tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post6109001275880934069..comments2024-02-24T18:44:39.324-08:00Comments on Trials & Tribulations: Christian-Newsom Trials ContinueSprockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-30716024647343793732009-12-06T16:20:07.710-08:002009-12-06T16:20:07.710-08:00Anoymous, I agree when a gang commits a crime they...Anoymous, I agree when a gang commits a crime they are all equally responsible....its called criminal responsibility. The defense is trying to hide behind the law that does not requirer a citizen to actively stop a crime or even call for help. The difference is that citizen is not participating in the crime. You can bet the defense will do a lot of smoke and mirrors tomorrow during closing.<br />I've got to say that I can see why CA is in so much financial trouble. Compare how the courts do business there and then watch Tenn....months to try a case compared to weeks.<br /><br />September mooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-87153751792635462502009-12-06T02:37:42.419-08:002009-12-06T02:37:42.419-08:00Tezi –
The fact that all of the gang was there is...Tezi – <br />The fact that all of the gang was there is guilt enough for me! <br /><br />David – <br />I have read about the finger pointing that took place after the arrests. Did Thomas shoot Chris Newsom? I have no idea. I also, having read the police interviews, think they all lied their butts off! Did Thomas really just smoke dope and not participate? I have reasonable doubt about that!<br /><br />As for the 6th amendment and being able to face your accuser, the answer is correct. However, I go back to the Julie Jensen murder. The defense wanted a note she wrote just before she was murdered, thrown out. The note said she was afraid of her husband and if she was found dead, he did it. It made it to the State Supreme Court that ruled it could be used as evidence – essentially allowing the victim to point the finger at the accused from the grave!<br /><br />As we have talked, what was done to these beautiful, vibrant people is beyond horrendous.<br /><br />Anon –<br />They are all guilty! The defense – no matter how untenable to us – is doing what the defense does. Calling for a mistrial and claiming their client was only guilty of a nonchalant attitude. I wouldn’t have wanted to be appointed as defense for any of these animals. Seriously, in none of the trials have the attorneys had much to work with!donchaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633448176681880930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-84470651947848455062009-12-05T22:19:02.070-08:002009-12-05T22:19:02.070-08:00Excellent reporting. I have followed this story fr...Excellent reporting. I have followed this story from the beginning because this could have happened to our children and it just hits home. One day they are in love and on a date.. anticipating the date.. painstakingly making sure you look good, dressed well, hair done. Excited. In the blink of an eye you are captive and tortured and suffer a painful, degrading death. All of these people are pure animals and should fry. This trial scares me though.<br /><br />I thought that if a group of people say went and invaded a home and killed the people inside, that no matter who actually shot the gun, they were ALL still guilty of the same offense.<br /><br />So how can this be any different? Instead of invading the home, they were carjacked and taken to the home of the assailant. Tortured and murdered. I am confused as to why the defense is calling for a mistrial and how its ok for Thomas not to have said anything about this heinous crime although he was there. (And we all know he participated, possibly the one that raped and shot Chris).<br /><br />This did not happen in a small time frame. It went on for hours, even days (as far as Channon). So how could he NOT be involved??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-32598091328155802009-12-05T20:52:09.878-08:002009-12-05T20:52:09.878-08:00Donchais,
Great report! There is something I woul...Donchais,<br /><br />Great report! There is something I would like to mention regarding George Thomas. Two of his fellow suspects (Cobbins and Vanessa Coleman) said in their police interviews that Thomas shot Chris Newsom. Cobbins, I believe, said that Davidson, Boyd, and Thomas took Chris to the railroad track. <br /><br />However, the fact that other suspects implicated Thomas does not help the prosecution. These statements are not admissable in Thomas' trial because under the 6th amendment to the Constitution Thomas has a right to confront witnesses against him. It would only happen if Coleman (for example) got a plea bargain in exchange for testifying against Thomas. Bottom line: the jury will not hear that any of the co-defendants implicated any other co-defendant, unless one of them makes a deal with the DA for a lesser sentence and agrees to testify against his/her co-defendants. This was explained to me by Walt Lewis, a former L.A. County Deputy DA, and the author of "The Criminal Justice Club." <br /><br />The suspects, in their police interviews, mention seeing the victims brought to the house. There are a few comments about Channon Christian. There are none about what was done to Chris Newsom. <br /><br />The medical examiner, Dr. Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan has testified as to what happened to Newsom. <br /><br />First, Newsom was raped "with an object" an hour or so before he was killed. A dog leash (found near Chris' body) was looped around his neck and he was led or dragged to a railroad track. Newsom was naked from the waist down and his hands were bound. <br /><br />The bottoms of Chris' feet were caked with mud because he was barefoot. His socks were jammed in his mouth as a gag and a sweatshirt was over his face. <br /><br />Upon reaching the railroad track, Chris was shot first in the back, hitting the spine, then in the shoulder. He wasn't killed until the third shot, in the head. The killers inflicted as much pain on Chris Newsom as they could.<br /><br />Several hours later, Newsom's body was set on fire. This destroyed the DNA evidence. Because of this, we will never know who raped him.<br /><br />David From TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-71519087535155176192009-12-05T13:49:48.967-08:002009-12-05T13:49:48.967-08:00Thanks donchais for the excellent reporting!
I re...Thanks donchais for the excellent reporting!<br /><br />I read through "G's" interrogation, and it about gave me a migraine! <br /><br />I think he is guilty of at least facilitating the rape and murder of both Channon and Chris. He also benefited by riding in Channon's 4-Runner. <br /><br />He has a lot going for him because his DNA wasn't found on either Channon or Chris (although in Chris's case, the DNA was likely destroyed because his body was burned).<br /><br />I don't think he's going to get out of prison any sooner than "E," the thug that got the good deal in the Federal car-jacking charges.<br /><br />I honestly think that Vanessa Coleman is going to get the DP for her part in this heinous crime. I think that VC inflicted a number of the injuries to Channon out of her jealousy because Cobbins raped Channon.Tezihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337768598187809674noreply@blogger.com