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Jayson Williams acquitted of manslaughter
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:17 pm
by weatherluvr
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:25 pm
by Lindaloo
He will be probably be retried for the wreckless manslaughter charge.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:28 pm
by Guest
Lindaloo wrote:He will be probably be retried for the wreckless manslaughter charge.
I sure hope you are right, Linda!
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:59 pm
by Lindaloo
Will be hard to do with the same evidence that hung this jury. If he appeals the other convictions he will probably get off scott free from that too. How can they convict someone of witness tampering for a crime that did not happen. They acquitted him of it therefore he did not committ the crime. Sad, but true.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:15 pm
by rainstorm
the rich and famous get special treatment in our judicial system
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:28 pm
by Lindaloo
rainstorm wrote:the rich and famous get special treatment in our judicial system
How was this special treatment? The government failed to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt he was guilty.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:23 pm
by rainstorm
cant agree. he was holding a shotgun, drunk, pointed it, and it went off. personally i think he committed murder and it was intentional. but to say he wasnt guilty of reckless homicide was ridiculous.
by the way, he is going to get probation. no jail time
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:35 pm
by Lindaloo
Doubt he will get that for at least two years because of the appeals of what he did get convicted of. The government failed and the jury saw it as an accident. Thank his attorney for actually swaying the jury that way.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:53 pm
by rainstorm
again, i disagree. the jury saw him as a famous athlete
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:23 pm
by Derek Ortt
He is facing 13 years in prison. I dont think he received all that much special treatment
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:49 pm
by Lindaloo
He will face 15 years in prison if he is retried on the wreckless manslaughter charge. The jury was hung on that one and the government can then choose to retry it. Will they? I am sure they will.
Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 12:59 am
by timNms
I was watching Court tv today and they said that the jury was 8-4 in favor of NOT guilty on the wreckless manslaughter charge. The commentators on Ctv were saying that it might not be as easy to convict with this jury coming out like that.
Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 6:19 am
by rainstorm
Derek Ortt wrote:He is facing 13 years in prison. I dont think he received all that much special treatment
he will get probation. in new jersey first time offenders for what he was convicted of get probation.
Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 8:11 am
by Lindaloo
You are right Helen. And he will more than likely be non adjudicated which means after he is done paying restitution and serves his probation his record will be cleared of everything.
Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 8:32 am
by rainstorm
YEP, they will just sweep the dead guy in the trash. and the reason why the family isnt upset is simple. on fox they said williams signed a secret settlement with the family for big bucks in a civil suit. williams gets off and the family gets rich. who cares about 1 dead guy?