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Questionable Whackelpudding's avatar

In other disturbing news from up on Choctaw Ridge: Billy Joe McAllister jumped of the Tallahatchee Bridge...

doktorzoom's avatar

Good point; in his case, there was a jury at some point, as I recall.

Dinz6315's avatar

Jeopardy attaches only after a jury is impaneled, I believe. Charges can be dropped and brought again unless dismissed with prejudice.

(((Aron)))'s avatar

But one hell of a buttstroke!

ahughes798's avatar

That's too bad. He literally got away with murders

MC Planck's avatar

Never have I been so glad to have left Arizona.

The Potoo of Existential Derp's avatar

Vonnegutian Ice-9, specifically. Wilson had to light that fire, to save humanity from an aggressive contamination! He's a hero! Soon to be explained in depth in "Billy's Trials, Part 2: I remembered a bunch more shit".

SophieTylenol's avatar

Well, each system is different but most big city library systems don’t. Which is good. That way you have a polite way to turn people down. “It’s policy.”

Molon Labe #FJB's avatar

I learned it from Alinsky's book. Rules for Radicals, you know, the lefts playbook.

Big Puppy's avatar

Hmm, you just answered my question about double jeopardy. But still . . .

Big Puppy's avatar

As Dok instructed, I read the whole thing. How the hell did he get away with this? And how can he tell his version of events with a straight face? And, finally, don't homicides usually have no statute of limitations so the whole idea of a speedy trial doesn't really matter here? And even if it did, since he was never tried in the first place, couldn't he be tried anyway because there would be no double jeopardy? Questions! I have questions!

doktorzoom's avatar

You know, the minute one of them comes up with a story that's as bugfuck crazy as this AND is running for office using it as a campaign talking point, we'll definitely write it up.

doktorzoom's avatar

Plus, there would then be the matter of reading the book.

(shudder)

doktorzoom's avatar

No statute of limitations, but I'm pretty sure since the original charges were dismissed, retrying him would be double jeopardy.