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Runaway Bride Indicted

Don Vito Corleone

Don Vito Corleone

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From Yahoo!

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted Wednesday for filing a false police report claiming she had been kidnapped.

A grand jury indicted the 32-year-old woman on one count of making a false police report, a misdemeanor, and one count of false statement, a felony. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison if she is convicted, said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter.
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Morons.

Okay, I understand people are frustrated with Jennifer Wilbanks, and want her to pay somehow, but she made her false police report and statement IN NEW MEXICO! No Georgia court can have jurisdiction over the offense (just as she couldn't be prosecuted in Georgia even if she killed ten people in an adjoining state, like Florida).

If the authorities in New Mexico, or the federal DoJ wanted to prosecute Ms. Wilbanks, they could do so, but she simply did not commit any crime over which any Georgia court has jurisdiction. I happen to be an attorney, but I would have understood this concept in junior high school.

I guess this DA thinks nothing of wasting taxpayer money to prosecute frivolous cases for personal political gain. I only wish I lived there, so I could campaign for his opponent in the next election and get his ass voted out.

 
Originally posted by: DonVito
From Yahoo!

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted Wednesday for filing a false police report claiming she had been kidnapped.

A grand jury indicted the 32-year-old woman on one count of making a false police report, a misdemeanor, and one count of false statement, a felony. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison if she is convicted, said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter.
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Morons.

Okay, I understand people are frustrated with Jennifer Wilbanks, and want her to pay somehow, but she made her false police report and statement IN NEW MEXICO! No Georgia court can have jurisdiction over the offense (just as she couldn't be prosecuted in Georgia even if she killed ten people in an adjoining state, like Florida).

If the authorities in New Mexico, or the federal DoJ wanted to prosecute Ms. Wilbanks, they could do so, but she simply did not commit any crime over which any Georgia court has jurisdiction. I happen to be an attorney, but I would have understood this concept in junior high school.

I guess this DA thinks nothing of wasting taxpayer money to prosecute frivolous cases for personal political gain. I only wish I lived there, so I could campaign for his opponent in the next election and get his ass voted out.
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Topic Title: Runaway Bride Indicted
Topic Summary: Grand juries can be really, really stupid . . .

Grand Jury's do nothing but rubber stamp what D.A.'s tell them too especially in Georgia.

They are "discouraged" from going against the D.A.'s wishes.
 
Agreed. And not to mention that the supposed crime was completely after the fact, and woudn't have saved taxpayers a dime if she hadn't said what she said. He is trying to save face and get retribution, but its misguided.
 
wow. i think she should pay...but not by giving up 5 years of her life. maybe she should be ordered to pay back all the money that was spent looking for her and the money for the investigation caused by her false report.
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
I never understood why this was ever newsworthy. The media needs a b1tchslap sometimes.
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Most of the time. I emailed CNN already, a while ago to tell them to stop reporting this crap and that the story was dead. I hate CNN. I hate the American media.

 
Originally posted by: DonVito
From Yahoo!

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted Wednesday for filing a false police report claiming she had been kidnapped.

A grand jury indicted the 32-year-old woman on one count of making a false police report, a misdemeanor, and one count of false statement, a felony. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison if she is convicted, said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter.
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Morons.

Okay, I understand people are frustrated with Jennifer Wilbanks, and want her to pay somehow, but she made her false police report and statement IN NEW MEXICO! No Georgia court can have jurisdiction over the offense (just as she couldn't be prosecuted in Georgia even if she killed ten people in an adjoining state, like Florida).

If the authorities in New Mexico, or the federal DoJ wanted to prosecute Ms. Wilbanks, they could do so, but she simply did not commit any crime over which any Georgia court has jurisdiction. I happen to be an attorney, but I would have understood this concept in junior high school.

I guess this DA thinks nothing of wasting taxpayer money to prosecute frivolous cases for personal political gain. I only wish I lived there, so I could campaign for his opponent in the next election and get his ass voted out.
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There's a thousand other things that are more of a waste on tax dollars then trying to punish this runaway bride for her actions. I think the opposite, in that a great majority of people will be happy to hear that action is being taken.
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
wow. i think she should pay...but not by giving up 5 years of her life. maybe she should be ordered to pay back all the money that was spent looking for her and the money for the investigation caused by her false report.
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5 years is good with me, just because she deserves it after being the reason people like me have had to waste no less than at least 90 seconds, inundated by the media about this story. 90 seconds X 300 million people, not to mention the MINUTES or maybe hours some people spent on this (of their own volition, of course) is a lot of time.

 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
I never understood why this was ever newsworthy. The media needs a b1tchslap sometimes.
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A full-scale search for a missing woman, the week before she's to be married...Are you on drugs, that's a fairly worthy news story.
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Grand Jury's do nothing but rubber stamp what D.A.'s tell them too especially in Georgia.

They are "discouraged" from going against the D.A.'s wishes.
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I know. I fired off a scathing e-mail to the DA personally, because he is the one to blame here. What a douchebag. When this case is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction I may even contact the GA bar to recommend disciplinary proceedings. I really see this as an abuse of his office.
 
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: meltdown75
I never understood why this was ever newsworthy. The media needs a b1tchslap sometimes.
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A full-scale search for a missing woman, the week before she's to be married...Are you on drugs, that's a fairly worthy news story.
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It was, at one point. I guess I'm crazy for thinking there might be more worthwhile things to report on.

edit: no drugs btw
 
Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Grand Jury's do nothing but rubber stamp what D.A.'s tell them too especially in Georgia.

They are "discouraged" from going against the D.A.'s wishes.
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I know. I fired off a scathing e-mail to the DA personally, because he is the one to blame here. What a douchebag. When this case is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction I may even contact the GA bar to recommend disciplinary proceedings. I really see this as an abuse of his office.
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While you're at it can you send one to CNN asking for a firing of the person who thought it was news worthy to put on screen a list of the things that were in the runaway bride's wedding registry?
 
The way I feel is if anything, which ever police agency she gave a false report has the right to press charges. About recouping the charge for the hunt, she didn't ask for them to do that, it's her right as a citizen to take off and not tell anybody. The news agencies if anybody would be the ones to pay for the search since they are the ones to blow this story completely out of proportion.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Aharami
wow. i think she should pay...but not by giving up 5 years of her life. maybe she should be ordered to pay back all the money that was spent looking for her and the money for the investigation caused by her false report.
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5 years is good with me, just because she deserves it after being the reason people like me have had to waste no less than at least 90 seconds, inundated by the media about this story. 90 seconds X 300 million people, not to mention the MINUTES or maybe hours some people spent on this (of their own volition, of course) is a lot of time.
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So, ummm... Skoorb, why are you wasting time discussing it now? Nobody's forcing you to look at this thread... 😕

 
I agree 100% with the OP. This woman is guilty of nothing in Georgia. All of the actions undertaken by the local Georgia authorities took place without any statements from her at all.
 
i think she deserves her punishment, not for making false statements, but for all the resources that were pooled into the efforts of finding her. at this point, it's nothing but a lesson for her and for other people considering doing the same thing. i'm glad that her punishment started with her making these false statements. i hope she learns from her mistake.

i think her sentencing should also include mandatory psychotherapy, because the woman has issues.
 
Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Aharami
wow. i think she should pay...but not by giving up 5 years of her life. maybe she should be ordered to pay back all the money that was spent looking for her and the money for the investigation caused by her false report.
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5 years is good with me, just because she deserves it after being the reason people like me have had to waste no less than at least 90 seconds, inundated by the media about this story. 90 seconds X 300 million people, not to mention the MINUTES or maybe hours some people spent on this (of their own volition, of course) is a lot of time.
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So, ummm... Skoorb, why are you wasting time discussing it now? Nobody's forcing you to look at this thread... 😕
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I don't care about her plight, but rather the national response. Your post is akin to me complaining about massive signs every 15 feet on the highway and I say I don't like them and you say to ignore them. It's kind of difficult.
I agree 100% with the OP. This woman is guilty of nothing in Georgia. All of the actions undertaken by the local Georgia authorities took place without any statements from her at all.
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She's not guilty with this, but she is guilty of something IMO. If you simply disappear and tell nobody where you've gone you need to expect the proper response to be a search effort. That is a waste of resources. You knew it would happen and if you simply ran away and people think you're missing because of it you need to be penalized.

 
Originally posted by: tami
i think she deserves her punishment, not for making false statements, but for all the resources that were pooled into the efforts of finding her. at this point, it's nothing but a lesson for her and for other people considering doing the same thing. i'm glad that her punishment started with her making these false statements. i hope she learns from her mistake.

i think her sentencing should also include mandatory psychotherapy, because the woman has issues.
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What law did she break prior to making the false statements in Georgia? As an adult she has the absolute right to disappear if she wants to. Once again I feel compelled to point out that prior to 24X7 cable news coverage adults used to go missing all the time without massive searches being launched absent some physical evidence of foul play.
 
it'd be one thing if they could possibly get a conviction, and even if they do she's gonna get a slap on the wrist. what's the point in wasting taxpayers money.

they simply should have billed her for the cost of the search and left it go.
 
If you look into the eyes of Rene Zelweger then immediately look into the eyes of the Runaway bride, apparently it can cause such a shock to your retina's it will be the equivalent of looking directly at a full eclipse.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb

She's not guilty with this, but she is guilty of something IMO. If you simply disappear and tell nobody where you've gone you need to expect the proper response to be a search effort. That is a waste of resources. You knew it would happen and if you simply ran away and people think you're missing because of it you need to be penalized.
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So you are saying that it should be illegal for anyone just to leave and not tell anybody? You don't think it's her right to do that? I guess in your world we should all wear GPS collars so the government can track us.

If anybody is at fault for this, it's the media.
 
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