Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow, here’s a story about the victim of the perp’s initial kidnapping back in the early 2000s
https://www.lewisthomason.com/remembering-kemper-durand-2/
Wow is right!
"Both men were tried and found guilty. At the sentencing hearing for one of the two men, a well-known lawyer appeared in the courtroom. It was Kemper. He told the judge he wanted to testify. Kemper took the stand, and testified that the man who was about to be sentenced was not the man who accosted him at gun point on that fateful evening. Yes, the man had been there and could certainly be considered an accomplice, but as Kemper saw it, the man was at the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time. Kemper then further described how during those hours he spent in the trunk of his car, he heard the two men talking. The man who was now about to be sentenced had pleaded with his friend to “stop the car, let this man out, give him his keys, and go!”
Forever the effective criminal defense lawyer, Kemper portrayed the man before the judge as an unwilling accomplice. He asked that the judge give him the most lenient sentence possible. The judge agreed."
Wonder if one of the "innocent accomplices" from then is the guy they arrested on this case!
https://yale1961.org/kemper-b-durand/
https://lawyers.findlaw.com/profile/view/1709216_1