Clem_Shady
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It seems many Fritz's defenders like to argue that the rape case is so old that it's irrelevant.
If that's the case, then why did the "Newspaper Caper" job happen 24 years after the rape?
What did Fritz and his "errands off suppression" coppers possibly have to fear 24 years later if the passage of time makes the rape irrelevant?
It cost you, the taxpayers, $435,000.00 to settle this fiasco, and it cost Fritz $10,000, so let's discuss the merits of the time frame.
"The facts of this case are largely undisputed. St. Mary’s Today is a weekly newspaper owned by Kenneth Rossignol and primarily serving St. Mary’s County in southern Maryland. It has reported exten-sively and often critically on local government and public officials, including County Sheriff Richard Voorhaar and his deputies, from "Captain [Steven] Doolan at the top of the rank . . . all the way to the bottom."
"The election day issue of St. Mary’s Today bore the front-page headline "Fritz Guilty of Rape." It accurately reported that in 1965, Fritz and three other men had pled guilty to carnal knowledge of a fifteen-year-old girl. Fritz, who was eighteen at the time of the rape, was sentenced to probation and a suspended sentence of eighteen months in state prison."
http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/021326.P.pdf
http://forums.somd.com/elections/213405-fritz-newspaper-caper-featuring-rogue-cops.html
If that's the case, then why did the "Newspaper Caper" job happen 24 years after the rape?
What did Fritz and his "errands off suppression" coppers possibly have to fear 24 years later if the passage of time makes the rape irrelevant?
It cost you, the taxpayers, $435,000.00 to settle this fiasco, and it cost Fritz $10,000, so let's discuss the merits of the time frame.
"The facts of this case are largely undisputed. St. Mary’s Today is a weekly newspaper owned by Kenneth Rossignol and primarily serving St. Mary’s County in southern Maryland. It has reported exten-sively and often critically on local government and public officials, including County Sheriff Richard Voorhaar and his deputies, from "Captain [Steven] Doolan at the top of the rank . . . all the way to the bottom."
"The election day issue of St. Mary’s Today bore the front-page headline "Fritz Guilty of Rape." It accurately reported that in 1965, Fritz and three other men had pled guilty to carnal knowledge of a fifteen-year-old girl. Fritz, who was eighteen at the time of the rape, was sentenced to probation and a suspended sentence of eighteen months in state prison."
http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/021326.P.pdf
http://forums.somd.com/elections/213405-fritz-newspaper-caper-featuring-rogue-cops.html