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02-28-2008, 12:56 PM
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Man Charged with Murder 41 years later
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man who shot and wounded a police officer more than 41 years ago will stand trial for his murder following the officer's death last year, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Prosecutors say the victim, Walter Barclay, died of injuries directly linked to the 1966 shooting.
William Barnes, 71, who already served around 20 years in prison for the shooting and other offenses, was rearrested last year and charged with murder following Barclay's death.
Prosecutors say a urinary tract infection that afflicted Barclay was a direct result of his paralysis. That in turn was caused when Barnes shot him in the spine during an attempted break-in on November 27, 1966.
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I think this is a terrible miscarriage of justice. He had already served 20 years in the past for the shooting. To charge him with murder after the man he shot has successfully lived FORTY ONE YEARS after the incident is ridiculous. Homicide by urinary tract infection!? Please! |
02-28-2008, 01:08 PM
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 Ummm...there is no way he actually gets prosecuted in this one!!! I think the people of Philadelphia should be outraged they're even wasting tax dollars on this case
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02-28-2008, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBuckWife
Full article here.
I think this is a terrible miscarriage of justice. He had already served 20 years in the past for the shooting. To charge him with murder after the man he shot has successfully lived FORTY ONE YEARS after the incident is ridiculous. Homicide by urinary tract infection!? Please! |
The cop remained paralyzed for the entire 41 years while that asshole got to walk around jail for 20 and walk around free for 21 more. F*** him. But it seems like a waste of money and time, even if I have no pity.
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02-28-2008, 01:14 PM
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The cop remained paralyzed for the entire 41 years while that asshole got to walk around jail for 20 and walk around free for 21 more. [censored] him
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Yeah, the guy was paralyzed for that time, but he was alive. He was in car accidents, fell out of his wheel chair, who knows how active and or happy he was. Being paralyzed in a wheel chair isn't as good as being able to walk but it's still way better than being [censored]ing dead.
I don't condone the shooting, but I don't believe revenge at the end is worth this kind of misguided "justice." We have a prison system that is built on the idea that you do your time, you don't owe society anything anymore. Can't we even keep that one idea right? |
02-28-2008, 01:14 PM
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The cop remained paralyzed for the entire 41 years while that asshole got to walk around jail for 20 and walk around free for 21 more. [censored] him
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He already fullfilled his punsihment for his crimes.
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02-28-2008, 01:16 PM
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The cop remained paralyzed for the entire 41 years while that asshole got to walk around jail for 20 and walk around free for 21 more. F*** him. But it seems like a waste of money and time, even if I have no pity.
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WTF why waste the $$. Bing the guy in, shoot him in the spine, and throw his ass back on the street. |
02-28-2008, 01:17 PM
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