Hugo Daniel of the Daily Mail owed his readers a bit more information. The brother was apparently homeless and sqatting on private properrty where he left a cashe of child porn which was turned over to the police in 2014. An arrest warrant was issued but law enforcement couldn't find him. A better effort was made to locate him after the mass shooting and he was found and charged with possession of child porn.
Problem was the owner of the property was now in Mexico and the prosecution was unable to produce the only witness to the offence. The court rejected the last minute motion to postpone the trial to give the prosecution more time to obtain the star witness. The main witness could not be compelled to return to the USA. As for the claim of predjudice that a DA's daughter had been killed, that usually results in a change of venue, not dismissal.
Thus the judge's ruling was predicated on the unavailability of the only witness to the crime of possession. We all are guaranteed the right to a speedy trial. The judge may not have had a choice in the matter. However, Mr. Paddock will forever live with the stigma of child porn hanging over his head which will punish him socially since the Internet lives on forever.
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Pizzalawyer ago
Hugo Daniel of the Daily Mail owed his readers a bit more information. The brother was apparently homeless and sqatting on private properrty where he left a cashe of child porn which was turned over to the police in 2014. An arrest warrant was issued but law enforcement couldn't find him. A better effort was made to locate him after the mass shooting and he was found and charged with possession of child porn.
Problem was the owner of the property was now in Mexico and the prosecution was unable to produce the only witness to the offence. The court rejected the last minute motion to postpone the trial to give the prosecution more time to obtain the star witness. The main witness could not be compelled to return to the USA. As for the claim of predjudice that a DA's daughter had been killed, that usually results in a change of venue, not dismissal.
Thus the judge's ruling was predicated on the unavailability of the only witness to the crime of possession. We all are guaranteed the right to a speedy trial. The judge may not have had a choice in the matter. However, Mr. Paddock will forever live with the stigma of child porn hanging over his head which will punish him socially since the Internet lives on forever.
YogSoggoth ago
Replace where's Waldo, with where's Hector.