tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post115168385046533242..comments2024-01-11T04:26:33.475-05:00Comments on Drifting Through The Grift: Judge Tosses Confession in Lunsford Casegriftdrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-1151694283770417442006-06-30T15:04:00.000-04:002006-06-30T15:04:00.000-04:00And interestingly enough, on the back page of the ...And interestingly enough, on the back page of the Fulton County Daily Report I see the judge in the Alday murders case (the one who refused to move the trial of Carl Isaacs due to pretrial publicity) died on Tuesday. Former federal district court Judge J. Robert Elliot, who retired in 2000 after being the one of the longest-serving federal judges, was 96.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339673763054572203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-1151689182519440812006-06-30T13:39:00.000-04:002006-06-30T13:39:00.000-04:00*cough*Considering the amount of publicity that ha...<A HREF="http://sarawaraclara.blogspot.com/2006/06/12-angry-men.html#links" REL="nofollow">*cough*</A><BR/><BR/>Considering the amount of publicity that has centered around the confession, I doubt it will much matter. The people from whom the jury pool will be selected will still know he confessed and judge's instructions to disregard that knowledge can only do so much.<BR/><BR/>I'm really surprised the judge had the balls to throw out the confession. Considering the fever pitch of that town right now, I'd be mighty afraid if I were him.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339673763054572203noreply@blogger.com