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Cam and Hootie will not be prosecuted
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:02 pm
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Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:04 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:07 pm to TideSaint
Insufficient evidence. 
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:08 pm to jatebe
If this turns out to be true, I hope they realize what a massive and undeserved break they got and use the second chance to change whatever values they're using in their decision making process.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:17 pm to JustGetItRight
You don't know that it's undeserved.
Does anyone think they will still be suspended?
Does anyone think they will still be suspended?
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:17 pm to JustGetItRight
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I hope they realize what a massive and undeserved break they got and use the second chance to change whatever values they're using in their decision making process.
I hope Nick Saban sat them down and told them that if they farted in the wrong direction for the next year, they would be off the team.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:18 pm to TideSaint
frick. Yes.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:20 pm to nb200016
Today is going to be a great day on tRant. 
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:22 pm to TideSaint
Well, I owe Hootie and Cam an apology. I thought if the charges were true, that they should be kicked off the team. I assumed they were true. I should have just let the process play out. I was wrong.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:25 pm to TideSaint
best news I have heard for a long time on a monday that was not a vacation day for me. So I suspect NS wont suspend either but maybe require some stuff to be done this summer.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:26 pm to Cobrasize
3 hail marries and you should be good to go for FB season
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:28 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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You don't know that it's undeserved.
They had the drugs and they had the guns. They were the only people in the car.
That's a 100% slam dunk possession conviction anywhere in the US (other than the places that have made marijuana legal).
They got off with a complete walk because they're college football players. The DA didn't even try to hide his real reason. Here's his exact quote: "I want to emphasize once again that the main reason I'm doing this is that I refuse to ruin the lives of two young men who have spent their adolescence and teenage years, working and sweating, while we were all in the air conditioning."
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That is the complete and absolute definition of an undeserved break. I'm not hating on them for getting it. Prosecutors have the discretion to treat people differently based on what they think is in the best interests of justice.
As was pointed out in many threads, they could have been charged with another felony each and faced the very real possibility of Louisiana state prison so I said in my post, I hope they learn to make much better decisions in the future. If they don't, they might not be nearly as fortunate in the future.
This post was edited on 6/20/16 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:30 pm to Cobrasize
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Well, I owe Hootie and Cam an apology. I thought if the charges were true, that they should be kicked off the team. I assumed they were true
I think there's 0 doubt they were true. The DA simply decided not to pursue prosecution. If you'll read his quote, he makes it pretty clear his reasons weren't really evidence related.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:33 pm to JustGetItRight
i wonder if some of the evidence was tainted and instead of admitting that they make up this statement. Cuz if something is tainted and thrown out then they truly have a lack of evidence?
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:38 pm to JustGetItRight
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That's a 100% slam dunk possession conviction anywhere in the US (other than the places that have made marijuana legal).
You know nothing.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:50 pm to Cobrasize
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I should have just let the process play out. I was wrong.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:56 pm to TideSaint
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Today is going to be a great day on tRant.
This may approach the Cam fallout or the day the rant stalked the stripper in BHM.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:57 pm to mrbroker
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i wonder if some of the evidence was tainted and instead of admitting that they make up this statement. Cuz if something is tainted and thrown out then they truly have a lack of evidence?
It is always possible, but if that were the case I don't think the DA would have made the statement that he did. He'd catch a lot less flack for simply saying "there was a problem with the evidence" than he's going to catch for saying what he did.
I'm totally guessing, but I think his statement is probably just the truth. He saw that two kids with no criminal history but a history of a strong work ethic came back home (where one had a very sick mother) and did something stupid but harmless. He's probably got hundreds of cases with victims that suffered real harm and thus decided that this wasn't worth the resources it would require - and there's nothing wrong with him making that decision for those reasons. That's what prosecutorial discretion is all about.
One thing I will add - I'd say this probably means Cam could demonstrate that he really didn't know the gun was stolen. That's a lot more serious than a couple of kids smoking weed.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:57 pm to Funky Tide 8
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You know nothing.
You're right. I've just been working for a prosecuting agency for about 16 years.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:59 pm to JustGetItRight
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JustGetItRight
You're taking this rather badly.
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