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Ytown Tribe fan · 05-31-2003, 10:22 AM

The main story is this: an armed man with a grudge walked into a buildling at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University and opened fire, killing one person and wounding two others. SWAT teams surrounded the place and eventually got him out.

The story can be found here

He's as guilty as all get out and they have him dead-to-rights, but his court-appointed lawyer has naturally entered a plea of "not guilty" on his behalf ... to 338 charges.

Now -- the state of Ohio is testing its new anti-terrorism laws, so that's a big part of the story, but my question is: what purpose is served by charging this guy with 338 different crimes? Will that help him to a speedy trial and a guilty verdict on his actual crimes?

Any lawyers here that can shed light on this for me are welcome to try.

sweaver · 05-31-2003, 10:54 PM

You charge him with as much as you can (I'm not a lawyer---but I did watch "Law and Order" last night!) to give you more room to plea bargain....ditto the "not guilty" plea.

05-31-2003, 10:22 AM	#1
Ytown Tribe fan Guest Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scrappers territory Posts: 2,515	Supercharged The main story is this: an armed man with a grudge walked into a buildling at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University and opened fire, killing one person and wounding two others. SWAT teams surrounded the place and eventually got him out. The story can be found here He's as guilty as all get out and they have him dead-to-rights, but his court-appointed lawyer has naturally entered a plea of "not guilty" on his behalf ... to 338 charges. Now -- the state of Ohio is testing its new anti-terrorism laws, so that's a big part of the story, but my question is: what purpose is served by charging this guy with 338 different crimes? Will that help him to a speedy trial and a guilty verdict on his actual crimes? Any lawyers here that can shed light on this for me are welcome to try.

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05-31-2003, 10:54 PM	#2
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	You charge him with as much as you can (I'm not a lawyer---but I did watch "Law and Order" last night!) to give you more room to plea bargain....ditto the "not guilty" plea.

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