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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060222/ap_ ... ered_trial

The story is pretty gruesome, but in my current "I've been burning the candle at both ends for the past two weeks and I'm a little loopy right now" mental state, this quote made me think:

In her first trial, Kolb testified that Gregory strangled Reynolds, then hit Kolb and threatened to kill her, her family and her cats if she reported the crime.

Query: if someone just threatened to kill you and your family, is there really any point in threatening your cats as well? Like she's gonna be sitting there thinking "well if he's only going to kill me and my family, I'll report the crime anyway, but since he's threatening my cats, I better do what he says..."

GL, I think you need some sleep man!!!

But you are right. I'd be far more worried about my boys then Bouncin' Bingo and Samantha.

ChiOCat wrote:GL, I think you need some sleep man!!!

Unfortunately, that's more true than you know. Between being fairly busy at work, friends visiting me from out of town, and various other commitments, I have basically had no time to myself for about a month now, and I've been averaging about four hours of sleep a night for the past few weeks. That's not as bad as it sounds, because I'm one of those people who doesn't need a lot of sleep (i.e., six hours a night is about all I ever get), but it is starting to wear on me...

--GL (poor me, I know...)

I had a feeling you must have been tired when you started this thread because you titled it fairly disturbing instead of immensely disturbing. I read this last night and it deeply bothered me so I did not get great sleep either.


Well, at least tomorrow is Friday! Get some rest!

Cory - get some sleep that's worse than me and I have two kids that keep me up all night, don't know how you function during the day.


As for this article, I think this is sick, but reminds me of that crazy Annapolis girl that murdered some poor girl that simply went on a date with her ex-boyfriend. People are crazy!!! never had another girl try to kill me over a guy (thank God) but had one call me up from out of state 24/7 swear at me and threaten to kick my butt once. disturbing how society sees this behavior of possesivenes as endearing or loving. Think too many wacky people are out there.

this was that crazy girl that I was referrencing.


Zamora, who attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and ex-boyfriend David Graham, who was at the Air Force Academy, were convicted of capital murder in the 1995 slaying of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones of Mansfield.

Prosecutors contended that Zamora urged Graham to kill Jones after he had a purported one-time sexual encounter with her.

Zamora and Graham were sentenced to life prison terms.

Hello Kitty wrote:I had a feeling you must have been tired when you started this thread because you titled it fairly disturbing instead of immensely disturbing. I read this last night and it deeply bothered me so I did not get great sleep either.


Well, at least tomorrow is Friday! Get some rest!

I'm sorry; I didn't mean to ruin anybody's night.

And I will do my best to get some sleep this weekend (so maybe I'll make more sense next week), although I think I'm gonna end up at the office at least one day this weekend, too. I have a pro bono project that I've been neglecting a little too long...

Grizlaw wrote:

Hello Kitty wrote:I had a feeling you must have been tired when you started this thread because you titled it fairly disturbing instead of immensely disturbing. I read this last night and it deeply bothered me so I did not get great sleep either.


Well, at least tomorrow is Friday! Get some rest!

I'm sorry; I didn't mean to ruin anybody's night.

And I will do my best to get some sleep this weekend (so maybe I'll make more sense next week), although I think I'm gonna end up at the office at least one day this weekend, too. I have a pro bono project that I've been neglecting a little too long...

What kind of law do you practice?

Grizlaw wrote:

Hello Kitty wrote:I had a feeling you must have been tired when you started this thread because you titled it fairly disturbing instead of immensely disturbing. I read this last night and it deeply bothered me so I did not get great sleep either.


Well, at least tomorrow is Friday! Get some rest!

I'm sorry; I didn't mean to ruin anybody's night.

And I will do my best to get some sleep this weekend (so maybe I'll make more sense next week), although I think I'm gonna end up at the office at least one day this weekend, too. I have a pro bono project that I've been neglecting a little too long...

[Assuming "Beavis doing Andy Rooney" voice with a touch of O'Reilly flare]

And that's another thing I can't stand about lawyers. It's always "pro bono" this and "pro bono" that. What about a little fair and balanced treatment, you ACLU-loving scumbags? Just once, I'd like to hear an attorney say something anti-Bono. What's up with this Bono guy, anyway? Oh, it's so bright indoors at night, let me put on my wrap sunglasses so I can look cool. Evil liberals.

ChiOCat wrote:What kind of law do you practice?

Tax law. Most of my clients are energy companies, banks, and investment funds that invest in energy projects.

The pro bono project I'm working on is actually pretty interesting; I'm helping a charitable organization whose status as a nonprofit organization is being challenged by the IRS. I just haven't had time to get to it, and it's one of those things that had a really lengthy deadline at the time I agreed to do it, and the deadline is suddenly a lot closer...

And as an aside, I'm also glad to see that BAC isn't shy about having a couple cocktails with his lunch.

Grizlaw wrote:

ChiOCat wrote:What kind of law do you practice?

Tax law. Most of my clients are energy companies, banks, and investment funds that invest in energy projects.

The pro bono project I'm working on is actually pretty interesting; I'm helping a charitable organization whose status as a nonprofit organization is being challenged by the IRS. I just haven't had time to get to it, and it's one of those things that had a really lengthy deadline at the time I agreed to do it, and the deadline is suddenly a lot closer...

And as an aside, I'm also glad to see that BAC isn't shy about having a couple cocktails with his lunch.

And what's up with the word "cocktails" anyway? Is that a book with gay porn stories, or what?

Bay Area Cat wrote:

Grizlaw wrote:

ChiOCat wrote:What kind of law do you practice?

Tax law. Most of my clients are energy companies, banks, and investment funds that invest in energy projects.

The pro bono project I'm working on is actually pretty interesting; I'm helping a charitable organization whose status as a nonprofit organization is being challenged by the IRS. I just haven't had time to get to it, and it's one of those things that had a really lengthy deadline at the time I agreed to do it, and the deadline is suddenly a lot closer...

And as an aside, I'm also glad to see that BAC isn't shy about having a couple cocktails with his lunch.

And what's up with the word "cocktails" anyway? Is that a book with gay porn stories, or what?

You two are a little slap happy lately! You not sleeping well either BAC?

Bay Area Cat wrote:And what's up with the word "cocktails" anyway? Is that a book with gay porn stories, or what?

It's becoming obvious to me that you are not a patriotic American, and that you probably wish more police officers and firefighters had died on 9/11. And if you think I'm just going to sit back and listen while you badmouth our police and firefighters, you've got another thing coming, buster.

The trial was Kolb's second in three months. The first ended in a mistrial in November when a Rock Island County jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction. Her retrial was moved to Dixon, about 60 miles from the Quad Cities.

How in the hell could you vote "not guilty" on this?

Ffffffffiiiiirreee! You said fire ... that's cool.

[Snapping out of Beavis/Rooney/O'Reilly trance]

I hereby condescend upon thee in the name of Cat from the area of the Bay.

longhorn_22 wrote:

The trial was Kolb's second in three months. The first ended in a mistrial in November when a Rock Island County jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction. Her retrial was moved to Dixon, about 60 miles from the Quad Cities.

How in the hell could you vote "not guilty" on this?

Well, in all seriousness, how could we have any idea how they should have voted unless we actually sat through the trial and saw all of the evidence?