Oops - Humorous Outcome
- A burglary defendant who won his freedom because of a jury's mistake lost his life a few hours later when he was stabbed to death in a fight.
The jury in the trial of Bobby Lee Pearson, 37, mistakenly signed a not-guilty form Wednesday, and the flabbergasted judge said he had no choice but to order him to be released from jail because the verdict had already been put on the record.
It was too late when the judge finally learned that the jury was unable to reach a verdict, stalling on an 8-4 vote in favor of guilt. Prosecutors might have had an opportunity to retry Pearson, but by then, changing the verdict form would have exposed Pearson to double jeopardy.
After being released from jail, Pearson went to the home of his sister, Lasandra Jackson, to get some clothing and belongings. Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer said Pearson apparently got into a fight with his sister's boyfriend, 35-year-old Willie Gray.
The two had a history of problems, said Dyer, adding that investigators believe Gray killed Pearson, who was found dead in the street with a chest wound from a knife or gun and a cut on his stomach. Investigators found a steak knife near the body, Dyer said.
Gray was arrested and treated for injuries to his hands before being booked on suspicion of murder, said Dyer, adding that Pearson might still be alive if it weren't for the jury's "mishap." Pearson had a long criminal past, Dyer said
So it's the jury's fault that this guy ended up continuing on his lifelong path of asshole-ery and got himself stabbed to death?For a paperwork error? Sorry, but no. We'll just smile wryly at one of life's little "gotcha!" moments.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
33 Comments:
Thank you to that jury! That simple silly mistake saved tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars having to house this Rhodes scholar!
All's well that ends well, I always say. Got to remember that one for possible jury duty use.
A little poetic justice, indeed.
What is really sad, disgraceful, and tragic in not that he was killed, but apparently he was killed by a lowly steak knife. What self respecting criminal would want it known that he died by a steak knife?
"Pearson might [have lived two or three weeks longer] if it weren't for the jury's "mishap."
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That's definitly a beautiful fairy tail ending. One that I will be telling my grand children for years to come. Think I'll call it "Bobby Lee Ain't So Free".
Keep repeating, "there is no such thing as personal responsibility. It's the other guy's fault."
A ghetto fairy tale. The Grimm Brothers would be proud.
Damn, wish I'd written that!
As Freddy Mercury once said ,"another on bites the dust".
Thanks Chalkie for another job well done. Your honorable mention will be in your mailbox.
Will the family of the beloved deceased sue?
typical democrat, because its the jury's fault. no personal responsibility.
what was that movie called? the one where someone is saved and a different timeline is started and people die?
Put this up for the "Funny Fickle Finger of Fate" award. Stll LMAF on this one.
So sad and just as he was turning his life around.
Cheater proof!!
Karma, baby.
It's called karma
Liberal logic at it's best.
Ghetto fairy tale.
...and they got kilt happily ever after.
Mistakes have a way of leading to a better envoirment for everyone. Good riddance !!!!!
2 windows broken with 1 stone.
A man lost his life because of a mistake by a jury. That's not funny. ........ Wait a minute.... It IS funny as hell. Ha ha!
Chalkie and Karma danked on that ass...
Just a little mission overlap.
Kinda like The Batman and The Punisher swinging past each other in the deep purple black of a moonless 3am.
>Nod of acknowledgement and keep it moving<
And some ambulance chasing lawyer will try to file suit against the foreman of the jury for negligence in dogasses death. ghetto lottery here we come.
His family should sue
Blahahaha- that's FUNNY! Apparently our justice system sometimes DOES work!
This Is Are Time.
This info made my day.
the movie was crash
Anonymous said...
Thank you to that jury! That simple silly mistake saved tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars having to house this Rhodes scholar!
6/14/2014 12:05:00 AM
Hey, don't insult Rhodes Scholars like that. Take Mel Reynolds for instance, former Congressman who went to the pokey and was succeeded by JJJjr. He was a Rhodes Scholar.
He had some difficulties, fraud related, in Zumbabwe and was in their hoosegow for a while. That's the gray-bar hotel for the uninitiated.
Zimbabwe is the former nation of Rhodesia, of all places, which was named after Cecil Rhodes who began the Rhodes Scholar stuff and was chairman of deBeers.
Aw what the fuck, Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar also. Fuck the Rhodes Scholars come to think about it.
Everything happens for a reason!
Everyone is saying the jury got it wrong. No they didn't. they found him and and gave him the death penalty. It's all the way you look at things.
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