Ashley Okland Murder

I mentioned this up the thread, but they had to know they were cooked when Alfredo (no pun intended) showed up. That guy, at his age, is not showing up to try cases he’s going to lose. I think he knows they have nothing concrete, he can put on a show and it’s pretty much a slam dunk he can get to a reasonable doubt with a few jurors.

Without new evidence, which it appears is the case, I don’t know how you get around waiting 15 years with a jury. You’re bound to have a few that deduce if you have to wait 15 years to charge someone you don’t have enough evidence.


Sadly I think you are right. I know it’s not a popular opinion but at least this case can be tried so everyone at least knows the real deal. If if reasonable doubt gets her off, people can at least form their opinions, the family can know deep down they know who the killer was or wasn’t.
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Ashley Okland Murder

Keep in mind that this is the defense side. Curious to how the prosecution responds.

That's why i made sure to say 'if this is truly all they have'.

Its possible the prosecution has more (you'd certainly have to hope), and its the defense's job to argue for their client.

But at least so far this all looks pretty questionable. Maybe we'll get more soon when the prosecution resists the motion to dismiss.
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Thinking about moving out of Iowa

We went out to Seattle last year. Wife had a cousin who lives in port Townsend, main reason we were there. The houses seemed to be mostly 1940ish two stories where they were. They were about a block from the water. Made me feel like small town Iowa there. Except for the water.
We're in Mount Vernon, in the Skagit River Valley. It's a flat(ish) agricultural area so it actually reminds me of Iowa a bit. Significant immigrant population that works the fields. The crops are human food though - potatoes, broccoli, asparagus, baggage, lettuce, berries, etc. And a few thousand acres of commercial daffodil and tulip fields. Its right in the Pacific Flyway so twice a year we get trumpeter swans that migrate through in addition to the normal ducks and geese. Chuckanut Mountains to the north, North Cascades to the east, Straight of San Juan de Fuca to the west, and Seattle to the south. I don't work in Seattle fortunately so my commute is only about 15 minutes.

Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

There is a reason why there are anti-trust lawyers always present in B10/SEC joint meetings. If PCSA doesn't get passed, ESPN and Fox will expand the SEC and B10 for their sole benefit and 80%-90% of CFB media revenues will flow to those two conferences and ISU's media payouts will likely be cut by 50% or more.

I get it you're a Purple Hawk who doesn't care about ISU and hoping this pans out.
So, stuff you just dreamed up in your head or your boy Cody fed to you. Got it. How those boots taste today?

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