re: AJ Johnson/Mike Williams rape trial set for August 24th

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I hope the truth of what happened comes out, regardless of who is shown to be telling the truth. If AJ is the great guy the Vols seem to think, I hope he's vindicated. But what gives me pause is that prosecutors don't generally take cases to trial if they don't think they can win.

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The DA was just elected quite literally when this fell into her lap. I'm pretty sure she didn't want an FSU on her hands so she took it to the grand jury. The trial, OTOH, is scheduled to take place quickly and that leans towards the defense feeling good about what they have. Otherwise the best tactic for a defense attorney is to delay, delay, delay.

I don't know how this one will turn out and I really hope it's not true because AJ of all people never seemed the type. It goes against all we know about him and he was here a long time and never had anything but good things said about him (not even whispers on campus) but then again there's always those guys who do something evil and all the neighbors say 'he was such a good man, helped me do this and this...we had know idea.' I hope that's not AJ because the AJ we saw for 4 years was a really good man who was great with little kids and friendly to everyone.

Williams is the wildcard here. I don't know anything about the guy. He kept a low profile even when he was starting and when rumors first circulated among people on campus he was the name that came up as being the one who might've done something. But again I don't know.

I hate the entire situation and hope justice wins out wherever the truth happens to lie.