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and btw yes, the analogy of bringing a huge aircraft carrier to come about , pull a one eighty, as opposed to a 20 ft. long speedboat ? . . . , that has always been an apt description of the dilemma a newly elected pol faces when he or she inherits a flaming shipwreck. we have seen some infusion of the 'office of asylum seekers' creeping into sullivan county, etc. , , it's a mighty interesting expansion of the bureaucracy, as u point out.

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agreed that a plea is unlikely in kohlberger. he's got nothing to lose at a trial, plus his kind of guy enjoys the spectacle , similar to murdaugh recently. perhaps they can call this the 'chapman syndrome', ( re; murder of john lennon. )... i respectfully disagree with counsel on the allocution contents. he will not be REQUIRED to speak of his motive in allocuting. of course, the DA might

"drift " there in his questioning of the deft. under oath, and he might get k-berger to ' take the bait " and state some sort of INSIPID AND INCREDIBLE motive ....but as far as being statutorily

r e q u i r e d , i'm pretty sure that it is not. he DOES have to admit, with some specific narrative detail, all of the elements of the crime, yes of course, but...just the same as the DA is never required to PROVE motive ( but it's nice...and deliciously probative when he can),,,, ditto for 'mr. knife-hider', in that he does not h a v e to say why he did such a ridiculously horrible astonishing series of things. personally, i am amazed his fam. is not pursuing the hinkley insanity play / ploy, which helped 'the hinkster' to avoid a long super harsh prison stint. IN ANY EVENT, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PAUL ! .... THE WRITING IS AS CRISP AND LIVELY AS EVER.

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