Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/23/2010 12:01 AM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:45:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I don't care if he feels remorse, but he ought to have at least some iota of pity.

RE: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-26 Thread Bob W
Bob is a female? That complicates the entire situation. I wonder why her parents named her Bob? Paul Hell, I went out with a Girl named Bob, well Roberta anyway... (and yes I know there's a very dirty joke in there somewhere). Certainly heading in that direction. -- PDML

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-26 Thread Cotty
Bob is a female? That complicates the entire situation. I wonder why her parents named her Bob? Paul Hell, I went out with a Girl named Bob, well Roberta anyway... (and yes I know there's a very dirty joke in there somewhere). Certainly heading in that direction. That's a blow. --

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-26 Thread Christian
Cotty wrote: Bob is a female? That complicates the entire situation. I wonder why her parents named her Bob? Paul Hell, I went out with a Girl named Bob, well Roberta anyway... (and yes I know there's a very dirty joke in there somewhere). Certainly heading in that direction. That's a

RE: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-26 Thread Bob W
Bob is a female? That complicates the entire situation. I wonder why her parents named her Bob? Paul Hell, I went out with a Girl named Bob, well Roberta anyway... (and yes I know there's a very dirty joke in there somewhere). Certainly heading in that direction. That's a

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:45:37 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I don't care if he feels  remorse, but he ought to have at

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread mike wilson
David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:45:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I don't care if he feels remorse, but

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Tom C
I simply love the word peradventure. Tom On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:19 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Abraham said it first and said it best, when God was gonna get medieval on Sodom's ass

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Tom C
A justice system that does not function correctly, is by definition unjust. Tom On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Just pointing one thing out.  That's an easy statement to make

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: A justice system that does not function correctly, is by definition unjust. IMHO one must take a more organic view of things, Tom. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:10:08AM -0600, William Robb scripsit: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Bob Shell innocent? [snip] I followed the David Milgaard case fairly closely after his mom forced the Crown to look at the case again. I was pretty appalled

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:19:10AM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head.

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? A justice system that does not function correctly, is by definition unjust. IMHO one must take a more organic view of things, Tom. If you look at the notable failures, it is almost always caused

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Graydon wrote: The US generally runs prisons as profit centres. I don't think so. Maybe loss centers or money pits. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:19:10AM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Graydon wrote: The US generally runs prisons as profit centres. I don't think so. Maybe loss centers or money pits. Are they run as privately owned institutions under contract to the government

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Graydon wrote: The US generally runs prisons as profit centres. I don't think so.  Maybe loss centers or money pits. Are they run as privately owned institutions under contract

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:10:31AM -0600, Bob Sullivan scripsit: Graydon wrote: The US generally runs prisons as profit centres. I don't think so. Maybe loss centers or money pits. The folks running the prisons are doing so on a for-profit basis in many cases. Uncle Sam is not likely showing

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: A justice system that does not function correctly, is by definition unjust. IMHO one must take a more organic view of things, Tom. When you name a bureaucratic system of law enforcement and courts the

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Graydon, With some exceptions, prisons are built with public funds and run by public employees. In an effort to relieve overcrowding, privately run prisons have been proposed, but rarely used. Yhe general public in the US has little sympathy for prisoners and spending on new, more comfortable

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Graydon On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:19:10AM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:19:10AM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Stan Halpin
An interesting series on NPR this last week - I only caught the first segment. The reporter claims that 2/3 (that is 2 out of 3, 66%!) of the inmates in U.S. prisons are pre-trial prisoners who can't make bail and who aren't allowed release on own recognizance. Not because they wouldn't

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: Bob Shell innocent? David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:50 PM

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb From: Bob Sullivan Graydon wrote: The US generally runs prisons as profit centres. I don't think so. Maybe loss centers or money pits. Are they run as privately owned institutions under contract to the government or are they owned by the government? If it's the former,

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread John Francis
Depends where you live. In several of the states with the highest prison populations the prisons are run by private companies. And in some of the states that currently don't contract out prison care there are even discussions about shipping prisoners out-of-state. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at

RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Bob W
Depends where you live. In several of the states with the highest prison populations the prisons are run by private companies. And in some of the states that currently don't contract out prison care there are even discussions about shipping prisoners out-of-state. Australia is very

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: No comment regarding Bob's guilt/innocence but I can tell you from being in many product liability trials, that its not about the facts - its about the story being told and how believable it and the

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread Keith Whaley
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? [...] I suspect if Bob had been living anywhere other than where the Christian version of Sharia law holds sway he would probably have gooten a few months for posession of morphine

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Once a PDML member, always a PDML member... On 1/20/2010 10:54 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ;-) cheers,

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/22/2010 6:08 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: Just pointing one thing out. That's an easy statement to make until you are the person wrongly convicted or unjustly sentenced. THEN the justice system, regardless of how well it

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/22/2010 11:19 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Graydono...@uniserve.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. Unbeliveble

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: Now you're reminding me of last year's biggest news story about the retrial of David Bain who was jailed in 1995 for the murder of his entire family.  He was acquitted of all charges in a retrial after serving 13 years

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: Now you're reminding me of last year's biggest news story about the retrial of David Bain who was jailed in 1995 for the murder of his entire family. He was acquitted of all charges in a

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Bob Shell was convicted of 8 charges; 7 felonies in addition to the involuntary manslaughter conviction. He faced a possible minimum of 6 years and maximum of 131 years. I can list off any number

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Bob Shell innocent? As a percentage of those convicted, the wrongly convicted is very very small, but for those who've lost years of their lives, one can't imagine the torment. To my mind, one very good argument against

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Bob Shell innocent? To my mind, one very good argument against the death penalty (some of those wrongly conviced would have been put to death were they convicted in a US death penalty state). ...or an argument for. To my mind

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread Tom C
Frank wrote: Despite what some think the justice system works pretty damned well most of the time. We hear about the travesties of justice all the time because they make sensational news, but day in day out the guilty usually get convicted and the innocent usually go free. Just pointing one

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Frank wrote: Despite what some think the justice system works pretty damned well most of the time. We hear about the travesties of justice all the time because they make sensational news, but day in day out

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread Tom C
, they receive the punishment the accused would have/did receive. Objectivity needs to be enforced. Tom C. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:24 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Frank wrote: Despite what some think

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. Unbeliveble Well, more like claiming to have made wildly grandiose plans

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Sorry, but don't agree here. Free to try and bomb some other place now. They planned to kill a lot of people and were caught before they could., Lots of jail time is my thoughts. Now, if this had

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault There's a Toronto-based group called the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted: http://www.aidwyc.org/ The lawyer who started it, James Lockyer is brilliant. I juniored on a trial many years ago (while he was a junior partner with a prominent Toronto criminal

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Just pointing one thing out.  That's an easy statement to make until you are the person wrongly convicted or unjustly sentenced.  THEN the justice system, regardless of how well it has worked in on a case by case basis, is a

RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread Bob W
Better one hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be condemned. - Thomas Jefferson I know you'll agree. Yes, I agree (subject to my comments, above) both with your post and with Jefferson's quote (if I'm not mistaken it's also been attributed to the great English

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C I agree. I don't think there's a really good solution... the best I can think of is one that provides for severe penalties to judges, prosecutors, police, and witnesses if it is found that someone was wrongly convicted or unjustly punished because of their participatory acts.

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Abraham said it first and said it best, when God was gonna get medieval on Sodom's ass: This is such a Mark! on so many levels. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:45:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I don't care if he feels remorse, but he ought to have at least some iota of pity. === From a female perspective, I was not impressed with Bob when he was on list. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:50 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:45:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I don't care if he feels remorse, but he ought to have at least some iota of pity. === From a female perspective, I was not

RE: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-22 Thread Bob W
=== From a female perspective, I was not impressed with Bob when he was on list. Bob is a female? That complicates the entire situation. I wonder why her parents named her Bob? Paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmgeWImSA1Y -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Bob W
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ...so far... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ;-) cheers, frank And, I'd guess we don't _really_ know whether Bob was railroaded by a

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
The appeal to Kafka doesn't work for me. Bob knows exactly what he's convicted of. And there's a distinct lack of empathy in his writing. He's more concerned with the time and money he's losing than he is with the victim's loss. I might have a little more sympathy for him if he showed a

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Keith Whaley Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? And, I'd guess we don't _really_ know whether Bob was railroaded by a P.O.S. judge or not, do we? Does anyone here feel it's morally justifiable to support a 35 year sentence for what seems to amount

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: And, I'd guess we don't _really_ know whether Bob was railroaded by a P.O.S. judge or not, do we? Does anyone here feel it's morally justifiable to support a 35 year sentence for what seems to amount to negligent

RE: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ...so far... Does wishful thinking count? -- PDML

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ;-) cheers,

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. Cutting off Harper's head should at least be good for an Order of Canada medal. William Robb -- PDML Pentax

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Keith Whaley
frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: And, I'd guess we don't _really_ know whether Bob was railroaded by a P.O.S. judge or not, do we? Does anyone here feel it's morally justifiable to support a 35 year sentence for what seems to

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Brian Walters
manslaughter? I know nothing of Bob Shell apart from what was posted here several years ago, but I thought it was an outrageous sentence when it was handed down and I still think so. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:15 -0500, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. ??? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Cotty
I had a bit of correspondence with Bob before he went inside. There's no smoke without fire, but nobody should serve 35 years for negligent homicide. Here in the UK we have one charge for murder (no degrees) and one charge for manslaughter, which carries an average sentence of 7 years. I doubt Bob

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: snip By calling it murder, you did indeed make a judgment call. The very word 'murder' implies intent. Yes, I'm being pedantic, but as my friend Yodar (Joe Strain) says, Words Mean Things. snip No, I wasn't making a

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:15:54 -0500 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. Unbeliveble should get 30 years for missing harper... missed this story though. -- Love is that condition in which the

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:15 -0500, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. ??? A number of

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
- Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: snip By calling it murder, you did indeed make a judgment call. The very word 'murder' implies intent. Yes

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: No comment regarding Bob's guilt/innocence but I can tell you from being in many product liability trials, that its not about the facts - its about the story being told and how believable it and the story tellers (witnesses

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David J Brooks scripsit: Or, a 1 day sentence for trying to blow up parts of Toronto and cut off Harpers head. Unbeliveble Well, more like claiming to have made wildly grandiose plans with no plausible or even implausible mechanisms for success. Time

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread John Sessoms
the best he could hope for). I hate to see any innocent person in jail... Bob Shell was convicted of 8 charges; 7 felonies in addition to the involuntary manslaughter conviction. He faced a possible minimum of 6 years and maximum of 131 years. He was sentenced to 8 years for the involuntary

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent? On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: No comment regarding Bob's guilt/innocence but I can tell

Re: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-21 Thread David Mann
On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:56 AM, frank theriault wrote: If Bob didn't do it, I hope he is able to appeal and either get an acquittal (unlikely) or a new trial (likely the best he could hope for). I hate to see any innocent person in jail... Now you're reminding me of last year's biggest news

Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-20 Thread William Robb
Obviously Bob thinks he is. - Original Message - From: brianSubject: Bob Shell innocent? Some interesting reading http://www.bobshelltruth.com/index.php -- Brian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-20 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. - Original Message - From: brianSubject: Bob Shell innocent? Some interesting reading http://www.bobshelltruth.com/index.php -- Brian The EOS 1OD can be set to record images in RAW format or in JPEG format. All of my personal

Re: Fw: Bob Shell innocent?

2010-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously Bob thinks he is. The only former PDML member to be found guilty of murder - that we know of... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread keith_w
Paul Stenquist wrote: I read much of what is available. I'm not Monday Morning Quarterbacking. The players have already decided the outcome. And, yes, the girl is dead. That's okay with you? No. Not at all. All *I* can go on, to get as much of the real story as possible, is to read what

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread Cotty
On 02/09/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, ... Prejudiced, Prejudiced, Prejudiced, Prejudiced, Prejudiced ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread David Mann
On Sep 3, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Cotty wrote: The jury decides sentence?? Hole moly. We do things different here. The judge decides. Besides, juries are notoriously fickle - if I was guilty, I'd opt to be tried by a jury. If I was innocent, I would opt to be tried by a just a judge. You

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread David J Brooks
Here in Ontario, that would equate to about a 15 year sentence. No parole for about 8 years. He would also get two years for every year served in pretrial time so that gets taken off. Bottom line, up here he'd be out in 3-5 years. Ontario justice stinks. Dave On 9/1/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
My experience with the Virginia Judicial System as a juror: This case involved a 42 year old man who had been caught hunting without a license, a misdemeanor. It turns out he had two felony convictions from his early twenties and had lost his right to have gun, however; this meant he was also

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread P. J. Alling
The judge probably thought that 5 years for a victim less crime was a miscarriage of justice. Especially under a law designed for habitual offenders. Steve Desjardins wrote: My experience with the Virginia Judicial System as a juror: This case involved a 42 year old man who had been caught

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread Scott Loveless
Steve Desjardins wrote: The judge explained to us that we hadn’t simply wasted our time that morning. The term for the process was “jury nullification” since we had used our “authority” to override a law. You should have bought a lottery ticket or two that day. Getting a judge to admit

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread John Sessoms
on bail pre-trial, as I think Bob Shell was, does that time still count toward time served? I expect he'll be sentenced to something between 6 and 30 years and he'll be out on parole in 6 or less. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread P. J. Alling
off. Bottom line, up here he'd be out in 3-5 years. Ontario justice stinks. If he's out on bail pre-trial, as I think Bob Shell was, does that time still count toward time served? I expect he'll be sentenced to something between 6 and 30 years and he'll be out on parole in 6 or less

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread David J Brooks
in 3-5 years. Ontario justice stinks. If he's out on bail pre-trial, as I think Bob Shell was, does that time still count toward time served? No. I expect he'll be sentenced to something between 6 and 30 years and he'll be out on parole in 6 or less. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling If he survives. He's likely to be labeled a child molester, (even though a 19 year old woman isn't exactly a child), other convicts seem to think it's open season on them. An acquaintance of mine was jailed after his ex-wife leveled charges that he molested his daughter.

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread cbwaters
A week or three ago I noticed that one of the books I have has a positive quote on the back from a Bob Shell. I thought hmmm and emailed him, asking if it was indeed the same Bob. He didn't reply. I guess I know why now. I bet the cops still have his computers. Do they have the internet

RE: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Bob W
32 years is a grotesque sentence for manslaughter. I don't condone any of the grubby and sordid behaviour that seems to have gone on in this case, and I don't know if Bob Shell is in custody at the moment, but if he's not I hope he's heading for the border - that's what I'd be doing. -- Bob

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling I don't know all of the facts in the case, but violent felons have received lessor sentences for murder than the 37 years that seems to be the jury recommendation here. Seems somehow out of proportion for involuntary manslaughter. He was charged with defilement of a

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
He's ultimately the victim of his own stupidity. Who ain't? Tim Typo Mostly Harmless -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
At least in rural Virginia... John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling I don't know all of the facts in the case, but violent felons have received lessor sentences for murder than the 37 years that seems to be the jury recommendation here. Seems somehow out of proportion for involuntary

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread David Savage
On 9/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's ultimately the victim of his own stupidity. Who ain't? I'm not. I long ago came to terms with embraced my stupidity. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: I long ago came to terms with embraced my stupidity. Ah, the 2007 PDML Quotations list is gonna be a thing of beauty! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Pardon me, but LOL Tim Typo Mostly Harless - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: Re: About Bob Shell On 9/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's ultimately

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
Looks like the next step for some is to flaunt it. (Present company accepted, Dave). Jack --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/2/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's ultimately the victim of his own stupidity. Who ain't? I'm not. I long ago came to terms with

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Cotty
On 02/09/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And it's not uncommon for a jury to propose, and a judge to impose, punishment for things the defendant wasn't actually convicted of. That's the whole purpose of those charges that get dropped late in the trial. The jury decides

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Adam Maas
Cotty wrote: On 02/09/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And it's not uncommon for a jury to propose, and a judge to impose, punishment for things the defendant wasn't actually convicted of. That's the whole purpose of those charges that get dropped late in the trial. The

RE: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Bob W
List Subject: Re: About Bob Shell Cotty wrote: On 02/09/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And it's not uncommon for a jury to propose, and a judge to impose, punishment for things the defendant wasn't actually convicted of. That's the whole purpose of those charges

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread graywolf
. The reaction is going to be extreme. Bob W wrote: 32 years is a grotesque sentence for manslaughter. I don't condone any of the grubby and sordid behaviour that seems to have gone on in this case, and I don't know if Bob Shell is in custody at the moment, but if he's not I hope he's heading

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
of the grubby and sordid behaviour that seems to have gone on in this case, and I don't know if Bob Shell is in custody at the moment, but if he's not I hope he's heading for the border - that's what I'd be doing. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread keith_w
Paul Stenquist wrote: And of course, the girl is dead. She's not just naked on film. She's dead. Extreme is probably called for. Paul If that's all you know. or care about, you apparently don't know enough. Just one more example of Monday Morning Quarterbacking, by those who are not

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 02/09/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And it's not uncommon for a jury to propose, and a judge to impose, punishment for things the defendant wasn't actually convicted of. That's the whole purpose of those charges that get dropped late in the trial.

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