Oklahoma man acquitted in toddler's shooting death
Source: NewsOK
MUSKOGEE A Muskogee County jury has acquitted a 22-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 2-year-old boy.
The jury deliberated less than 30 minutes Tuesday before finding Elbert Lee Meeks not guilty in the Dec. 21, 2011, shooting death of Ja'Cion Logan.
A local newspaper reports that Meeks was greeted by cheering supporters when he left the courthouse Tuesday. He has maintained his innocence since his arrest.
Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-man-acquitted-in-toddlers-shooting-death/article/3761884
If a jury takes just 30 minutes to acquit a person of a capital murder charge involving the death of a child, it's safe to say the prosecutor had no case. What a waste of time and money.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)Leave facebook up and logged in if I ever decide to murder someone.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)His browser possibly also had its own logs to show he was on and what he was doing.
It's one case where you can be thankful for the lack of privacy.
So, if you're going to commit a crime, hire somebody to post for you from your computer. Then kill him because he knows too much.
loudsue
(14,087 posts)just been with friends at a birthday celebration, drinking. He wasn't anywhere near the crime scene. The Grandmother, who initially accused him, even came around to realize it wasn't him during the trial. The jury only took 1/2 hour to turn the guy loose.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)then...
none of that was mentioned in the article posted
thanks :p
loudsue
(14,087 posts)I had to look around for a while at different articles. I was interested because I think I know relatives of the accused.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)"But Meeks' attorney, Roger Hilfiger, showed jurors computer records that indicated that Meeks was looking at social media websites on a laptop at the time of the fatal shooting."
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)... are quite portable, aren't they? Hmmm...
BTW, it's good to see a quote from Frank Shaeffer. (Sorry, I never spell his name rite.) He's a rare voice of reason in the wilderness of religion. I like him a lot.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)What a waste of time, money, unneeded stress for the innocent, and freedom of the guilty.