And I am saying that even if it was true as can be you'd never have all five. Odds are she wouldn't call, and neither would the neighbors. Odds are overwhelming that she'd be ashamed to tell her family.
As it is, there's something close to your #4, and you do have #5. You just disregard it. But let's settle this quickly. No, it isn't proof. Put it this way, if I am driving down a major street lined with drinking establishments, it's 2:30 AM and my headlights aren't on, then I fit the profile of a drunk driver, and a police officer has grounds to pull me over. Could I be an absentminded cocktail waitress who just got off work and is stone cold sober? Absolutely. Is the policeman who opine that something else may be the case guilty of some sort of slander if this is the case? Not at all. If I were the Pinellas County prosecutor I might well have made the same recommendation. Even though it is my personal opinion that this man knocked his wife over and caused her death. Because my opinion is not the same thing as stone cold make-the-case-in-court proof. (Though I wonder what happened to those broken ribs. But I digress.) However the main issue here is that you cannot use lack of proof to demonstrate innocence. That's my point. Furthermore, even if there *were* incontrovertible proof -- like that was ever going to happen after fifteen years and after the death of the hypothetical victim -- the justice system of Pinella County has absolutely no incentive to air its dirty laundry. If there had been grounds for a homicide investigation today, then the alleged perpetrator should have been arrested at the time. Much simpler to just let it go. Dana > For me, I'd need to hear: > > 1.) that neighbors had called the police due to violent sounding fights or, > 2.) that the police had been over and witnessed something or, > 3.) that friends, family saw her with bruises and abrasions, or > 4.) that she complained to others that Mr. Schiavo had hit her, or > 5.) any of that from any of his subsequent girlfriends. > > For me, the profile arguement and the rest of the anecdotes are trying > to force a truth rather than proof of one. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164061 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
