments

yeah 4 people dead. The customs agent is believed to be killed by Nichols.

The woman who lost her gun is expected to live.

	13-03-2005 00:06									#110
	Support Apolyton

What's weird is that this was his second trial on the rape charge. The first resulted in a hung jury.

Surely that's a good sign if you are a defendant. Why he went berzerk is beyond me.

	13-03-2005 00:08									#111
	Remove this text

quote: Originally posted by Agathon What's weird is that this was his second trial on the rape charge. The first resulted in a hung jury. Surely that's a good sign if you are a defendant. Why he went berzerk is beyond me.

According to the ex-defense lawyer, the prosecutor was going very hard in the second trial.

ACK!

	13-03-2005 00:08									#112
	Remove this text

I don't think his next trial will result in a hung jury. just a hunch.

	13-03-2005 00:08									#113
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by Agathon What's weird is that this was his second trial on the rape charge. The first resulted in a hung jury.

Mistrial, not a hung jury.

	13-03-2005 00:09									#114
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Yeah, but the foreman for the first trial said a bunch of jurors said they was reasonable doubt in their heads.

	13-03-2005 00:10									#115
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Mistrial, not a hung jury.

On what grounds?

I am a frequent Law and Order viewer, but I can't remember any of the grounds for a mistrial other than that one of the jurors falls in love with the defendant, or something like that.

What was it this time?

	13-03-2005 00:11									#116
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Two bit criminal...fry him.

	13-03-2005 00:12									#117
	Full PM-box? Change here!

quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Mistrial, not a hung jury.

From article:

quote: Nichols faced a possible life sentence if convicted in his retrial on charges of rape, sodomy, burglary, and false imprisonment, among others. His earlier trial was declared a mistrial on Monday when jurors voted 8-4 for acquittal.

Seems you are both right.

ACK!

	13-03-2005 00:13									#118
	Support Apolyton

Yeah, it seems they got confused. It was a hung jury. From CNN.com (to suppor Tuberski's quote:

quote: Nichols was being retried on rape, false imprisonment and other charges after a first trial last week ended in a hung jury.

	13-03-2005 00:14									#119
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

I thought that if the jury can't come to a decision that it is harder to get another mistrial, since it's good reason to think that reasonable doubt has not been met.

	13-03-2005 00:15									#120
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Oh well. The TV hasn't been making a real big deal about it (I'd have thought a hung jury would have gotten more play) and I thought it was for procedural errors.

* DinoDoc shrugs shoulders