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FURIOUS....Susan Smith..asking for new trial.
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 340274" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>... and Marg, I agree. If the husband had really been abusive, she would have been screaming it from the rooftops when she was arrested, she would have tried to blame it all on him or claimed that he was the reason that she did it. And she did none of that. </p><p> </p><p>But just because an inmate files paperwork asking for a new trial or to have their sentence overturned ... very, very few are ever granted. Inmates file petitions like this all the time and they are almost never ever granted. In almost 24 years working in the prison system, the only time I've ever seen this happen is if someone has been incarcerated for many years and then is maybe cleared by DNA evidence that didn't exist when they were convicted - NEVER once in the institution I work in. And the part about not having an attorney when she was questioned ... if they had neglected to read her her Miranda rights when she was arrested, that would have been the VERY FIRST THING her attorney would have brought up in her trial. If they did read her her Miranda rights (which I'm sure they did!) and she chose to talk to them anyway without an attorney present, then that's just tough noogies! That's what they mean when they say, " <em>.. can and will be used against you"</em>!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 340274, member: 1883"] ... and Marg, I agree. If the husband had really been abusive, she would have been screaming it from the rooftops when she was arrested, she would have tried to blame it all on him or claimed that he was the reason that she did it. And she did none of that. But just because an inmate files paperwork asking for a new trial or to have their sentence overturned ... very, very few are ever granted. Inmates file petitions like this all the time and they are almost never ever granted. In almost 24 years working in the prison system, the only time I've ever seen this happen is if someone has been incarcerated for many years and then is maybe cleared by DNA evidence that didn't exist when they were convicted - NEVER once in the institution I work in. And the part about not having an attorney when she was questioned ... if they had neglected to read her her Miranda rights when she was arrested, that would have been the VERY FIRST THING her attorney would have brought up in her trial. If they did read her her Miranda rights (which I'm sure they did!) and she chose to talk to them anyway without an attorney present, then that's just tough noogies! That's what they mean when they say, " [I].. can and will be used against you"[/I]! [/QUOTE]
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