The survivor of this massacre started to give her testimony in court today, but apparently the judge has asked the media to put a lid on it; the result is that this website:
is actually selling the testimony, and it’s pretty obvious who the main buyers are gonna be. Court-TV were going to cover this at first, then changed their mind.
The judge may have had the best of motives, but the result is that someone is going to get rich from this poor girl’s ordeal.
The survivor of that massacre started to give her testimony in court yesterday, during which she identified her attackers.
http://cjonline.com/stories/100902/bre_carr.shtml
I don’t see any mentions of a gag order being issued this morning. Got a cite?
It’s all over the Dodge City, Kansas Globe.
http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/101002/sta_carrs.shtml
And the Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka Capital-Journal.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/100802/kan_carrtrial.shtml
WIBW.
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/116481.html
The Manhattan, Kansas Mercury.
http://www.themercury.com/stories/article.7211.shtml
The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021007-5521566.htm
Fox.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,65110,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/10/04/ctv.carr/
That website isn’t selling the “testimony”–what they’re selling is just a copy of the preliminary hearing from April of 2001, which doesn’t mean a thing except as a sick souvenir of some sort.
Um, no, someone is going to get rich from the gullibility of Internet buyers who think they’re getting something special.
It’s hardly being done in a corner. No gag orders that I can see.
She started her testimony yesterday, and it was all covered live on local TV and radio.
I’ve followed this case for the last 3 days, from Atlanta. No media blackout, thanks to the sources cited above.
By the way: Beware if you put the alleged perps names and the state (Kansas) into Google.
My company’s firewall blocked about 2/3, with the rationale: RACIST:1 SEX:1 etc.
A LOT of the links lead to white supremacist/segregationist sites with… problematic and slanted opinions about the disposition of these 2 accused folks. The details of the crime(s) are horrible. Not for the weak-of-heart.
I am curious … if the accused are found guilty, what sentences are likely to be handed down ?
Kansas is a Death Penalty State. This case seems to be of that level.
Please take any Death Penalty debates to GD.
What can I say except … Doh!
Well, you could also tell us where you got the impression that there was a media blackout of some kind.
And also how you heard about the case in the first place. Is it the Talk of the Town in Portsmouth, or what?
Just curious.