It used to be that they would hang convicted murderers outside the local jail. In Mississippi and Louisiana for a while they used portable electric chairs that they would truck around and set up outside the county courthouse where the murderer had been tried. If they indict and convict this guy, they should execute him right in the middle of the C-ville Downtown Mall! |
Then the story line would be "Are the police doing enough?" "Shouldn't the media be taking this more seriously" And if the guy responsible were white, it would be presumed that racist animus was involved and that a hate crime occurred. You certainly wouldn't hear anyone saying that there was too much focus on the crime. If Mr. Dreads did it, people will say he is a creepy killer. I guarantee they won't speculate that he had a racial motive. |
Relisha Rudd was an outlier. The sad and hurtful truth is that missing black children, teens and women are not given the same news coverage as their missing white counterparts. With that said, I hope Hannah is found alive. |
If she is alive where has she been all this time? A prisoner somewhere? |
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Forensic evidence is now linking Jesse Matthew to the 2009 disappearance and murder of Morgan Harrington, the Virginia Tech student who disappeared during a concert at Charlottesville's John Paul Jones Arena.
http://t.co/dBls1TO5mm |
If this is true, this story is going to blow up. And pp upthread who talks about everyone convicting this guy without evidence is going to feel really dumb. |
It already is all over the news outlets. As a VT alum who was in Blacksburg in 2009, I am very relieved that the Harrington family (and now Graham family) will get some justice for their daughter and there won't be another girl to talk about, at least from action by this sicko. |
If this is true, then it would also link him to a 2005 assault in Fairfax County. What a tragic story all around. |
Yes, right, because that case was connected to the Harrington case. How horrific that this guy has (may have, etc) been around town this whole time. |
| Where are you guys hearing that he is linked to the Morgan Harrington case? |
And Morgan's killer has already been linked to the Fairfax rape victim.... |
| Can't wait for folks to say, look there the cops go framing a black man for all their unsolved cases.... |
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/sources-tell-wtvr-that-forensic-evidence-links-jesse-matthew-to-morgan-harrington/28315192 |
There is no trophy for guessing right, and there is quite a penalty for guessing wrong and locking up an innocent person. This is why we do investigations and conduct trials. This is why we say "innocent until proven guilty". |
Sadly that is true. Google Alexis Murphy. An AA teen who disappeared about 40 miles from Charlottesville - a White man has been charged. It did not lead the news up here. However IMO, PP saying that does not take away from the tragedy of this situation. In this country, we make everying a battle or a comparision. It does not have to be that way. |