Comments on: McGhee, Lambeth Plead Not Guilty In Lottery Store Murder, Robbery

By: NO Excuses

NO Excuses — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:35:31 +0000

DLo, you are absolutely correct. Pat Bonifay was the trigger man and Larry Fordham was driving. Larry and the other guy riding along got life in prison and Pat along with the one who planned the event got the death penalty. If you aren’t careful who you hang around with, you could find yourself in a situation just such as this.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:54:18 +0000

@JW. Ride with an outlaw, hang with an outlaw.

By: DLo

DLo — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:40:26 +0000

Well..1 of them is not guilty of the murder obviously..but which one..it doesn’t take two men to pull the trigger.

No, if they were involved in a felony and someone dies, they are both guilty. Someone driving the getaway car that never opens his door to get out is just as guilty as the one who pulls the trigger. Just ask the kid from the Trout Auto Parts robbery/murder.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:36:55 +0000

If they agreed to rob the store, both of them are guilty of the murder even if only one fired shots.

By: ashley

ashley — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:13:13 +0000

Right it don’t take two to pull the trigger……Brent is innocent of murdee

By: jw

jw — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:00:25 +0000

Well..1 of them is not guilty of the murder obviously..but which one..it doesn’t take two men to pull the trigger.

By: mick

mick — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:05:51 +0000

That’s right, enjoy your due process…then it will be time to pay…

By: sonors

sonors — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:19:57 +0000

@Safebear applause your way

By: Safebear

Safebear — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:25:58 +0000

I have a friend in Indonesia whose brother was murdered 2 months ago in Singapore. They robbed him of about 25 dollars and then stabbed and shot him. The Singapore police caught the 2 guys the next day – found the bloody knife and the gun. Within 2 weeks they had proved the gun and knife were the weapons who killed him, the finger prints matched both guys. Within 1 month they were tried, convicted and put to death.

I understand there may be screw ups in evidence and there “could” be innocent people in prison but it is just so wrong that when someone is obviously guilty that we take care of them for the rest of their lives – especially when the state and federal governments are needing to trim budgets.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:35:37 +0000

REGARDING:
“If someone is guilty, why NOT plead guilty. ”

The main reason is in hopes of avoiding punishment for the crime. If you admit you murdered someone, you set yourself up for punishment up to and including the death penalty. If you don’t want to suffer for your crimes, it is reasonable to try to avoid that punishment.

There is a good chance the law enforcement officers will mess up the evidence and there won’t be any to hold against you in trial.
There’s a fair chance the prosecution won’t be on the ball and will either fail to convince the jury or will make mistakes which will get a reversal on appeal.
There’s a fair chance someone on the jury will decide to acquit you because of reasons completely unrelated to the facts or because they think CSI-level evidence should have been presented proving your guilt beyond a shadow of a shadow of a shadow of a doubt rather than just beyond a reasonable doubt.

If you drag things out long enough witnesses may die of old age or forget enough details that the defense attorneys can impeach their witness and make them look like the bad guys rather than you.

Admittedly, if you are guilty of murder, the honest thing would be to ‘fess up, but if you were an honest person, you probably wouldn’t have tried to rob someone and wouldn’t have been willing to murder him for your own gratification. (And all that is even assuming you actually ARE guilty, rather than simply falsely accused.)

David for recognizing reasons