About Bob Shell

[P. J. Alling]

At least in rural Virginia...

John Sessoms wrote:
>> From:
>> "P. J. Alling"
>> I don't know all of the facts in the case, but violent felons have 
>> received lessor sentences for murder than the 37 years that seems to 
>> be the jury recommendation here.  Seems somehow out of proportion for 
>> involuntary manslaughter.
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> He was charged with "defilement of a corpse" and other sensational 
> charges. Those charges were dropped "late in the trial" - meaning the DA 
> got his shots in THEN dropped the charges he couldn't prove.
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>> The prosecutor in the case tried to paint him as an older man who was 
>> infatuated with the younger woman and drugged her in order to take 
>> advantage of her.
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>  From the Roanoke Times:
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>> Franklin, 19 at the time of her death, modeled for Shell, including 
>> doing bondage shoots and photos. Hours of explicit photos and videos 
>> were shown to the jury over the past few days.
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> They can do that to you.
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> If you're ever in court, you better know it's not about *Truth, Justice 
> and the American Way*, it's about winning ... the prosecutor gets 
> another notch on his gun for when he runs for higher office.
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> And it's not uncommon for a jury to propose, and a judge to impose, 
> punishment for things the defendant wasn't actually convicted of. That's 
> the whole purpose of those charges that get dropped " late in the trial".
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> Bottom line - whether the sentence he gets is fair or not, a 
> 50-something year old man who gets involved with a 19 year old drug user 
> and takes pictures of them doing kinky shit is an idiot.
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> He's ultimately the victim of his own stupidity.
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