One Year Anniversary of Oakton Girls Killed Walking Home From School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is this petition circulating, which makes infuriating claims about the prosecution. Does anybody know anything about this?

https://www.change.org/p/money-buys-powerful-attorneys-but-doesn-t-bring-back-victims-of-crime

Why isn’t the killer in jail??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is this petition circulating, which makes infuriating claims about the prosecution. Does anybody know anything about this?

https://www.change.org/p/money-buys-powerful-attorneys-but-doesn-t-bring-back-victims-of-crime

Why isn’t the killer in jail??

Because he hasn’t been tried yet and apparently he made bail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is this petition circulating, which makes infuriating claims about the prosecution. Does anybody know anything about this?

https://www.change.org/p/money-buys-powerful-attorneys-but-doesn-t-bring-back-victims-of-crime

Why isn’t the killer in jail??

Because he hasn’t been tried yet and apparently he made bail.

When is his trial date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is this petition circulating, which makes infuriating claims about the prosecution. Does anybody know anything about this?

https://www.change.org/p/money-buys-powerful-attorneys-but-doesn-t-bring-back-victims-of-crime

Why isn’t the killer in jail??

Because he hasn’t been tried yet and apparently he made bail.

When is his trial date?

From the first page

Anonymous wrote:https://patch.com/virginia/fairfaxcity/families-await-answers-1-year-after-fatal-crash-blake-lane

The trial starts in July.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is he going to trial? I don’t know how these types of cases usually play out, but can’t imagine many juries are sympathetic to someone driving a BMW going 80 in a 35 near a school…

And I heard he got a VERY expensive criminal defense attorney so he's not looking to back down. He has to be looking to to pin it on the SUV driver. Otherwise, why blow money on an expensive defense attorney.

He is spending money on an expensive lawyer b/c JAIL is a real possibility when 2 people died. His lawyer(s) will of course try to get the jury to sympathize with being a young person and making a single mistake. They only need ONE juror to feel sorry for the nice young man with so much in his future. Just one juror refusing to convict means a hung jury and the CA will give him a deal that involves a lot of "community service" and probation. They are paying a high priced (and presumably experienced) lawyer to pay his way out of jail.

Yup, all of this. If the family has the money, it's worth the gamble. The driver of the SUV actually did something illegal and dangerous (pulling into opposing traffic and stopping in the middle of the road), so the defendant's lawyer is going to argue contributory negligence.

Sadly, I think he has a very good chance at getting away with this. You only need one sympathetic male driver on the jury who probably speeds a little much. If you're the defense attorney, you are trying to get the jury to be composed of young men. You're tossing moms and grandmas off the jury.

This isn’t a tort case so contributory negligence is irrelevant. It would only matter if the SUV driver sued Shahid for damages. The SUV driver’s actions don’t excuse Shahid’s criminal driving, which plainly is the cause of the girls’ deaths.

[Anonymous]

why aren't his parents insisting he go to jail? He killed 2 teens. Are they foreigners who think a boy/ son can do no harm??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why aren't his parents insisting he go to jail? He killed 2 teens. Are they foreigners who think a boy/ son can do no harm??

Yes. Only "foreigners" think that. Your xenophobia is a bit too obvious.

[Anonymous]

so is he going off to college, still

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why aren't his parents insisting he go to jail? He killed 2 teens. Are they foreigners who think a boy/ son can do no harm??

I think this guy deserves jail time for his exceedingly reckless actions. However, if he was my son, I'd still do everything in my power to avoid or minimize any jailtime. That's what family does... we don't expect families to be the judge and jurors. We expect family to have reasons of affection for being biased.

Turn down your xenophobia.

[Anonymous]

I don't blame the parents--he's not going to be able to work to pay off the BMW if he's in jail!

[Anonymous]

The Commonwealth attorneys asked victim's family to consider less sentence for the guy because "he still has a full life ahead of him".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Commonwealth attorneys asked victim's family to consider less sentence for the guy because "he still has a full life ahead of him".

Source?

[Anonymous]

One of the victim's families had a meeting with the prosecutors recently, during which the prosecutors made this request.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the victim's families had a meeting with the prosecutors recently, during which the prosecutors made this request.

And that stinks payoff to "prosecutors" by offenders family.
Absolutely disgusting!

[Anonymous]

So I hear this guy's trial has been moved to November?! Why?